diff --git a/source/helpers.pas b/source/helpers.pas
index 842f39a2..ea1395f5 100644
--- a/source/helpers.pas
+++ b/source/helpers.pas
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ type
     asLogUserSQL, asLogSQL, asLogInfos, asLogDebug, asFieldColorNumeric,
     asFieldColorReal, asFieldColorText, asFieldColorBinary, asFieldColorDatetime, asFieldColorSpatial,
     asFieldColorOther, asFieldEditorBinary, asFieldEditorDatetime, asFieldEditorDatetimePrefill, asFieldEditorEnum,
-    asFieldEditorSet, asFieldNullBackground, asGroupTreeObjects, asDisplayObjectSizeColumn, asSQLfile,
+    asFieldEditorSet, asFieldNullBackground, asRowBackgroundEven, asRowBackgroundOdd, asGroupTreeObjects, asDisplayObjectSizeColumn, asSQLfile,
     asActionShortcut1, asActionShortcut2, asHighlighterForeground, asHighlighterBackground, asHighlighterStyle,
     asListColWidths, asListColsVisible, asListColPositions, asListColSort, asSessionFolder,
     asRecentFilter, asTimestampColumns, asDateTimeEditorCursorPos, asAppLanguage, asAutoExpand, asForeignDropDown, asQueryHistoryEnabled,
@@ -3315,6 +3315,8 @@ begin
   InitSetting(asFieldEditorEnum,                  'FieldEditor_Enum',                      0, True);
   InitSetting(asFieldEditorSet,                   'FieldEditor_Set',                       0, True);
   InitSetting(asFieldNullBackground,              'Field_NullBackground',                  $00FF00FF);
+  InitSetting(asRowBackgroundEven,                'RowBackgroundEven',                     clNone);
+  InitSetting(asRowBackgroundOdd,                 'RowBackgroundOdd',                      clNone);
   InitSetting(asGroupTreeObjects,                 'GroupTreeObjects',                      0, False);
   InitSetting(asDisplayObjectSizeColumn,          'DisplayObjectSizeColumn',               0, True);
   InitSetting(asActionShortcut1,                  'Shortcut1_%s',                          0);
diff --git a/source/main.pas b/source/main.pas
index cf8702c2..cdb94584 100644
--- a/source/main.pas
+++ b/source/main.pas
@@ -8321,21 +8321,35 @@ procedure TMainForm.AnyGridBeforeCellPaint(Sender: TBaseVirtualTree;
   CellPaintMode: TVTCellPaintMode; CellRect: TRect; var ContentRect: TRect);
 var
   r: TDBQuery;
-  cl: TColor;
+  cl, clNull, clEven, clOdd: TColor;
   RowNumber: PCardinal;
+  isEven: Boolean;
 begin
   if Column = -1 then
     Exit;
   r := GridResult(Sender);
   RowNumber := Sender.GetNodeData(Node);
   r.RecNo := RowNumber^;
-  cl := clNone;
+
+  clEven := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundEven);
+  clOdd := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundOdd);
+  isEven := Node.Index mod 2 = 0;
+  if IsEven and (clEven <> clNone) then
+    cl := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundEven)
+  else if (not IsEven) and (clOdd <> clNone) then
+    cl := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundOdd)
+  else
+    cl := clNone;
+
   if (vsSelected in Node.States) and (Node = Sender.FocusedNode) and (Column = Sender.FocusedColumn) then
     cl := clHighlight
   else if vsSelected in Node.States then
     cl := $00DDDDDD
-  else if r.IsNull(Column) then
-    cl := AppSettings.ReadInt(asFieldNullBackground);
+  else if r.IsNull(Column) then begin
+    clNull := AppSettings.ReadInt(asFieldNullBackground);
+    if clNull <> clNone then
+      cl := clNull;
+  end;
   if cl <> clNone then begin
     TargetCanvas.Brush.Color := cl;
     TargetCanvas.FillRect(CellRect);
diff --git a/source/options.dfm b/source/options.dfm
index 7cfcdff8..39607018 100644
--- a/source/options.dfm
+++ b/source/options.dfm
@@ -653,11 +653,18 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
       end
       object lblNullBackground: TLabel
         Left = 8
-        Top = 137
+        Top = 140
         Width = 226
         Height = 13
         Caption = 'NULL background color (use "None" to disable):'
       end
+      object Label2: TLabel
+        Left = 8
+        Top = 168
+        Width = 137
+        Height = 13
+        Caption = 'Alternating row background:'
+      end
       object editMaxColWidth: TEdit
         Left = 309
         Top = 8
@@ -787,69 +794,86 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
       end
       object chkEditorBinary: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 164
+        Top = 188
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
         Caption = 'Enable popup BLOB/HEX editor'
-        TabOrder = 12
+        TabOrder = 14
         OnClick = Modified
       end
       object chkEditorDatetime: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 187
+        Top = 211
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
         Caption = 'Enable inplace date/time editor'
-        TabOrder = 13
+        TabOrder = 15
         OnClick = Modified
       end
       object chkEditorEnum: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 233
+        Top = 257
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
         Caption = 'Enable ENUM pulldown editor'
-        TabOrder = 15
+        TabOrder = 17
         OnClick = Modified
       end
       object chkEditorSet: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 256
+        Top = 280
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
         Caption = 'Enable SET checkbox editor'
-        TabOrder = 16
+        TabOrder = 18
         OnClick = Modified
       end
       object chkPrefillDateTime: TCheckBox
         Left = 24
-        Top = 210
+        Top = 234
         Width = 417
         Height = 17
         Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
         Caption = 'Prefill empty date/time fields with current date/time'
-        TabOrder = 14
+        TabOrder = 16
         OnClick = Modified
       end
       object chkRememberFilters: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 279
+        Top = 303
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Caption = 'Remember filters, sorting and column selection across sessions'
-        TabOrder = 17
+        TabOrder = 19
       end
       object chkForeignDropDown: TCheckBox
         Left = 8
-        Top = 302
+        Top = 326
         Width = 433
         Height = 17
         Caption = 'Drop down values from foreign table in InnoDB rows'
-        TabOrder = 18
+        TabOrder = 20
+      end
+      object cboxRowBackgroundOdd: TColorBox
+        Left = 309
+        Top = 165
+        Width = 132
+        Height = 22
+        Style = [cbStandardColors, cbExtendedColors, cbSystemColors, cbIncludeNone, cbCustomColor, cbPrettyNames]
+        Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
+        TabOrder = 13
+      end
+      object cboxRowBackgroundEven: TColorBox
+        Left = 171
+        Top = 165
+        Width = 132
+        Height = 22
+        Style = [cbStandardColors, cbExtendedColors, cbSystemColors, cbIncludeNone, cbCustomColor, cbPrettyNames]
+        TabOrder = 12
       end
     end
     object tabShortcuts: TTabSheet
@@ -977,7 +1001,7 @@ object optionsform: Toptionsform
   end
   object SynSQLSynSQLSample: TSynSQLSyn
     SQLDialect = sqlMySQL
-    Left = 112
-    Top = 360
+    Left = 432
+    Top = 352
   end
 end
diff --git a/source/options.pas b/source/options.pas
index c14fa42a..20d71c96 100644
--- a/source/options.pas
+++ b/source/options.pas
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ type
     comboAppLanguage: TComboBox;
     chkForeignDropDown: TCheckBox;
     chkQueryHistory: TCheckBox;
+    cboxRowBackgroundOdd: TColorBox;
+    cboxRowBackgroundEven: TColorBox;
+    Label2: TLabel;
     procedure FormShow(Sender: TObject);
     procedure Modified(Sender: TObject);
     procedure Apply(Sender: TObject);
@@ -272,6 +275,8 @@ begin
   AppSettings.WriteInt(asFieldColorSpatial, FGridTextColors[dtcSpatial]);
   AppSettings.WriteInt(asFieldColorOther, FGridTextColors[dtcOther]);
   AppSettings.WriteInt(asFieldNullBackground, cboxNullBackground.Selected);
+  AppSettings.WriteInt(asRowBackgroundEven, cboxRowBackgroundEven.Selected);
+  AppSettings.WriteInt(asRowBackgroundOdd, cboxRowBackgroundOdd.Selected);
   // Editor enablings
   AppSettings.WriteBool(asFieldEditorBinary, chkEditorBinary.Checked);
   AppSettings.WriteBool(asFieldEditorDatetime, chkEditorDatetime.Checked);
@@ -476,6 +481,8 @@ begin
   comboGridTextColors.ItemIndex := 0;
   comboGridTextColors.OnSelect(comboGridTextColors);
   cboxNullBackground.Selected := AppSettings.ReadInt(asFieldNullBackground);
+  cboxRowBackgroundEven.Selected := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundEven);
+  cboxRowBackgroundOdd.Selected := AppSettings.ReadInt(asRowBackgroundOdd);
   // Editor enablings
   chkEditorBinary.Checked := AppSettings.ReadBool(asFieldEditorBinary);
   chkEditorDatetime.Checked := AppSettings.ReadBool(asFieldEditorDatetime);