diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
index c826569d383..b5b2cc106dd 100644
--- a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ void DirectoryView::setup_icon_view()
         m_icon_view->set_frame_shape(Gfx::FrameShape::NoFrame);
         m_icon_view->set_scrollbars_enabled(false);
         m_icon_view->set_fill_with_background_color(false);
+        m_icon_view->set_draw_item_text_with_shadow(true);
     }
 
     m_icon_view->set_model(m_sorting_model);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
index 3cf768e972d..53e01f83712 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,12 @@ void AbstractView::draw_item_text(Gfx::Painter& painter, const ModelIndex& index
         },
             text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, elision);
     } else {
-        painter.draw_text(text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, text_color, elision);
+        if (m_draw_item_text_with_shadow) {
+            painter.draw_text(text_rect.translated(1, 1), item_text, font, alignment, Color::Black, elision);
+            painter.draw_text(text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, Color::White, elision);
+        } else {
+            painter.draw_text(text_rect, item_text, font, alignment, text_color, elision);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
index 7e66730c8b1..a8716e19a88 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/AbstractView.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ public:
     bool is_tab_key_navigation_enabled() const { return m_tab_key_navigation_enabled; }
     void set_tab_key_navigation_enabled(bool enabled) { m_tab_key_navigation_enabled = enabled; }
 
+    void set_draw_item_text_with_shadow(bool b) { m_draw_item_text_with_shadow = b; }
+
 protected:
     AbstractView();
     virtual ~AbstractView() override;
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ private:
     bool m_multi_select { true };
     bool m_tab_key_navigation_enabled { false };
     bool m_is_dragging { false };
+    bool m_draw_item_text_with_shadow { false };
 };
 
 }