diff --git a/doc/dynare.texi b/doc/dynare.texi
index 1ab025113..d7c888d32 100644
--- a/doc/dynare.texi
+++ b/doc/dynare.texi
@@ -8446,6 +8446,10 @@ The zero tolerance. Anything smaller than @code{zerotol} and larger
 than @code{-zerotol} will be set to zero before being
 graphed. Default: @math{1e-6}
 
+@item tableRowColor, @code{STRING}
+The color that you want the row to be. Predefined values include
+@code{LightCyan} and @code{Gray}. Default: white.
+
 @end table
 @end defmethod
 
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@report/write.m b/matlab/reports/@report/write.m
index 03b0dfc9a..0b34bdadb 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@report/write.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@report/write.m
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ else
     fprintf(fid, '\\usepackage{pgfplots}\n');
 end
 
+fprintf(fid, '\\usepackage{color, colortbl}\n');
+fprintf(fid, '\\definecolor{LightCyan}{rgb}{0.88,1,1}\n');
+fprintf(fid, '\\definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.9}\n');
 if o.showDate
     fprintf(fid, '\\usepackage{fancyhdr, datetime}\n');
     fprintf(fid, '\\newdateformat{reportdate}{\\THEDAY\\ \\shortmonthname\\ \\THEYEAR}\n');
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@series/series.m b/matlab/reports/@series/series.m
index 6493dced7..754d82b0d 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@series/series.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@series/series.m
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ o.tableMarkerLimit = 1e-4;
 
 o.tableAlignRight = false;
 
+o.tableRowColor = '';
+
 o.zerotol = 1e-6;
 
 if nargin == 1
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@series/write.m b/matlab/reports/@series/write.m
index e0f0ffcae..f626b47ae 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@series/write.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@series/write.m
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ dataString = ['%.' num2str(precision) 'f'];
 precision  = 10^precision;
 
 fprintf(fid, '%% Table Row (series)\n');
+if ~isempty(o.tableRowColor)
+    fprintf(fid, '\\rowcolor{%s}', o.tableRowColor);
+end
 if o.tableAlignRight
     fprintf(fid, '\\multicolumn{1}{r}{');
 end