diff --git a/libcef/browser/osr/web_contents_view_osr.cc b/libcef/browser/osr/web_contents_view_osr.cc
index 2f6c380ab..ae64b1d8a 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/osr/web_contents_view_osr.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/osr/web_contents_view_osr.cc
@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ CefWebContentsViewOSR::CreateViewForPopupWidget(
 void CefWebContentsViewOSR::SetPageTitle(const base::string16& title) {}
 
 void CefWebContentsViewOSR::RenderViewCreated(content::RenderViewHost* host) {
-  // |view| will be nullptr the first time this method is called for popup
-  // browsers.
-  CefRenderWidgetHostViewOSR* view = GetView();
+  if (!host)
+    return;
+  CefRenderWidgetHostViewOSR* view =
+      static_cast<CefRenderWidgetHostViewOSR*>(host->GetWidget()->GetView());
   if (view)
     view->InstallTransparency();
 }
diff --git a/patch/patch.cfg b/patch/patch.cfg
index 45bd129f2..41ecf376a 100644
--- a/patch/patch.cfg
+++ b/patch/patch.cfg
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ patches = [
   },
   {
     # Enable popups in offscreen rendering on OS X.
+    #
+    # Allow customization of the WebView background color.
+    # https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2345
     'name': 'webkit_popups',
   },
   {
diff --git a/patch/patches/prefs_content_1161.patch b/patch/patches/prefs_content_1161.patch
index d1d4921fd..eba0ff894 100644
--- a/patch/patches/prefs_content_1161.patch
+++ b/patch/patches/prefs_content_1161.patch
@@ -35,15 +35,14 @@ index 49be57cd2aad..417be7a55184 100644
    bool record_whole_document;
    SavePreviousDocumentResources save_previous_document_resources;
 diff --git content/renderer/render_view_impl.cc content/renderer/render_view_impl.cc
-index 1d136aa56ff4..23c00d73b8ed 100644
+index 1d136aa56ff4..2151ad629dd9 100644
 --- content/renderer/render_view_impl.cc
 +++ content/renderer/render_view_impl.cc
-@@ -1261,6 +1261,8 @@ void RenderViewImpl::ApplyWebPreferencesInternal(
+@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@ void RenderViewImpl::ApplyWebPreferencesInternal(
      blink::WebView* web_view,
      CompositorDependencies* compositor_deps) {
    ApplyWebPreferences(prefs, web_view);
-+  if (GetWebFrameWidget())
-+    GetWebFrameWidget()->SetBaseBackgroundColor(prefs.base_background_color);
++  web_view->SetBaseBackgroundColor(prefs.base_background_color);
  }
  
  void RenderViewImpl::OnForceRedraw(const ui::LatencyInfo& latency_info) {
diff --git a/patch/patches/webkit_popups.patch b/patch/patches/webkit_popups.patch
index 5d8710f51..23f008f1d 100644
--- a/patch/patches/webkit_popups.patch
+++ b/patch/patches/webkit_popups.patch
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ index d0c5134a2ad6..1434134d4212 100644
        suppress_next_keypress_event_(false),
        ime_accept_events_(true),
 diff --git third_party/WebKit/Source/core/exported/WebViewImpl.h third_party/WebKit/Source/core/exported/WebViewImpl.h
-index 79a702679fec..f50dca632eb4 100644
+index 79a702679fec..babc626a91bf 100644
 --- third_party/WebKit/Source/core/exported/WebViewImpl.h
 +++ third_party/WebKit/Source/core/exported/WebViewImpl.h
 @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ index 79a702679fec..f50dca632eb4 100644
  
    // WebWidget methods:
    void Close() override;
+@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final
+   HitTestResult CoreHitTestResultAt(const WebPoint&);
+   void InvalidateRect(const IntRect&);
+ 
+-  void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor);
++  void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor) override;
+   void SetBaseBackgroundColorOverride(WebColor);
+   void ClearBaseBackgroundColorOverride();
+   void SetBackgroundColorOverride(WebColor);
 @@ -608,6 +609,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT WebViewImpl final
    float fake_page_scale_animation_page_scale_factor_;
    bool fake_page_scale_animation_use_anchor_;
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ index 98618289cfab..ec154753a350 100644
  
    DCHECK(RuntimeEnabledFeatures::PagePopupEnabled());
 diff --git third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebView.h third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebView.h
-index 8f30d3c30bac..6d156c7837fb 100644
+index 8f30d3c30bac..062ae5e643bb 100644
 --- third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebView.h
 +++ third_party/WebKit/public/web/WebView.h
 @@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ class WebView : protected WebWidget {
@@ -74,3 +83,12 @@ index 8f30d3c30bac..6d156c7837fb 100644
  
    // Hides any popup (suggestions, selects...) that might be showing.
    virtual void HidePopups() = 0;
+@@ -390,6 +391,8 @@ class WebView : protected WebWidget {
+                                   unsigned inactive_background_color,
+                                   unsigned inactive_foreground_color) = 0;
+ 
++  virtual void SetBaseBackgroundColor(WebColor color) = 0;
++
+   // Modal dialog support ------------------------------------------------
+ 
+   // Call these methods before and after running a nested, modal event loop