diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 77318ab9b..907fcbd04 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.519 $ $NHDT-Date: 1619919402 2021/05/02 01:36:42 $
+NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.520 $ $NHDT-Date: 1620075044 2021/05/03 20:50:44 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ curses: line input that doesn't take place on the bottom line of the message
 	a character "^["; have the popup version of getlin() fake the usual
 	ESC handling, but player has to type <escape><return> for that to work
 curses: menu headings didn't use default text color
+curses: #perminv changes disabled menu_headings attribute for persistent
+	inventory window headings; reinstate that
 Qt: at Xp levels above 20 with 'showexp' On, the combined status field
 	"Level:NN/nnnnnnnn" was too big and truncated by a char at each end
 Qt: searching a text window for something that wasn't found and then searching
diff --git a/win/curses/cursinvt.c b/win/curses/cursinvt.c
index 277d43d9d..221902419 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursinvt.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursinvt.c
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ curs_add_invt(
     }
 
     newelement.invtxt = dupstr(str);
-    newelement.c_attr = attr ? A_NORMAL : NONE; /* override menu_headings */
+    newelement.c_attr = attr; /* note: caller has already converted 'attr'
+                               * from tty-style attribute to curses one */
     newelement.letter = accelerator;
     aptr[pi.inuseindx++] = newelement;