diff --git a/src/neutrino.cpp b/src/neutrino.cpp
index 5e8666837..c66a93807 100644
--- a/src/neutrino.cpp
+++ b/src/neutrino.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ int CNeutrinoApp::loadSetup(const char * fname)
 	g_settings.led_deep_mode = configfile.getInt32( "led_deep_mode", 3);
 	g_settings.led_rec_mode = configfile.getInt32( "led_rec_mode", 1);
 	g_settings.led_blink = configfile.getInt32( "led_blink", 1);
+	g_settings.backlight_tv = configfile.getInt32( "backlight_tv", 1);
+	g_settings.backlight_standby = configfile.getInt32( "backlight_standby", 0);
+	g_settings.backlight_deepstandby = configfile.getInt32( "backlight_deepstandby", 0);
 
 	g_settings.hdd_fs = configfile.getInt32( "hdd_fs", 0);
 	g_settings.hdd_sleep = configfile.getInt32( "hdd_sleep", 120);
@@ -854,6 +857,9 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::saveSetup(const char * fname)
 	configfile.setInt32( "led_deep_mode", g_settings.led_deep_mode);
 	configfile.setInt32( "led_rec_mode", g_settings.led_rec_mode);
 	configfile.setInt32( "led_blink", g_settings.led_blink);
+	configfile.setInt32( "backlight_tv", g_settings.backlight_tv);
+	configfile.setInt32( "backlight_standby", g_settings.backlight_standby);
+	configfile.setInt32( "backlight_deepstandby", g_settings.backlight_deepstandby);
 
 	//misc
 	configfile.setInt32( "power_standby", g_settings.power_standby);
@@ -1786,6 +1792,7 @@ TIMER_START();
 	CVFD::getInstance()->init(font.filename, font.name);
 	CVFD::getInstance()->Clear();
 	CVFD::getInstance()->ShowText(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_NEUTRINO_STARTING));
+	CVFD::getInstance()->setBacklight(g_settings.backlight_tv);
 
 	/* set service manager options before starting zapit */
 	CServiceManager::getInstance()->KeepNumbers(g_settings.keep_channel_numbers);
@@ -3230,7 +3237,6 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::standbyMode( bool bOnOff, bool fromDeepStandby )
 		if(mode == mode_radio && g_Radiotext)
 			g_Radiotext->radiotext_stop();
 
-
 #ifdef ENABLE_PIP
 		g_Zapit->stopPip();
 #endif
@@ -3260,6 +3266,7 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::standbyMode( bool bOnOff, bool fromDeepStandby )
 			CVFD::getInstance()->Clear();
 			CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_STANDBY);
 		}
+		CVFD::getInstance()->setBacklight(g_settings.backlight_standby);
 
 		if(g_settings.mode_clock) {
 			InfoClock->StopClock();
@@ -3309,6 +3316,8 @@ void CNeutrinoApp::standbyMode( bool bOnOff, bool fromDeepStandby )
 			perror(NEUTRINO_LEAVE_STANDBY_SCRIPT " failed");
 
 		CVFD::getInstance()->setMode(CVFD::MODE_TVRADIO);
+		CVFD::getInstance()->setBacklight(g_settings.backlight_tv);
+
 		g_Zapit->setStandby(false);
 		/* the old code did:
 		   if(was_record) g_Zapit->startPlayBack()
@@ -3620,8 +3629,10 @@ void stop_daemons(bool stopall, bool for_flash)
 	delete &CMoviePlayerGui::getInstance();
 	CZapit::getInstance()->Stop();
 	printf("zapit shutdown done\n");
-	if (!for_flash)
+	if (!for_flash) {
 		CVFD::getInstance()->Clear();
+		CVFD::getInstance()->setBacklight(g_settings.backlight_deepstandby);
+	}
 	if(stopall && !for_flash) {
 		if (cpuFreq) {
 			cpuFreq->SetCpuFreq(g_settings.cpufreq * 1000 * 1000);
diff --git a/src/system/settings.h b/src/system/settings.h
index 88a73e417..1ce6f1566 100644
--- a/src/system/settings.h
+++ b/src/system/settings.h
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@ struct SNeutrinoSettings
 	int led_deep_mode;
 	int led_rec_mode;
 	int led_blink;
+	int backlight_tv;
+	int backlight_standby;
+	int backlight_deepstandby;
 #define FILESYSTEM_ENCODING_TO_UTF8(a) (g_settings.filesystem_is_utf8 ? (a) : ZapitTools::Latin1_to_UTF8(a).c_str())
 #define UTF8_TO_FILESYSTEM_ENCODING(a) (g_settings.filesystem_is_utf8 ? (a) : ZapitTools::UTF8_to_Latin1(a).c_str())
 #define FILESYSTEM_ENCODING_TO_UTF8_STRING(a) (g_settings.filesystem_is_utf8 ? (a) : ZapitTools::Latin1_to_UTF8(a))