diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 96799434a..1cb8c085a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [mod-fop] supporto for table cell back-color attribute
 - [playground-quarkus] quarkus-version set to 3.6.0
 
 ## [3.2.1] - 2023-11-22
diff --git a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/main/resources/fj_doc_mod_fop_config/template/macro/doc_element.ftl b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/main/resources/fj_doc_mod_fop_config/template/macro/doc_element.ftl
index ae334e26b..d46095bd2 100644
--- a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/main/resources/fj_doc_mod_fop_config/template/macro/doc_element.ftl
+++ b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/main/resources/fj_doc_mod_fop_config/template/macro/doc_element.ftl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 				<#list rowList as row>	
 				<fo:table-row>
 					<#list row.elementList as cell>
-						<fo:table-cell<@addCssValue name='padding' value=docTable.padding def=0 unit='mm'/><@addCssValue name='margin' value=docTable.padding def=0 unit='mm'/><@handleAlign alignValue=cell.align/><@handleVerticalAlign valignValue=cell.valign/><@handleBorders docBorders=cell.docBorders/><@handleCellSpan cell=cell/>>
+						<fo:table-cell<#if (cell.backColor??)> background-color="${cell.backColor}" </#if><@addCssValue name='padding' value=docTable.padding def=0 unit='mm'/><@addCssValue name='margin' value=docTable.padding def=0 unit='mm'/><@handleAlign alignValue=cell.align/><@handleVerticalAlign valignValue=cell.valign/><@handleBorders docBorders=cell.docBorders/><@handleCellSpan cell=cell/>>
 							<#if (cell.elementList?size > 0)>
 								<#list cell.elementList as cellElement>
 								<@handleElement current=cellElement/>
diff --git a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestAlt.java b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestAlt.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42f23d881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestAlt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package test.org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+import org.fugerit.java.core.function.SafeFunction;
+import org.fugerit.java.core.lang.helpers.ClassHelper;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.base.config.DocInput;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.base.config.DocOutput;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.base.config.DocTypeHandler;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.FreeMarkerFopTypeHandlerUTF8;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.InitFopHandler;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.PdfFopTypeHandler;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import test.org.fugerit.java.BasicTest;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class TestAlt extends BasicTest {
+
+	@BeforeClass
+	public static void init() {
+		SafeFunction.apply(  () -> InitFopHandler.initDoc() );
+	}
+	
+	private boolean testHelper( DocTypeHandler handler ) {
+		boolean ok = false;
+		try ( InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader( ClassHelper.loadFromDefaultClassLoader( "sample/doc_alt_01.xml" ) );
+				FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( "target/test_alt_01."+handler.getType() ) ) {
+			handler.handle( DocInput.newInput( handler.getType(), reader ) , DocOutput.newOutput( fos ) );
+			ok = true;
+			log.info( "result {}", ok );
+		}  catch (Exception e) {
+			this.failEx( e );
+		}
+		return ok;
+	}
+	
+	private static final DocTypeHandler[] HANDLERS = { PdfFopTypeHandler.HANDLER, new FreeMarkerFopTypeHandlerUTF8() };
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testAlt001Ok() {
+		for ( int k=0; k<HANDLERS.length; k++ ) {
+			boolean ok = this.testHelper(HANDLERS[k]);
+			Assert.assertTrue(ok);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestPdfFopTypeHandler.java b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestPdfFopTypeHandler.java
index 7d7214d7c..ca7d6fd35 100644
--- a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestPdfFopTypeHandler.java
+++ b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/java/test/org/fugerit/java/doc/mod/fop/TestPdfFopTypeHandler.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
 import org.fugerit.java.core.cfg.ConfigRuntimeException;
+import org.fugerit.java.core.function.SafeFunction;
 import org.fugerit.java.core.lang.helpers.ClassHelper;
 import org.fugerit.java.core.xml.dom.DOMIO;
 import org.fugerit.java.doc.base.config.DocInput;
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@
 import org.fugerit.java.doc.base.config.DocTypeHandler;
 import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.FopConfig;
 import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.FopConfigDefault;
+import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.InitFopHandler;
 import org.fugerit.java.doc.mod.fop.PdfFopTypeHandler;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
@@ -22,6 +25,11 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class TestPdfFopTypeHandler extends BasicTest {
 
+	@BeforeClass
+	public static void init() {
+		SafeFunction.apply(  () -> InitFopHandler.initDocAsync() );
+	}
+	
 	private boolean testHelper( DocTypeHandler handler ) {
 		boolean ok = false;
 		try ( InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader( ClassHelper.loadFromDefaultClassLoader( "sample/doc_test_01.xml" ) );
diff --git a/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/resources/sample/doc_alt_01.xml b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/resources/sample/doc_alt_01.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0c004975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fj-doc-mod-fop/src/test/resources/sample/doc_alt_01.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<doc xmlns="http://javacoredoc.fugerit.org" 
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://javacoredoc.fugerit.org https://www.fugerit.org/data/java/doc/xsd/doc-1-10.xsd">
+  <metadata>
+    <info name="margins">10;10;10;30</info>
+    <info name="excel-table-id">excel-table=print</info>
+    <info name="excel-width-multiplier">450</info>
+    <footer-ext>
+      <para align="center">Page ${currentPage}</para>
+    </footer-ext>
+  </metadata>
+  <body>
+    <table columns="3" colwidths="30;30;40" id="excel-table" padding="2" width="100">
+      <row>
+        <cell align="center" back-color="#99aaee">
+          <para>Name</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell align="center" back-color="#99aaee">
+          <para>Surname</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell align="center" back-color="#99aaee">
+          <para>Title</para>
+        </cell>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <cell>
+          <para>Luthien</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell>
+          <para>Tinuviel</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell>
+          <para>Queen</para>
+        </cell>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <cell>
+          <para>Thorin</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell>
+          <para>Oakshield</para>
+        </cell>
+        <cell>
+          <para>King</para>
+        </cell>
+      </row>
+    </table>
+  </body>
+</doc>