diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/IsolatedActivityPluginTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/IsolatedActivityPluginTest.kt
index 437b2c220..64609494d 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/IsolatedActivityPluginTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/IsolatedActivityPluginTest.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.plugins.locationlayer
 import android.Manifest
 import android.R
 import android.content.Context
+import android.graphics.Color
 import android.location.Location
 import android.support.test.espresso.Espresso
 import android.support.test.espresso.IdlingRegistry
@@ -160,6 +161,34 @@ class IsolatedActivityPluginTest {
     executePluginTest(pluginAction)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun locationLayerOptions_accuracyRingShownUsingTheSetColor() {
+    val pluginAction = object : GenericPluginAction.OnPerformGenericPluginAction<LocationLayerPlugin> {
+      override fun onGenericPluginAction(plugin: LocationLayerPlugin?, mapboxMap: MapboxMap?,
+                                         uiController: UiController, context: Context) {
+        mapView = fragment?.view as MapView?
+        LocationLayerPlugin(mapView!!, mapboxMap!!, null).apply {
+          renderMode = RenderMode.NORMAL
+        }
+
+        uiController.loopMainThreadForAtLeast(500)
+
+        val color = Color.parseColor("#4A90E2")
+
+        // Check that the source property changes correctly
+        val source: GeoJsonSource? = mapboxMap.getSourceAs(LOCATION_SOURCE)
+        source?.querySourceFeatures(null)?.forEach {
+          assertThat(it.getNumberProperty(PROPERTY_ACCURACY_COLOR).toInt(), `is`(equalTo(color)))
+        }
+
+        // Check that the layer shows the correct color
+        val layer: CircleLayer? = mapboxMap.getLayerAs(ACCURACY_LAYER)
+        assertThat(layer?.circleColor?.colorInt, `is`(equalTo(color)))
+      }
+    }
+    executePluginTest(pluginAction)
+  }
+
   @After
   fun afterTest() {
     Timber.e("@After: unregister idle resource")
diff --git a/plugin-locationlayer/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/LocationLayer.java b/plugin-locationlayer/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/LocationLayer.java
index 277bf563f..6649b8dc9 100644
--- a/plugin-locationlayer/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/LocationLayer.java
+++ b/plugin-locationlayer/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/plugins/locationlayer/LocationLayer.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circlePitchAlignment;
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleRadius;
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleStrokeColor;
+import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.colorToRgbaString;
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.iconAllowOverlap;
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.iconIgnorePlacement;
 import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.iconImage;
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ private void styleBearing(LocationLayerOptions options) {
 
   private void styleAccuracy(float accuracyAlpha, @ColorInt int accuracyColor) {
     locationFeature.addNumberProperty(PROPERTY_ACCURACY_ALPHA, accuracyAlpha);
-    locationFeature.addNumberProperty(PROPERTY_ACCURACY_COLOR, accuracyColor);
+    locationFeature.addStringProperty(PROPERTY_ACCURACY_COLOR, colorToRgbaString(accuracyColor));
     refreshSource();
   }