diff --git a/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua b/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
index 1fb098cad..3bb07e435 100644
--- a/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
+++ b/lib/beautiful/xresources.lua
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ function xresources.get_current_theme()
             print("W: beautiful: can't get colorscheme from xrdb (using fallback).")
             return fallback
         end
+        if colors[key]:find("rgb:") then
+            colors[key] = "#"..colors[key]:gsub("[a]?rgb:", ""):gsub("/", "")
+        end
     end
     return colors
 end