diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dcc1fe03b..f0cb6cfa9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ grub2 (2.00-13) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       "Ubuntu".
     - source_grub2.py: Use attach_default_grub from apport's hookutils.
     - Output a menu entry for firmware setup on UEFI FastBoot systems.
+    - Set a monochromatic theme and an appropriate background for Ubuntu.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:08:07 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/grub.d/05_debian_theme b/debian/grub.d/05_debian_theme
index e97783554..60675641b 100755
--- a/debian/grub.d/05_debian_theme
+++ b/debian/grub.d/05_debian_theme
@@ -28,9 +28,19 @@ test -d /boot/grub; cd /boot/grub
 BACKGROUND_CACHE=".background_cache"
 
 set_default_theme(){
-	# Set the traditional Debian blue theme.
-	echo "${1}set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue"
-	echo "${1}set menu_color_highlight=white/blue"
+	if [ "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" = Ubuntu ]; then
+		# Set a monochromatic theme for Ubuntu.
+		echo "${1}set menu_color_normal=white/black"
+		echo "${1}set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray"
+
+		if [ -e /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub ]; then
+			sed "s/^/${1}/" /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub
+		fi
+	else
+		# Set the traditional Debian blue theme.
+		echo "${1}set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue"
+		echo "${1}set menu_color_highlight=white/blue"
+	fi
 }
 
 module_available(){