diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 8e52cd1..18395a5 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                 ->scalarNode('distortion')->defaultValue(true)->end()
                 ->scalarNode('max_front_lines')->defaultValue(null)->end()
                 ->scalarNode('max_behind_lines')->defaultValue(null)->end()
+                ->arrayNode('backgroundColor')->prototype('scalar')->end()
             ->end()
         ;
 
diff --git a/Generator/CaptchaGenerator.php b/Generator/CaptchaGenerator.php
index 68256b9..900b756 100644
--- a/Generator/CaptchaGenerator.php
+++ b/Generator/CaptchaGenerator.php
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ class CaptchaGenerator
         $this->builder->setMaxFrontLines($options['max_front_lines']);
         $this->builder->setMaxBehindLines($options['max_behind_lines']);
 
+        if ($options['backgroundColor'] != array()) {
+            if (count($options['backgroundColor'])!=3) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException('backgroundColor should be an array of r, g and b');
+            }
+
+            $color = $options['backgroundColor'];
+            $this->builder->setBackgroundColor($color[0], $color[1], $color[2]);
+        }
+
         $fingerprint = isset($options['fingerprint']) ? $options['fingerprint'] : null;
 
         $content = $this->builder->build(
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9fa731f..2e2b0ce 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.0",
-        "gregwar/captcha": "v1.0.2"
+        "gregwar/captcha": "v1.0.3"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": {