diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3905d939..c70dd05b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed `First Message` scrollbar highlights not being disabled. (#3325)
 - Bugfix: Fixed the reconnection backoff accidentally resetting when thrown out of certain IRC servers. (#3328)
 - Bugfix: Fixed underlying text from disabled emotes not being colorized properly. (#3333)
+- Bugfix: Fixed IRC ACTION messages (/me) not being colorized properly. (#3341)
 - Dev: Add GitHub action to test builds without precompiled headers enabled. (#3327)
 - Dev: Renamed CMake's build option `USE_SYSTEM_QT5KEYCHAIN` to `USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN`. (#3103)
 - Dev: Add benchmarks that can be compiled with the `BUILD_BENCHMARKS` CMake flag. Off by default. (#3038)
diff --git a/src/providers/irc/IrcMessageBuilder.cpp b/src/providers/irc/IrcMessageBuilder.cpp
index 1c37f362..aa862d4a 100644
--- a/src/providers/irc/IrcMessageBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/irc/IrcMessageBuilder.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ MessagePtr IrcMessageBuilder::build()
 
 void IrcMessageBuilder::addWords(const QStringList &words)
 {
-    MessageColor defaultColorType = MessageColor::Text;
+    MessageColor defaultColorType = this->textColor_;
     auto defaultColor = defaultColorType.getColor(*getApp()->themes);
     QColor textColor = defaultColor;
     int fg = -1;