diff --git a/motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb b/motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
index 57f02fd..e0be729 100644
--- a/motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
+++ b/motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ module RubyMotionQuery
         @view.rowHeight = value
       end
 
+      def background_image=(value)
+        @view.backgroundView = UIImageView.alloc.initWithImage(value)
+      end
+      def background_image
+        if @view.backgroundView
+          @view.backgroundView.image
+        else
+          nil
+        end
+      end
+
       SEPARATOR_STYLES = {
         none: UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone,
         single: UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleSingleLine,
diff --git a/spec/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb b/spec/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
index cfcd2b7..c84e1d9 100644
--- a/spec/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
+++ b/spec/stylers/ui_table_view_styler.rb
@@ -36,4 +36,16 @@ describe 'stylers/ui_table_view' do
       v.rowHeight.should == 20
     end
   end
+
+  it 'should allow getting and setting the background image' do
+
+    view = @vc.rmq.append(@view_klass, :ui_table_view_kitchen_sink)
+
+    view.style do |st|
+      st.background_image.should == nil
+      background = rmq.image.resource("Default")
+      st.background_image = background
+      st.background_image.should == background
+    end
+  end
 end