diff --git a/src/ami.js/ts_chat.js b/src/ami.js/ts_chat.js
index 63cf087..25db503 100644
--- a/src/ami.js/ts_chat.js
+++ b/src/ami.js/ts_chat.js
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ var Chat = (function () {
             persistStyleAttr: 'color',
             persistStyleSingle: true,
         },
+        {
+            tag: "bgcolor",
+            arg: true,
+            rmarg: ";:{}<>&|\\/~'\"",
+            swap: "<span style='background-color:{0};'>{1}</span>",
+            enableSetting: 'bbParseColour',
+        },
         {
             tag: "url",
             arg: false,