diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index 94a76b3b..2e210ab3 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
     if !pgfx_plot.is_created
         the_plot = PGFPlotsX.TikzPicture(PGFPlotsX.Options())
         cols, rows = size(plt.layout.grid)
-        bgc = plt.attr[:background_color_outside]
+        bgc = plt.attr[:background_color_outside] == :match ? plt.attr[:background_color] : plt.attr[:background_color]
         if bgc isa Colors.Colorant
             cstr = plot_color(bgc)
             a = alpha(cstr)