diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-theme-Update-window-preview-style.patch b/SOURCES/0001-theme-Update-window-preview-style.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2871e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-theme-Update-window-preview-style.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+From c68fd3c94c6debdbf11020940c5a6aaee8bc230d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Feichtmeier <frederik.feichtmeier@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:41:55 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] theme: Update window preview style
+
+ - simplify the close button to use blue, lighter blue and darker blue
+   solid disks for normal, hover and active states
+
+ - use a milky, transparent white border for the hover effect of the border
+
+https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/461
+---
+ data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss | 29 ++++++++++++------------
+ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
+index 9e0751c8c..8bf368f6e 100644
+--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
++++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss
+@@ -1164,25 +1164,23 @@ StScrollBar {
+ //close buttons
+ 
+ .window-close {
+-  background-color: white;
++  background-color: $selected_bg_color;
++  color: white;
+   border-radius: 24px;
+-  border: 4px solid $selected_bg_color;
+-  box-shadow: inset 0 -4px 0 0 transparentize($selected_bg_color, 0.5);
+-  color: $selected_bg_color;
++  border: 2px solid $selected_bg_color;
+   height: 24px;
+   width: 24px;
+-  -shell-close-overlap: 14px;
++  -shell-close-overlap: 11px;
++  box-shadow: -1px 1px 5px 0px transparentize(black, 0.5);
+ 
+   &:hover {
+-    background-color: $selected_bg_color;
+-    border-color: white;
+-    color: white;
++    background-color: lighten($selected_bg_color, 5%);
++    border-color: lighten($selected_bg_color, 5%);
+   }
+ 
+   &:active {
+-    background-color: mix(white, $selected_bg_color, 75%);
+-    border-color: $selected_bg_color;
+-    color: $selected_bg_color;
++    background-color: darken($selected_bg_color, 5%);
++    border-color: darken($selected_bg_color, 5%);
+   }
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1247,13 +1245,14 @@ StScrollBar {
+   }
+ 
+   .window-clone-border {
+-    border: 4px solid $selected_bg_color;
+-    border-radius: 4px;
++    $_bg: transparentize(white, 0.65);
++    border: 5px solid $_bg;
++    border-radius: 6px;
+     // For window decorations with round corners we can't match
+     // the exact shape when the window is scaled. So apply a shadow
+     // to fix that case
+-    box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 0px 1px $selected_bg_color;
+-  }
++    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px $_bg;
++}
+   .window-caption {
+     spacing: 25px;
+     color: $selected_fg_color;
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/gnome-shell.spec b/SPECS/gnome-shell.spec
index e57263f..f4ea3b3 100644
--- a/SPECS/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/SPECS/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           gnome-shell
 Version:        3.32.2
-Release:        34%{?dist}
+Release:        35%{?dist}
 Summary:        Window management and application launching for GNOME
 
 Group:          User Interface/Desktops
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Patch49: 0001-Do-not-change-Wacom-LEDs-through-g-s-d.patch
 Patch50: 0001-st-texture-cache-Cancel-pending-requests-on-icon-the.patch
 Patch51: introspect-backports.patch
 Patch52: 0001-popupMenu-Handle-keypress-if-numlock-is-enabled.patch
+Patch53: 0001-theme-Update-window-preview-style.patch
 
 # Backport JS invalid access warnings (#1651894, #1663171, #1642482, #1637622)
 Patch54: fix-invalid-access-warnings.patch
@@ -258,6 +259,10 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/evolution-calendar.de
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 13 2021 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 3.32.2-35
+- Improve style of window preview close buttons
+  Resolves: #1981420
+
 * Mon Jul 12 2021 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 3.32.2-34
 - Add PolicyKit-authentication-agent virtual provides
   Resolves: #1978287