diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index 2e788505a519c6e410133dd8ecd98b5f6daf970b..dbbe698e5e2d83aa1f822c82bde22de4c97d7c2e 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ bookmarks=true]%
   skin first=ornamented,  skin last=ornamented,
   title engine=standard,
   colbacktitle=white,
+  colframe={\pageSideColor},
   frame code={
     % Account for the line widths in order not to draw beyond the bounding
     % box---except for a few very small details for which this is intentional.