diff --git a/src/gui/tray/SyncStatus.qml b/src/gui/tray/SyncStatus.qml
index b26452572b..1dcd5cb136 100644
--- a/src/gui/tray/SyncStatus.qml
+++ b/src/gui/tray/SyncStatus.qml
@@ -69,8 +69,28 @@ RowLayout {
                 id: syncProgressBar
 
                 // TODO: Rather than setting all these palette colours manually,
-                // create a custom style and do it for all components globally
-                palette.window: palette.dark // NOTE: Fusion theme uses darker window colour for the border of the progress bar
+                // create a custom style and do it for all components globally.
+                //
+                // Additionally, we need to override the entire palette when we
+                // set one palette property, as otherwise we default back to the
+                // theme palette -- not the parent palette
+                palette {
+                    text: Style.ncTextColor
+                    windowText: Style.ncTextColor
+                    buttonText: Style.ncTextColor
+                    brightText: Style.ncTextBrightColor
+                    highlight: Style.lightHover
+                    highlightedText: Style.ncTextColor
+                    light: Style.lightHover
+                    midlight: Style.ncSecondaryTextColor
+                    mid: Style.darkerHover
+                    dark: Style.menuBorder
+                    button: Style.buttonBackgroundColor
+                    window: palette.dark // NOTE: Fusion theme uses darker window colour for the border of the progress bar
+                    base: Style.backgroundColor
+                    toolTipBase: Style.backgroundColor
+                    toolTipText: Style.ncTextColor
+                }
                 value: syncStatus.syncProgress
             }
         }