diff --git a/modules/http/http_protocol.c b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
index 75c4531bf05..c2bfba03b28 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_protocol.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
@@ -1357,8 +1357,11 @@ AP_DECLARE(void) ap_send_error_response(request_rec *r, int recursive_error)
 
         ap_rvputs_proto_in_ascii(r,
                   DOCTYPE_HTML_4_01
-                  "<html><head>\n<title>", title,
-                  "</title>\n</head><body>\n<h1>", h1, "</h1>\n",
+                  "<html>\n<head>\n"
+                  "<meta name=\"color-scheme\" content=\"light dark\">\n"
+                  "<title>", title, "</title>\n"
+                  "</head>\n<body>\n"
+                  "<h1>", h1, "</h1>\n",
                   NULL);
 
         ap_rvputs_proto_in_ascii(r,
