diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9b58dba..df1687e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NULL=
-SUBDIRS = src vapi po
+SUBDIRS = src vapi data po
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	autogen.sh \
 	intltool-extract.in \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c10ea4d..0adbc61 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		vapi/Makefile
 		src/Makefile
+		data/Makefile
 		po/Makefile.in])
 
 LT_INIT
diff --git a/data/gnome-contacts.css b/data/gnome-contacts.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/main.vala b/src/main.vala
index 33ada80..7df45d1 100644
--- a/src/main.vala
+++ b/src/main.vala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 using Gtk;
 using Contacts;
 
-public static int 
+public static int
 main (string[] args) {
   Intl.bindtextdomain (Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, Config.LOCALEDIR);
   Intl.bind_textdomain_codeset (Config.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ main (string[] args) {
 
   Gtk.init (ref args);
 
+  try {
+    var provider = new CssProvider ();
+    provider.load_from_path (Config.PKGDATADIR + "/" + "gnome-contacts.css");
+    StyleContext.add_provider_for_screen (Gdk.Screen.get_default (), provider,
+					  STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION);
+  } catch {
+  }
+
   var app = new App ();
   app.show ();