diff --git a/0001-add-char-highlighting-background-tab-to-graphics-sty.patch b/0001-add-char-highlighting-background-tab-to-graphics-sty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2b4fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-add-char-highlighting-background-tab-to-graphics-sty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+From c4bc798c3b2043b0e92573c87c4fb3e17043ee59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Caol=C3=A1n=20McNamara?= <caolanm@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:31:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] add char highlighting (background) tab to graphics styles
+ dialog
+
+Change-Id: I2cf3872116ae59051847d73612a2f4f8385d34d8
+---
+ sd/source/ui/dlg/tabtempl.cxx             |  7 +++++++
+ sd/source/ui/func/fuchar.cxx              |  2 +-
+ sd/source/ui/inc/tabtempl.hxx             |  1 +
+ sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/templatedialog.ui | 14 ++++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/sd/source/ui/dlg/tabtempl.cxx b/sd/source/ui/dlg/tabtempl.cxx
+index 17e962b..9042bf5 100644
+--- a/sd/source/ui/dlg/tabtempl.cxx
++++ b/sd/source/ui/dlg/tabtempl.cxx
+@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SdTabTemplateDlg::SdTabTemplateDlg( vcl::Window* pParent,
+     , m_nFontId(0)
+     , m_nFontEffectId(0)
+     , m_nIndentsId(0)
++    , m_nBackgroundId(0)
+     , m_nTextId(0)
+     , m_nAnimationId(0)
+     , m_nDimensionId(0)
+@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ SdTabTemplateDlg::SdTabTemplateDlg( vcl::Window* pParent,
+     m_nFontId = AddTabPage("font", RID_SVXPAGE_CHAR_NAME);
+     m_nFontEffectId = AddTabPage("fonteffect", RID_SVXPAGE_CHAR_EFFECTS);
+     m_nIndentsId = AddTabPage("indents", RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH);
++    m_nBackgroundId = AddTabPage("background", RID_SVXPAGE_BACKGROUND);
+     m_nTextId = AddTabPage("text", RID_SVXPAGE_TEXTATTR);
+     m_nAnimationId = AddTabPage("animation", RID_SVXPAGE_TEXTANIMATION);
+     m_nDimensionId = AddTabPage("dimensioning", RID_SVXPAGE_MEASURE);
+@@ -149,6 +151,11 @@ void SdTabTemplateDlg::PageCreated( sal_uInt16 nId, SfxTabPage &rPage )
+     {
+         rPage.PageCreated(aSet);
+     }
++    else if (nId == m_nBackgroundId)
++    {
++        aSet.Put(SfxUInt32Item(SID_FLAG_TYPE,static_cast<sal_uInt32>(SvxBackgroundTabFlags::SHOW_CHAR_BKGCOLOR)));
++        rPage.PageCreated(aSet);
++    }
+     else if (nId == m_nTextId)
+     {
+         rPage.PageCreated(aSet);
+diff --git a/sd/source/ui/func/fuchar.cxx b/sd/source/ui/func/fuchar.cxx
+index b5c5a18..1ffa757 100644
+--- a/sd/source/ui/func/fuchar.cxx
++++ b/sd/source/ui/func/fuchar.cxx
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void FuChar::DoExecute( SfxRequest& rReq )
+         SfxItemSet aEditAttr( mpDoc->GetPool() );
+         mpView->GetAttributes( aEditAttr );
+ 
+-        SfxItemSet aNewAttr(mpViewShell->GetPool(), svl::Items<EE_ITEMS_START, EE_ITEMS_END>{});
++        SfxItemSet aNewAttr(mpViewShell->GetPool(), EE_ITEMS_START, EE_ITEMS_END);
+         aNewAttr.Put( aEditAttr, false );
+ 
+         SdAbstractDialogFactory* pFact = SdAbstractDialogFactory::Create();
+diff --git a/sd/source/ui/inc/tabtempl.hxx b/sd/source/ui/inc/tabtempl.hxx
+index d5c2f5e..bc00417 100644
+--- a/sd/source/ui/inc/tabtempl.hxx
++++ b/sd/source/ui/inc/tabtempl.hxx
+@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ private:
+     sal_uInt16 m_nFontId;
+     sal_uInt16 m_nFontEffectId;
+     sal_uInt16 m_nIndentsId;
++    sal_uInt16 m_nBackgroundId;
+     sal_uInt16 m_nTextId;
+     sal_uInt16 m_nAnimationId;
+     sal_uInt16 m_nDimensionId;
+diff --git a/sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/templatedialog.ui b/sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/templatedialog.ui
+index 961a0bb..380f9f0 100644
+--- a/sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/templatedialog.ui
++++ b/sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/templatedialog.ui
+@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@
+               <placeholder/>
+             </child>
+             <child type="tab">
++              <object class="GtkLabel" id="background">
++                <property name="visible">True</property>
++                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
++                <property name="label" translatable="yes" context="templatedialog|background">Highlighting</property>
++              </object>
++              <packing>
++                <property name="position">6</property>
++                <property name="tab_fill">False</property>
++              </packing>
++            </child>
++            <child>
++              <placeholder/>
++            </child>
++            <child type="tab">
+               <object class="GtkLabel" id="indents">
+                 <property name="visible">True</property>
+                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+-- 
+2.9.4
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 7d3d069..fda5575 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Summary:        Free Software Productivity Suite
 Name:           libreoffice
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        %{libo_version}.3
-Release:        4%{?libo_prerelease}%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?libo_prerelease}%{?dist}
 License:        (MPLv1.1 or LGPLv3+) and LGPLv3 and LGPLv2+ and BSD and (MPLv1.1 or GPLv2 or LGPLv2 or Netscape) and Public Domain and ASL 2.0 and MPLv2.0 and CC0
 URL:            http://www.libreoffice.org/
 
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ Patch1: 0001-Related-tdf-106100-recover-mangled-svg-in-presentati.patch
 Patch2: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-1432468-disable-opencl-by-default.patch
 Patch3: 0001-rename-IsAutoCapitalizeWordDelim-to-NonFieldWordDeli.patch
 Patch4: 0002-consider-field-marks-as-text-for-auto-quotes.patch
+Patch5: 0001-add-char-highlighting-background-tab-to-graphics-sty.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 # not upstreamed
@@ -2200,6 +2201,9 @@ done
 %{_includedir}/LibreOfficeKit
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 11 2017 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 1:5.4.0.3-5
+- implement char highlighting ui for graphics styles
+
 * Thu Aug 03 2017 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 1:5.4.0.3-4
 - rebuild for poppler 0.57.0