diff --git a/api/config.lua b/api/config.lua
index d1a9247b..cf844a2f 100644
--- a/api/config.lua
+++ b/api/config.lua
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ function pfUI:LoadConfig()
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "targetzoom",       "0")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "notargalpha",      ".75")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", nil,           "healthtexture",    "Interface\\AddOns\\pfUI\\img\\bar")
+  pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", "name",        "fontstyle",        "OUTLINE")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", "debuffs",     "filter",           "none")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", "debuffs",     "whitelist",        "")
   pfUI:UpdateConfig("nameplates", "debuffs",     "blacklist",        "")
diff --git a/modules/gui.lua b/modules/gui.lua
index 21e04872..1ff62f24 100644
--- a/modules/gui.lua
+++ b/modules/gui.lua
@@ -848,6 +848,12 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("gui", "vanilla:tbc", function ()
         "4:4 " .. T["Pixel"],
         "5:5 " .. T["Pixel"],
       },
+      ["fontstyle"] = {
+        "NONE:" .. T["None"],
+        "OUTLINE:" .. T["Outline"],
+        "THICKOUTLINE:" .. T["Thick Outline"],
+        "MONOCHROME:" .. T["Monochrome"],
+      },
       ["spacing"] = {
         "0:0" .. T["None"],
         "1:1 " .. T["Pixel"],
@@ -2043,6 +2049,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("gui", "vanilla:tbc", function ()
       CreateConfig(U["nameplates"], T["Enable Mouselook With Right Click"], C.nameplates, "rightclick", "checkbox", nil, nil, nil, nil, "vanilla")
       CreateConfig(U["nameplates"], T["Right Click Auto Attack Threshold"], C.nameplates, "clickthreshold", nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, "vanilla")
       CreateConfig(U["nameplates"], T["Use Unit Fonts"], C.nameplates, "use_unitfonts", "checkbox")
+      CreateConfig(U["nameplates"], T["Name Font Style"], C.nameplates.name, "fontstyle", "dropdown", pfUI.gui.dropdowns.fontstyle)
 
       CreateConfig(nil, T["Castbar"], nil, nil, "header")
       CreateConfig(U["nameplates"], T["Enable Castbars"], C.nameplates, "showcastbar", "checkbox")
diff --git a/modules/nameplates.lua b/modules/nameplates.lua
index 097a16ae..086adf4b 100644
--- a/modules/nameplates.lua
+++ b/modules/nameplates.lua
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", "vanilla:tbc", function ()
 
     local font = C.nameplates.use_unitfonts == "1" and pfUI.font_unit or pfUI.font_default
     local font_size = C.nameplates.use_unitfonts == "1" and C.global.font_unit_size or C.global.font_size
+    local font_style = C.nameplates.name.fontstyle
     local glowr, glowg, glowb, glowa = GetStringColor(C.nameplates.glowcolor)
     local hptexture = pfUI.media[C.nameplates.healthtexture]
     local rawborder, default_border = GetBorderSize("nameplates")
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", "vanilla:tbc", function ()
     nameplate:SetHeight(plate_height)
     nameplate:SetPoint("TOP", parent, "TOP", 0, 0)
 
-    nameplate.name:SetFont(font, font_size, "OUTLINE")
+    nameplate.name:SetFont(font, font_size, font_style)
 
     nameplate.health:SetStatusBarTexture(hptexture)
     nameplate.health:SetWidth(C.nameplates.width)