diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ea7738b7..f52f3525 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
     . Internal change
 ==========================
 
+1.6.0, unknown release date
+! Support for all deprecated attributes via attribute transformations
+  + bgcolor in td, th, tr and table
+  + (incomplete)
+
 1.5.1, unknown release date
 - Fix segfault in unit test. The problem is not very reproduceable and
   I don't know what causes it, but a six line patch fixed it.
diff --git a/docs/dev-progress.html b/docs/dev-progress.html
index be35a9b6..3e53633c 100644
--- a/docs/dev-progress.html
+++ b/docs/dev-progress.html
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ Mozilla on inside and needs -moz-outline, no IE support.</td></tr>
     <tr><td>HR</td><td>Near-equivalent style 'text-align' (Works for IE and Opera, but not Firefox). Also try <code>margin-right:auto; margin-left:0;</code> for left or <code>margin-right:0; margin-left:auto;</code> for right (optionally replacing 0 with the original margin for that side)</td></tr>
     <tr class="impl-yes"><td>H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, P</td><td>Equivalent style 'text-align'</td></tr>
 <tr class="required impl-yes"><td>alt</td><td>IMG</td><td>Required, insert image filename if src is present or default invalid image text</td></tr>
-<tr><td rowspan="3">bgcolor</td><td>TABLE</td><td>Equivalent style 'background-color'</td></tr>
-    <tr><td>TR</td><td>Equivalent style 'background-color'</td></tr>
-    <tr><td>TD, TH</td><td>Equivalent style 'background-color'</td></tr>
+<tr class="impl-yes"><td rowspan="3">bgcolor</td><td>TABLE</td><td>Superset style 'background-color'</td></tr>
+    <tr class="impl-yes"><td>TR</td><td>Superset style 'background-color'</td></tr>
+    <tr class="impl-yes"><td>TD, TH</td><td>Superset style 'background-color'</td></tr>
 <tr><td>border</td><td>IMG</td><td>Near equivalent style 'border-width', as it only applies when link present</td></tr>
 <tr><td>clear</td><td>BR</td><td>Near-equiv style 'clear', transform 'all' into 'both'</td></tr>
 <tr class="impl-no"><td>compact</td><td>DL, OL, UL</td><td>Boolean, needs custom CSS class; rarely used anyway</td></tr>
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abfd0342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform.php';
+
+/**
+ * Pre-transform that changes deprecated bgcolor attribute to CSS.
+ */
+class HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_BgColor
+extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform {
+
+    function transform($attr, $config, &$context) {
+        
+        if (!isset($attr['bgcolor'])) return $attr;
+        
+        $bgcolor = $attr['bgcolor'];
+        unset($attr['bgcolor']);
+        // some validation should happen here
+        
+        $attr['style'] = isset($attr['style']) ? $attr['style'] : '';
+        $attr['style'] = "background-color:$bgcolor;" . $attr['style'];
+        
+        return $attr;
+        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TextAlign.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TextAlign.php
index 84e5a016..09088fe1 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TextAlign.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TextAlign.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform.php';
  * Pre-transform that changes deprecated align attribute to text-align.
  */
 class HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_TextAlign
-    extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform {
+extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform {
 
     function transform($attr, $config, &$context) {
         
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TransformToStrict.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TransformToStrict.php
index d228f84f..275f551d 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TransformToStrict.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TransformToStrict.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require_once 'HTMLPurifier/TagTransform/Font.php';
 
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Lang.php';
 require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TextAlign.php';
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php';
 
 /**
  * Proprietary module that transforms deprecated elements into Strict
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_TransformToStrict extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule
     var $name = 'TransformToStrict';
     
     // we're actually modifying these elements, not defining them
-    var $elements = array('h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'p', 'blockquote');
+    var $elements = array('h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'p',
+        'blockquote', 'table', 'td', 'th', 'tr');
     
     var $info_tag_transform = array(
         // placeholders, see constructor for definitions
@@ -73,6 +75,11 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_TransformToStrict extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule
         $this->info['blockquote']->content_model_type = 'strictblockquote';
         $this->info['blockquote']->child = false; // recalculate please!
         
+        $this->info['table']->attr_transform_pre['bgcolor'] = 
+        $this->info['tr']->attr_transform_pre['bgcolor'] = 
+        $this->info['td']->attr_transform_pre['bgcolor'] = 
+        $this->info['th']->attr_transform_pre['bgcolor'] = new HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_BgColor();
+        
     }
     
     var $defines_child_def = true;
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColorTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ad35bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/BgColor.php';
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransformHarness.php';
+
+class HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_BgColorTest extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransformHarness
+{
+    
+    function setUp() {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->obj = new HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_BgColor();
+    }
+    
+    function test() {
+        
+        $this->assertResult( array() );
+        
+        // we currently rely on the CSS validator to fix any problems.
+        // This means that this transform, strictly speaking, supports
+        // a superset of the functionality.
+        
+        $this->assertResult(
+            array('bgcolor' => '#000000'),
+            array('style' => 'background-color:#000000;')
+        );
+        
+        $this->assertResult(
+            array('bgcolor' => '#000000', 'style' => 'font-weight:bold'),
+            array('style' => 'background-color:#000000;font-weight:bold')
+        );
+        
+        // this may change when we natively support the datatype and
+        // validate its contents before forwarding it on
+        $this->assertResult(
+            array('bgcolor' => '#F00'),
+            array('style' => 'background-color:#F00;')
+        );
+        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_files.php b/tests/test_files.php
index 9a612181..f77b80b4 100644
--- a/tests/test_files.php
+++ b/tests/test_files.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/URI/IPv6Test.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/URITest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrDefTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/BdoDirTest.php';
+$test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/BgColorTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/ImgRequiredTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/LangTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/TextAlignTest.php';