diff --git a/src/qtquick/qml/private/MessageBoxSheet.qml b/src/qtquick/qml/private/MessageBoxSheet.qml
index 473352f2..1bafc747 100644
--- a/src/qtquick/qml/private/MessageBoxSheet.qml
+++ b/src/qtquick/qml/private/MessageBoxSheet.qml
@@ -1,60 +1,66 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2020 Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin@leinir.dk>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
  *   (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *   GNU Library General Public License for more details
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.12
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.12 as QtControls
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.12 as QtLayouts
 
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.7 as Kirigami
 
 Kirigami.OverlaySheet {
     id: component
 
     property alias title: headerLabel.text
     property alias text: messageLabel.text
     property list<QtObject> actions
 
     showCloseButton: true
     header: Kirigami.Heading {
         id: headerLabel
         QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true
         elide: Text.ElideRight
     }
+    // This is a TextEdit rather than a label, because the QQC Label control
+    // does not support text selection (and it's very useful to be able to
+    // select error texts for searchy purposes)
     contentItem: TextEdit {
         id: messageLabel
         QtLayouts.Layout.preferredWidth: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 10
         QtLayouts.Layout.margins: Kirigami.Units.largeSpacing
         wrapMode: Text.Wrap
         readOnly: true
         selectByMouse: true
+        color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
+        selectedTextColor: Kirigami.Theme.highlightedTextColor
+        selectionColor: Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
     }
     footer: QtLayouts.RowLayout {
         Item { QtLayouts.Layout.fillWidth: true }
         Repeater {
             model: component.actions;
             QtControls.Button {
                 action: modelData
                 Connections {
                     target: action
                     onTriggered: component.close()
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }