diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 23dc03aa..32d0fc39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <pre>
 2008-05-14:
     * version 1.1
+    * readded visualbellstyle (thanks mauke)
     * new popups=4 option
 
 2008-05-14:
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 0da3b943..40f3d2f0 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
             {
                 setter: function (value) { liberator.options.setPref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.enablesound", !value); },
             });
+
+        liberator.options.add(["visualbellstyle", "t_vb"],
+            "CSS specification of the visual bell",
+            "string", "border: none; background-color: black;"
+        );
     }
 
     function addMappings()
@@ -447,15 +452,20 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
         {
             if (liberator.options["visualbell"])
             {
-                // flash the visual bell
-                var popup = document.getElementById("liberator-visualbell");
-                var win = getBrowser().mPanelContainer;
-                var box = document.getBoxObjectFor(win);
+                var vbs = liberator.options["visualbellstyle"];
+                if (vbs)
+                {
+                    // flash the visual bell
+                    var popup = document.getElementById("liberator-visualbell");
+                    var win = getBrowser().mPanelContainer;
+                    var box = document.getBoxObjectFor(win);
 
-                popup.height = box.height;
-                popup.width = box.width;
-                popup.openPopup(win, "overlap", 0, 0, false, false);
-                setTimeout(function () { popup.hidePopup(); }, 50);
+                    popup.style.cssText = vbs;
+                    popup.height = box.height;
+                    popup.width = box.width;
+                    popup.openPopup(win, "overlap", 0, 0, false, false);
+                    setTimeout(function () { popup.hidePopup(); }, 50);
+                }
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/locale/en-US/options.txt b/locale/en-US/options.txt
index 1fd9f34d..a14e4c6b 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/options.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/options.txt
@@ -546,6 +546,13 @@ Use visual bell instead of beeping on errors. For now you can't turn off both,
 this will hopefully change.
 ____
 
+|\'visualbellstyle'| |\'t_vb'|
+||'visualbellstyle' 't_vb'|| string (default: "border: none; background-color: black;")
+____
+The CSS style to use for the visual bell. Set this to the empty string if you
+want no bell at all.
+____
+
 |\'wim'| |\'wildmode'|
 ||'wildmode' 'wim'||
 stringlist (default: "list:full")