diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50343541c6..0153a8f735 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Added
+* Select syntax highlighting theme out of the defaults from syntect [[@vasilismanol](https://github.com/vasilismanol)] ([#1931](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1931))
 * new command-line option to override the default log file path (`--logfile`) [[@acuteenvy](https://github.com/acuteenvy)] ([#2539](https://github.com/gitui-org/gitui/pull/2539))
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/components/syntax_text.rs b/src/components/syntax_text.rs
index aaf348ddaf..7a82aca273 100644
--- a/src/components/syntax_text.rs
+++ b/src/components/syntax_text.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ impl SyntaxTextComponent {
 						AsyncSyntaxJob::new(
 							content.clone(),
 							path.clone(),
+							self.theme.get_syntax(),
 						),
 					);
 
diff --git a/src/popups/blame_file.rs b/src/popups/blame_file.rs
index 80369b0470..273ca5ace3 100644
--- a/src/popups/blame_file.rs
+++ b/src/popups/blame_file.rs
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ impl BlameFilePopup {
 		job.spawn(AsyncSyntaxJob::new(
 			text,
 			params.file_path.clone(),
+			self.theme.get_syntax(),
 		));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ui/style.rs b/src/ui/style.rs
index 839ec380fb..7913835766 100644
--- a/src/ui/style.rs
+++ b/src/ui/style.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::ui::syntax_text::DEFAULT_SYNTAX_THEME;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use asyncgit::{DiffLineType, StatusItemType};
 use ratatui::style::{Color, Modifier, Style};
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct Theme {
 	branch_fg: Color,
 	line_break: String,
 	block_title_focused: Color,
+	syntax: String,
 }
 
 impl Theme {
@@ -298,6 +300,10 @@ impl Theme {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
+	pub fn get_syntax(&self) -> String {
+		self.syntax.clone()
+	}
+
 	pub fn init(theme_path: &PathBuf) -> Self {
 		let mut theme = Self::default();
 
@@ -353,6 +359,9 @@ impl Default for Theme {
 			branch_fg: Color::LightYellow,
 			line_break: "¶".to_string(),
 			block_title_focused: Color::Reset,
+			// Available themes can be found in:
+			// [ThemeSet::load_defaults function](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/blob/7fe13c0fd53cdfa0f9fea1aa14c5ba37f81d8b71/src/dumps.rs#L215).
+			syntax: DEFAULT_SYNTAX_THEME.to_string(),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -378,6 +387,7 @@ mod tests {
 (
 	selection_bg: Some("Black"),
 	selection_fg: Some("#ffffff"),
+	syntax: Some("InspiredGitHub")
 )
 "##
 		)
@@ -388,7 +398,9 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(theme.selected_tab, Theme::default().selected_tab);
 
 		assert_ne!(theme.selection_bg, Theme::default().selection_bg);
+		assert_ne!(theme.syntax, Theme::default().syntax);
 		assert_eq!(theme.selection_bg, Color::Black);
 		assert_eq!(theme.selection_fg, Color::Rgb(255, 255, 255));
+		assert_eq!(theme.syntax, "InspiredGitHub");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/syntax_text.rs b/src/ui/syntax_text.rs
index 20820df915..e0cd5bf6c5 100644
--- a/src/ui/syntax_text.rs
+++ b/src/ui/syntax_text.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use syntect::{
 
 use crate::{AsyncAppNotification, SyntaxHighlightProgress};
 
+pub const DEFAULT_SYNTAX_THEME: &str = "base16-eighties.dark";
+
 struct SyntaxLine {
 	items: Vec<(Style, usize, Range<usize>)>,
 }
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ impl SyntaxText {
 		text: String,
 		file_path: &Path,
 		params: &RunParams<AsyncAppNotification, ProgressPercent>,
+		syntax: &str,
 	) -> asyncgit::Result<Self> {
 		scope_time!("syntax_highlighting");
 		let mut state = {
@@ -86,9 +89,12 @@ impl SyntaxText {
 			ParseState::new(syntax)
 		};
 
-		let highlighter = Highlighter::new(
-			&THEME_SET.themes["base16-eighties.dark"],
-		);
+		let theme =
+			THEME_SET.themes.get(syntax).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+				log::error!("The syntax theme:\"{}\" cannot be found. Using default theme:\"{}\" instead.", syntax, DEFAULT_SYNTAX_THEME);
+				&THEME_SET.themes[DEFAULT_SYNTAX_THEME]
+			});
+		let highlighter = Highlighter::new(theme);
 
 		let mut syntax_lines: Vec<SyntaxLine> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -212,14 +218,20 @@ enum JobState {
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub struct AsyncSyntaxJob {
 	state: Arc<Mutex<Option<JobState>>>,
+	syntax: String,
 }
 
 impl AsyncSyntaxJob {
-	pub fn new(content: String, path: String) -> Self {
+	pub fn new(
+		content: String,
+		path: String,
+		syntax: String,
+	) -> Self {
 		Self {
 			state: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Some(JobState::Request((
 				content, path,
 			))))),
+			syntax,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -255,6 +267,7 @@ impl AsyncJob for AsyncSyntaxJob {
 						content,
 						Path::new(&path),
 						&params,
+						&self.syntax,
 					)?;
 					JobState::Response(syntax)
 				}