diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmastyle/ComboBoxStyle.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmastyle/ComboBoxStyle.qml
index e73d0da84..501efed82 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmastyle/ComboBoxStyle.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmastyle/ComboBoxStyle.qml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ QtQuickControlStyle.ComboBoxStyle {
     label: PlasmaComponents.Label {
         text: control.currentText
         elide: Text.ElideRight
+        color: theme.buttonTextColor
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/components/combobox.qml b/tests/components/combobox.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76510f33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/combobox.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import QtQuick 2.0
+
+import org.kde.plasma.components 2.0
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    color: "white"
+    width: 800
+    height: 300
+
+    ListModel {
+        id: demoModel
+        ListElement { text: "Banana"; color: "Yellow" }
+        ListElement { text: "Apple"; color: "Green" }
+        ListElement { text: "Coconut"; color: "Brown" }
+    }
+
+    Flow {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        anchors.margins: 20
+        spacing: 20
+
+        ComboBox {
+            model:demoModel
+        }
+        ComboBox {
+            editable: true
+            model: demoModel
+        }
+        PlasmaCore.ColorScope {
+            implicitWidth: childrenRect.width
+            implicitHeight: childrenRect.width
+
+            colorGroup: PlasmaCore.Theme.ComplementaryColorGroup
+            ComboBox {
+                model:demoModel
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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