diff --git a/res/css/structures/_SpacePanel.pcss b/res/css/structures/_SpacePanel.pcss
index 64044c4c5c..1aea3ae23b 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_SpacePanel.pcss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_SpacePanel.pcss
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
             }
         }
 
+        &.mx_SpaceButton_withIcon .mx_SpaceButton_icon {
+            background-color: $panel-actions;
+        }
+
         &.mx_SpaceButton_home .mx_SpaceButton_icon::before {
             mask-image: url("@vector-im/compound-design-tokens/icons/home-solid.svg");
         }