diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4f984dca8..4b3b1622d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Release 1.0 (in development)
 ============================
 
+* #193: Added a ``visitedlinkcolor`` theme option to the default
+  theme.
+
 * Added the ``prepend`` and ``append`` options to the
   ``literalinclude`` directive.
 
diff --git a/doc/theming.rst b/doc/theming.rst
index d1d3b27a3..5b4b648c7 100644
--- a/doc/theming.rst
+++ b/doc/theming.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Sphinx comes with a selection of themes to choose from:
   - **bgcolor** (CSS color): Body background color.
   - **textcolor** (CSS color): Body text color.
   - **linkcolor** (CSS color): Body link color.
+  - **visitedlinkcolor** (CSS color): Body color for visited links.
   - **headbgcolor** (CSS color): Background color for headings.
   - **headtextcolor** (CSS color): Text color for headings.
   - **headlinkcolor** (CSS color): Link color for headings.
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t b/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
index cefb308b0..fbfd64a85 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
+++ b/sphinx/themes/default/static/default.css_t
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ a {
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+a:visited {
+    color: {{ theme_visitedlinkcolor }};
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 a:hover {
     text-decoration: underline;
 }
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/default/theme.conf b/sphinx/themes/default/theme.conf
index 812330f8a..5035fae59 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/default/theme.conf
+++ b/sphinx/themes/default/theme.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ headbgcolor      = #f2f2f2
 headtextcolor    = #20435c
 headlinkcolor    = #c60f0f
 linkcolor        = #355f7c
+visitedlinkcolor = #355f7c
 codebgcolor      = #eeffcc
 codetextcolor    = #333333