diff --git a/src/vs/platform/theme/common/styler.ts b/src/vs/platform/theme/common/styler.ts
index a456996acd7dd60adee5ea84d7bdb90c973bd2b1..c53e9f1c41b0faaec1c3ae624026578d48355725 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/theme/common/styler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/theme/common/styler.ts
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ export function attachStylerCallback(themeService: IThemeService, colors: { [nam
 	return attachStyler(themeService, colors, callback);
 }
 
-export interface IBreadcrumbsWidgetStyleOverrides extends IStyleOverrides {
-	breadcrumbsBackground?: ColorIdentifier;
+export interface IBreadcrumbsWidgetStyleOverrides extends IColorMapping {
+	breadcrumbsBackground?: ColorIdentifier | ColorFunction;
 	breadcrumbsForeground?: ColorIdentifier;
 	breadcrumbsHoverForeground?: ColorIdentifier;
 	breadcrumbsFocusForeground?: ColorIdentifier;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/breadcrumbsControl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/breadcrumbsControl.ts
index 87774d8c042319742e970ffc0e7041244fc32269..0600a31f1754d93620b5edc206a19c0a44ccb673 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/breadcrumbsControl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/breadcrumbsControl.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { IInstantiationService, ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/platform/instantiati
 import { KeybindingsRegistry, KeybindingWeight } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRegistry';
 import { IListService, WorkbenchListFocusContextKey } from 'vs/platform/list/browser/listService';
 import { IQuickOpenService } from 'vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen';
-import { ColorIdentifier } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
+import { ColorIdentifier, ColorFunction } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
 import { attachBreadcrumbsStyler } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/styler';
 import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export interface IBreadcrumbsControlOptions {
 	showFileIcons: boolean;
 	showSymbolIcons: boolean;
 	showDecorationColors: boolean;
-	breadcrumbsBackground: ColorIdentifier;
+	breadcrumbsBackground: ColorIdentifier | ColorFunction;
 }
 
 export class BreadcrumbsControl {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/noTabsTitleControl.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/noTabsTitleControl.ts
index 25ae49606140c8485b3463ff98ba63f6bfccb3a2..e0fbd8d17b48be7bbe8eed23b2cb2bbae4dfafe3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/noTabsTitleControl.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/noTabsTitleControl.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { addDisposableListener, EventType, addClass, EventHelper, removeClass, t
 import { IEditorPartOptions, EDITOR_TITLE_HEIGHT } from 'vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor';
 import { IAction } from 'vs/base/common/actions';
 import { CLOSE_EDITOR_COMMAND_ID } from 'vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editorCommands';
-import { editorBackground } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry';
+import { Color } from 'vs/base/common/color';
 
 export class NoTabsTitleControl extends TitleControl {
 	private titleContainer: HTMLElement;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class NoTabsTitleControl extends TitleControl {
 		this._register(this.editorLabel.onClick(e => this.onTitleLabelClick(e)));
 
 		// Breadcrumbs
-		this.createBreadcrumbsControl(labelContainer, { showFileIcons: false, showSymbolIcons: true, showDecorationColors: false, breadcrumbsBackground: editorBackground });
+		this.createBreadcrumbsControl(labelContainer, { showFileIcons: false, showSymbolIcons: true, showDecorationColors: false, breadcrumbsBackground: () => Color.transparent });
 		toggleClass(this.titleContainer, 'breadcrumbs', Boolean(this.breadcrumbsControl));
 		this.toDispose.push({ dispose: () => removeClass(this.titleContainer, 'breadcrumbs') }); // import to remove because the container is a shared dom node