diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67a30651d..ef7947106 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 Bugfixes:
 * Fix flaky `SQLITE_IOERR_TRUNCATE` on Windows when multiple spago processes connect concurrently to the cache DB, by skipping `PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL` when it's already enabled (WAL mode is persistent in the DB file header) and tolerating the race on the initial set
 * Retry transient network failures (connection errors and 5xx responses) when fetching package tarballs and calling the registry API, instead of failing immediately
+* Add `backgroundColor` to search input (in `docs-search` app) so text remains legible when system's color scheme is dark
 
 ## [1.0.4] - 2026-03-30
 
diff --git a/docs-search/client-halogen/src/Docs/Search/App/SearchField.purs b/docs-search/client-halogen/src/Docs/Search/App/SearchField.purs
index b2f53e5c1..c600223f9 100644
--- a/docs-search/client-halogen/src/Docs/Search/App/SearchField.purs
+++ b/docs-search/client-halogen/src/Docs/Search/App/SearchField.purs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Docs.Search.App.SearchField where
 
 import Prelude
 
-import CSS (border, borderRadius, color, em, float, floatLeft, fontWeight, lineHeight, marginBottom, marginLeft, paddingBottom, paddingLeft, paddingRight, paddingTop, pct, px, rgb, solid, weight, width)
+import CSS (backgroundColor, border, borderRadius, color, em, float, floatLeft, fontWeight, lineHeight, marginBottom, marginLeft, paddingBottom, paddingLeft, paddingRight, paddingTop, pct, px, rgb, solid, weight, white, width)
 import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..), maybe)
 import Data.Newtype (wrap)
 import Docs.Search.URIHash as URIHash
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ render state =
               pursuitColor = rgb 0x1d 0x22 0x2d
               rds = px 3.0
 
+            backgroundColor white
             border solid (px 1.0) pursuitColor
             borderRadius rds rds rds rds
             color pursuitColor