diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/wxExtensions.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/wxExtensions.cpp
index c52864db3..e2566e3f9 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/wxExtensions.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/wxExtensions.cpp
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ void ModeButton::focus_button(const bool focus)
     SetForegroundColour(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(focus ? wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNTEXT : 
 #if defined (__linux__) && defined (__WXGTK3__)
         wxSYS_COLOUR_GRAYTEXT
+#elif defined (__linux__) && defined (__WXGTK2__)
+        wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNTEXT
 #else 
         wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNSHADOW
 #endif