diff --git a/Source/ASTableView.mm b/Source/ASTableView.mm
index 1ae332a1e..a5a50aee4 100644
--- a/Source/ASTableView.mm
+++ b/Source/ASTableView.mm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASDelegateProxy.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeExtras.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h>
+#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNodeInternal.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASElementMap.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASInternalHelpers.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASLayout.h>
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASTableLayoutController.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASBatchContext.h>
 
+
 static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASTableViewCell";
 
 //#define LOG(...) NSLog(__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -118,6 +120,12 @@ - (void)setElement:(ASCollectionElement *)element
     // This is actually a workaround for a bug we are seeing in some rare cases (selected background view
     // overlaps other cells if size of ASCellNode has changed.)
     self.clipsToBounds = node.clipsToBounds;
+
+    // If the cell node has been explicitly configured with a tint color, we can apply that directly to the cell view to preserve the previous behavior
+    UIColor *nodeTintColor = node->_tintColor;
+    if (nodeTintColor != nil) {
+      self.tintColor = nodeTintColor;
+    }
   }
   
   [node __setSelectedFromUIKit:self.selected];