diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/media/scrollbar.css b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/media/scrollbar.css
index 1b99a5d61d65dcff6b0481be4ddd8f3e3f3fb612..0bff305aae40b62eb192bd65c3c29391c7df3542 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/media/scrollbar.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/media/scrollbar.css
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 .monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm-viewport {
 	/* Use the hack presented in http://stackoverflow.com/a/38748186/1156119 to get opacity transitions working on the scrollbar */
-	background-color: rgba(121, 121, 121, 0);
 	-webkit-background-clip: text;
 	-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
 	transition: background-color 800ms linear;
@@ -27,12 +26,10 @@
 .monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm:focus .xterm-viewport,
 .monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm:hover .xterm-viewport {
 	transition: opacity 100ms linear;
-	background-color: rgba(121, 121, 121, 0.4);
 }
 
 .monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm .xterm-viewport::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
 	transition: opacity 0ms linear;
-	background-color: rgba(100, 100, 100, .7);
 }
 
 .monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm .xterm-viewport::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:window-inactive {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
index 7dcd6d7eef29c06cece917b46fb2ca2934cdb53d..b7e6f6a378f88abb0f2f3cd6bb7bca665a098670 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalInstance.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { TabFocus } from 'vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig';
 import { TerminalConfigHelper } from 'vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalConfigHelper';
 import { TerminalLinkHandler } from 'vs/workbench/parts/terminal/electron-browser/terminalLinkHandler';
 import { TerminalWidgetManager } from 'vs/workbench/parts/terminal/browser/terminalWidgetManager';
+import { registerThemingParticipant, ITheme, ICssStyleCollector } from "vs/platform/theme/common/themeService";
+import { scrollbarSliderBackground, scrollbarSliderHoverBackground, scrollbarSliderActiveBackground } from "vs/platform/theme/common/colorRegistry";
 
 /** The amount of time to consider terminal errors to be related to the launch */
 const LAUNCHING_DURATION = 500;
@@ -746,3 +748,26 @@ export class TerminalInstance implements ITerminalInstance {
 		this._terminalProcessFactory = factory;
 	}
 }
+
+registerThemingParticipant((theme: ITheme, collector: ICssStyleCollector) => {
+
+	// Scrollbar
+	const scrollbarSliderBackgroundColor = theme.getColor(scrollbarSliderBackground);
+	if (scrollbarSliderBackgroundColor) {
+		collector.addRule(`
+			.monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm.focus .xterm-viewport,
+			.monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm:focus .xterm-viewport,
+			.monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm:hover .xterm-viewport { background-color: ${scrollbarSliderBackgroundColor}; }`
+		);
+	}
+
+	const scrollbarSliderHoverBackgroundColor = theme.getColor(scrollbarSliderHoverBackground);
+	if (scrollbarSliderHoverBackgroundColor) {
+		collector.addRule(`.monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm .xterm-viewport::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background-color: ${scrollbarSliderHoverBackgroundColor}; }`);
+	}
+
+	const scrollbarSliderActiveBackgroundColor = theme.getColor(scrollbarSliderActiveBackground);
+	if (scrollbarSliderActiveBackgroundColor) {
+		collector.addRule(`.monaco-workbench .panel.integrated-terminal .xterm .xterm-viewport::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:active { background-color: ${scrollbarSliderActiveBackgroundColor}; }`);
+	}
+});
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