diff --git a/components/ApplicationWindow.qml b/components/ApplicationWindow.qml
index 001a17d1a39efb62e7ee169cb0bb1f429e9ff9e5..bb19a91e4f27e1cf63d1cba0735404c50dd001ec 100644
--- a/components/ApplicationWindow.qml
+++ b/components/ApplicationWindow.qml
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ Window {
     property alias statusBar: statusBarArea.data
     default property alias data: contentArea.data
 
+    SystemPalette {id: syspal}
+
+
+    Rectangle {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        color: syspal.button
+    }
+
+
     Column {
         id: toolBarArea
         anchors.top: parent.top
diff --git a/components/Label.qml b/components/Label.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe1e3769fda279895cd0a52ef47ab315dfcd4d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Label.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import QtQuick 1.1
+
+Text {
+    id: label
+    font.pixelSize: 11
+    color: pal.text
+    SystemPalette {id:pal}
+}
diff --git a/components/components.pro b/components/components.pro
index 5d88656975a24289559e6814e8d2bc47b53a69d1..368ca872448764dd1adee16d55b552d1b607f352 100644
--- a/components/components.pro
+++ b/components/components.pro
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ symbian {
 
 QML_FILES = \
             qmldir \
+            Label.qml \
             Button.qml \
             ComboBox.qml \
             Dial.qml \
diff --git a/components/qmldir b/components/qmldir
index 9264cd462b481328f804e21f8f9a266f11dcbef4..571583c884621ebe034c4bd1e43f825f9d8db4eb 100644
--- a/components/qmldir
+++ b/components/qmldir
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Slider 0.1 Slider.qml
 SpinBox 0.1 SpinBox.qml
 GroupBox 0.1 GroupBox.qml
 Button 0.1 Button.qml
+Label 0.1 Label.qml
 ToolBar 0.1 ToolBar.qml
 TabFrame 0.1 TabFrame.qml
 TabBar 0.1 TabBar.qml