diff --git a/src/UI/templates/default/MainControls/footer.less b/src/UI/templates/default/MainControls/footer.less
index 208eebba4db6..322fc7640344 100644
--- a/src/UI/templates/default/MainControls/footer.less
+++ b/src/UI/templates/default/MainControls/footer.less
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ footer{
 			display: inline-block;
 			margin-right: @il-margin-xs-horizontal;
 			a, button {
-				color: @il-link-color;
+				color: @il-footer-link-color;
+			}
+			a:hover, button:hover {
+				color: @il-footer-link-hover-color;
 			}
 			button {
 				vertical-align: baseline;
diff --git a/templates/default/delos.css b/templates/default/delos.css
index 8bf5fa46289e..a805cd7e382a 100644
--- a/templates/default/delos.css
+++ b/templates/default/delos.css
@@ -10733,6 +10733,10 @@ footer {
 .il-maincontrols-footer .il-footer-links li button {
   color: #4c6586;
 }
+.il-maincontrols-footer .il-footer-links li a:hover,
+.il-maincontrols-footer .il-footer-links li button:hover {
+  color: #3a4c65;
+}
 .il-maincontrols-footer .il-footer-links li button {
   vertical-align: baseline;
 }
diff --git a/templates/default/less/variables.less b/templates/default/less/variables.less
index 8d83eb8371ec..f89450e4b063 100644
--- a/templates/default/less/variables.less
+++ b/templates/default/less/variables.less
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ with the il- variable set here.
 @il-footer-height: 45px;
 //** controls margin from the footer to the main content, increase/decrase depending on the content (default, space for 4 lines).
 @il-footer-margin-bottom: 2*@il-line-height-computed*2;
+//** controls link colours inside the footer, see https://mantis.ilias.de/view.php?id=41560
+@il-footer-link-color: @il-link-color;
+@il-footer-link-hover-color: @il-link-hover-color;
 
 //== Buttons
 //