diff --git a/app.config.js b/app.config.js
index dbec5619..528c8436 100644
--- a/app.config.js
+++ b/app.config.js
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
       icon: './assets/icon.png',
       userInterfaceStyle: 'automatic',
       splash: SPLASH_CONFIG,
+      // hsl(211, 99%, 53%), same as palette.default.brandText
+      primaryColor: '#1083fe',
       ios: {
         supportsTablet: false,
         bundleIdentifier: 'xyz.blueskyweb.app',
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
         './plugins/withAndroidManifestPlugin.js',
         './plugins/withAndroidManifestFCMIconPlugin.js',
         './plugins/withAndroidStylesWindowBackgroundPlugin.js',
+        './plugins/withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin.js',
         './plugins/withAndroidSplashScreenStatusBarTranslucentPlugin.js',
         './plugins/shareExtension/withShareExtensions.js',
       ].filter(Boolean),
diff --git a/plugins/withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin.js b/plugins/withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4555378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * @file Set accent color to primaryColor from app.config.js.
+ * This way we get a sane default color for spinners, text inputs, etc.
+ */
+
+const {withAndroidStyles, AndroidConfig} = require('@expo/config-plugins')
+
+module.exports = function withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin(appConfig) {
+  return withAndroidStyles(appConfig, function (decoratedAppConfig) {
+    try {
+      decoratedAppConfig.modResults = AndroidConfig.Styles.assignStylesValue(
+        decoratedAppConfig.modResults,
+        {
+          add: true,
+          parent: AndroidConfig.Styles.getAppThemeLightNoActionBarGroup(),
+          name: 'colorAccent',
+          value: '@color/colorPrimary',
+        },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`withAndroidStylesAccentColorPlugin failed`, e)
+    }
+    return decoratedAppConfig
+  })
+}