diff --git a/data/themes/meson.build b/data/themes/meson.build
index 0b298805..ae42af16 100644
--- a/data/themes/meson.build
+++ b/data/themes/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ edje_to_compile = [
   ['base16_ocean_dark', ['default_colors.in.edc']],
   ['smyck', ['default_colors.in.edc', 'mild.edc']],
   ['nord', ['default_colors.in.edc', 'default.edc']],
+  ['papercolor', ['default_colors.in.edc', 'default.edc']],
 ]
 
 edje_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'),
diff --git a/data/themes/papercolor.edc b/data/themes/papercolor.edc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbd471b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/themes/papercolor.edc
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Based on https://github.com/NLKNguyen/papercolor-theme
+
+#define ANSI0      44  44  44 255 /* #2c2c2c */
+#define ANSI1     198  40  40 255 /* #C62828 */
+#define ANSI2      85 139  46 255 /* #558B2E */
+#define ANSI3     255 143  01 255 /* #FF8F01 */
+#define ANSI4      21 101 192 255 /* #1564C0 */
+#define ANSI5     135   0 175 255 /* #8700AF */
+#define ANSI6     106  30 154 255 /* #6A1E9A */
+#define ANSI7       0 131 143 255 /* #00838F */
+
+#define ANSI8      84  99 134 255 /* #546386 */
+#define ANSI9     225 126 133 255 /* #E17E85 */
+#define ANSI10     97 186 134 255 /* #61BA86 */
+#define ANSI11    255 182 142 255 /* #FFB68E */
+#define ANSI12     76 178 255 255 /* #4CB2FF */
+#define ANSI13    190 134 227 255 /* #BE86E3 */
+#define ANSI14     45 206 208 255 /* #2DCED0 */
+#define ANSI15     68  68  68 255 /* #444444 */
+
+#define COL_DEF    68  68  68 255 /* #444444 */
+#define BG_COLOR  253 246 227 255 /* #FDF6E3 */
+#define NO_COLORS 1
+
+color_classes {
+   color_class { name: "C0";  color: ANSI0; } // COL_BLACK
+   color_class { name: "C1";  color: ANSI1; } // COL_RED
+   color_class { name: "C2";  color: ANSI2; } // COL_GREEN
+   color_class { name: "C3";  color: ANSI3; } // COL_YELLOW
+   color_class { name: "C4";  color: ANSI4; } // COL_BLUE
+   color_class { name: "C5";  color: ANSI5; } // COL_MAGENTA
+   color_class { name: "C6";  color: ANSI6; } // COL_CYAN
+   color_class { name: "C7";  color: ANSI7; } // COL_WHITE
+
+   color_class { name: "C8";  color: ANSI8; } // COL_BLACK
+   color_class { name: "C9";  color: ANSI9; } // COL_RED
+   color_class { name: "C10"; color: ANSI10; } // COL_GREEN
+   color_class { name: "C11"; color: ANSI11; } // COL_YELLOW
+   color_class { name: "C12"; color: ANSI12; } // COL_BLUE
+   color_class { name: "C13"; color: ANSI13; } // COL_MAGENTA
+   color_class { name: "C14"; color: ANSI14; } // COL_CYAN
+   color_class { name: "C15"; color: ANSI15; } // COL_WHITE
+
+   color_class { name: "c0";  color: COL_DEF; }
+   color_class { name: "c1";  color: ANSI0; }
+   color_class { name: "c2";  color: ANSI1; }
+   color_class { name: "c3";  color: ANSI2; }
+   color_class { name: "c4";  color: ANSI3; }
+   color_class { name: "c5";  color: ANSI4; }
+   color_class { name: "c6";  color: ANSI5; }
+   color_class { name: "c7";  color: ANSI6; }
+   color_class { name: "c8";  color: ANSI7; }
+
+   color_class { name: "c11"; color: COL_DEF; }
+
+   color_class { name: "c12"; color: ANSI15; }
+   color_class { name: "c13"; color: ANSI8; }
+   color_class { name: "c14"; color: ANSI9; }
+   color_class { name: "c15"; color: ANSI10; }
+   color_class { name: "c16"; color: ANSI11; }
+   color_class { name: "c17"; color: ANSI12; }
+   color_class { name: "c18"; color: ANSI13; }
+   color_class { name: "c19"; color: ANSI14; }
+   color_class { name: "c20"; color: ANSI15; }
+
+   color_class { name: "c25"; color: ANSI8; }
+   color_class { name: "c26"; color: ANSI9; }
+   color_class { name: "c27"; color: ANSI10; }
+   color_class { name: "c28"; color: ANSI11; }
+   color_class { name: "c29"; color: ANSI12; }
+   color_class { name: "c30"; color: ANSI13; }
+   color_class { name: "c31"; color: ANSI14; }
+   color_class { name: "c32"; color: ANSI15; }
+
+   color_class { name: "c37"; color: ANSI8; }
+   color_class { name: "c38"; color: ANSI9; }
+   color_class { name: "c39"; color: ANSI10; }
+   color_class { name: "c40"; color: ANSI11; }
+   color_class { name: "c41"; color: ANSI12; }
+   color_class { name: "c42"; color: ANSI13; }
+   color_class { name: "c43"; color: ANSI14; }
+   color_class { name: "c44"; color: ANSI15; }
+
+   color_class { name: "BG";  color: BG_COLOR; }
+}
+#include "default.edc"