diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index 571ad7e35..ee87741d5 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		int luaShowDiv(CLuaState &ls);
 		int luaParseHtml(CLuaState &ls);
 		int luaRenderHtml(CLuaState &ls);
+		int luaSetBackground(CLuaState &ls);
 
 		REFLECT_EXPORT_START(CGroupHTML, CGroupScrollText)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("browse", luaBrowse)
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("showDiv", luaShowDiv)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("parseHtml", luaParseHtml)
 			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("renderHtml", luaRenderHtml)
+			REFLECT_LUA_METHOD("setBackground", luaSetBackground)
 			REFLECT_STRING("url", getURL, setURL)
 			REFLECT_STRING("html", getHTML, setHTML)
 			REFLECT_FLOAT("timeout", getTimeout, setTimeout)
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index c0721f3ed..a2906f017 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -4509,6 +4509,23 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+// ***************************************************************************
+	int CGroupHTML::luaSetBackground(CLuaState &ls)
+	{
+		const char *funcName = "renderHtml";
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgCount(ls, funcName, 3);
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 1, LUA_TSTRING);
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 2, LUA_TBOOLEAN);
+		CLuaIHM::checkArgType(ls, funcName, 3, LUA_TBOOLEAN);
+		std::string image = ls.toString(1);
+		bool scale = ls.toBoolean(2);
+		bool repeat = ls.toBoolean(3);
+
+		setBackground(image, scale, repeat);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	int CGroupHTML::luaInsertText(CLuaState &ls)	
 	{