diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index a805660d5..3266870a4 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -1440,18 +1440,17 @@ bool NppParameters::load()
 				delete _pXmlExternalLexerDoc[i];
 	}
 
-	//------------------------------//
-	// blacklist.xml : for per user //
-	//------------------------------//
-	_blacklistPath = _userPath;
-	PathAppend(_blacklistPath, TEXT("blacklist.xml"));
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------//
+	// enableSelectFgColor.xml : for per user                      //
+	// This empty xmj file is optional - user adds this empty file //
+	// manually in order to set selected text's foreground color.  //
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------//
+	generic_string enableSelectFgColorPath = _userPath;
+	PathAppend(enableSelectFgColorPath, TEXT("enableSelectFgColor.xml"));
 
-	if (PathFileExists(_blacklistPath.c_str()))
+	if (PathFileExists(enableSelectFgColorPath.c_str()))
 	{
-		_pXmlBlacklistDoc = new TiXmlDocument(_blacklistPath);
-		loadOkay = _pXmlBlacklistDoc->LoadFile();
-		if (loadOkay)
-			getBlackListFromXmlTree();
+		_isSelectFgColorEnabled = true;
 	}
 	return isAllLaoded;
 }
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
index 3f2969443..1eecfb7d9 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
@@ -1810,6 +1810,7 @@ public:
 	void setAdminMode(bool isAdmin) { _isAdminMode = isAdmin; }
 	bool isAdmin() const { return _isAdminMode; }
 	bool regexBackward4PowerUser() const { return _findHistory._regexBackward4PowerUser; }
+	bool isSelectFgColorEnabled() const { return _isSelectFgColorEnabled; };
 
 private:
 	bool _isAnyShortcutModified = false;
@@ -1837,7 +1838,6 @@ private:
 	generic_string _shortcutsPath;
 	generic_string _contextMenuPath;
 	generic_string _sessionPath;
-	generic_string _blacklistPath;
 	generic_string _nppPath;
 	generic_string _userPath;
 	generic_string _stylerPath;
@@ -1873,6 +1873,8 @@ private:
 	bool _isElevationRequired = false;
 	bool _isAdminMode = false;
 
+	bool _isSelectFgColorEnabled = false;
+
 public:
 	generic_string getWingupFullPath() const { return _wingupFullPath; };
 	generic_string getWingupParams() const { return _wingupParams; };
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
index 746fcacc9..b89b375a8 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
@@ -2557,7 +2557,8 @@ void ScintillaEditView::expand(size_t& line, bool doExpand, bool force, int visL
 
 void ScintillaEditView::performGlobalStyles()
 {
-	StyleArray & stylers = NppParameters::getInstance().getMiscStylerArray();
+	NppParameters& nppParams = NppParameters::getInstance();
+	StyleArray & stylers = nppParams.getMiscStylerArray();
 
 	int i = stylers.getStylerIndexByName(TEXT("Current line background colour"));
 	if (i != -1)
@@ -2576,7 +2577,9 @@ void ScintillaEditView::performGlobalStyles()
 		selectColorFore = style._fgColor;
 	}
 	execute(SCI_SETSELBACK, 1, selectColorBack);
-	execute(SCI_SETSELFORE, 1, selectColorFore);
+
+	if (nppParams.isSelectFgColorEnabled())
+		execute(SCI_SETSELFORE, 1, selectColorFore);
 
 	COLORREF caretColor = black;
 	i = stylers.getStylerIndexByID(SCI_SETCARETFORE);
@@ -2640,7 +2643,7 @@ void ScintillaEditView::performGlobalStyles()
 	COLORREF foldfgColor = white, foldbgColor = grey, activeFoldFgColor = red;
 	getFoldColor(foldfgColor, foldbgColor, activeFoldFgColor);
 
-	ScintillaViewParams & svp = (ScintillaViewParams &)NppParameters::getInstance().getSVP();
+	ScintillaViewParams & svp = (ScintillaViewParams &)nppParams.getSVP();
 	for (int j = 0 ; j < NB_FOLDER_STATE ; ++j)
 		defineMarker(_markersArray[FOLDER_TYPE][j], _markersArray[svp._folderStyle][j], foldfgColor, foldbgColor, activeFoldFgColor);
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/WordStyleDlg.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/WordStyleDlg.cpp
index 88fb5adaa..07d2e220a 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/WordStyleDlg.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ColourPicker/WordStyleDlg.cpp
@@ -751,6 +751,15 @@ void WordStyleDlg::setVisualFromStyleList()
 		_pFgColour->setEnabled((style._colorStyle & COLORSTYLE_FOREGROUND) != 0);
 		isEnable = true;
 	}
+
+	// Selected text colour style
+	if (style._styleDesc && lstrcmp(style._styleDesc, TEXT("Selected text colour")) == 0)
+	{
+		isEnable = false; // disable by default for "Selected text colour" style
+
+		if (NppParameters::getInstance().isSelectFgColorEnabled())
+			isEnable = true;
+	}
 	enableFg(isEnable);
 
 	isEnable = false;