diff --git a/buildtools/ant_modules/dist.xml b/buildtools/ant_modules/dist.xml
index 1803f5f043a..eeb5987e893 100644
--- a/buildtools/ant_modules/dist.xml
+++ b/buildtools/ant_modules/dist.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@
 				<exclude name="logic/layer/"/>
 			</fileset>
 		</copy>
+		<mkdir dir="${maps}/parallax"/> <!-- in case no parallax images available -->
+		<copy todir="${build_client_data}/data/maps/parallax">
+			<fileset dir="${maps}/parallax" includes="**/*.png"/>
+		</copy>
 		<copy todir="${build_client_data}/data/font">
 			<fileset dir="data/font"/>
 		</copy>
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/Client.ts b/src/js/stendhal/Client.ts
index 6f911211867..3654a45cbc3 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal/Client.ts
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/Client.ts
@@ -485,7 +485,9 @@ export class Client {
 		const musicVolume = parseFloat(zoneinfo["music_volume"]);
 		stendhal.ui.soundMan.playSingleGlobalizedMusic(zoneinfo["music"],
 				!Number.isNaN(musicVolume) ? musicVolume : 1.0);
-
+		// parallax background
+		stendhal.data.map.parallax.setImage(zoneinfo["parallax"]);
+		// zone coloring
 		if (zoneinfo["color"]) {
 			const hsl = Color.hexToHSL(Color.numToHex(Number(zoneinfo["color"])));
 			// workaround until able to get right saturation level from color methods
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/data/Map.ts b/src/js/stendhal/data/Map.ts
index 2e493b768dd..951ca6a81ae 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal/data/Map.ts
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/data/Map.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Paths } from "./Paths";
 
 import { LandscapeRenderingStrategy, CombinedTilesetRenderingStrategy } from "../landscape/LandscapeRenderingStrategy";
 import { IndividualTilesetRenderingStrategy } from "../landscape/IndividualTilesetRenderingStrategy";
+import { ParallaxBackground } from "../landscape/ParallaxBackground";
 
 
 export class Map {
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ export class Map {
 		Paths.tileset + "/item/blood/small_stains"
 	];
 
+	private parallax: ParallaxBackground;
+
 	/** Singleton instance. */
 	private static instance: Map;
 
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ export class Map {
 		} else {
 			this.strategy = new CombinedTilesetRenderingStrategy();
 		}
+		this.parallax = ParallaxBackground.get();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/data/Paths.ts b/src/js/stendhal/data/Paths.ts
index 15931181eb9..28eeb9aec65 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal/data/Paths.ts
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/data/Paths.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class Paths {
 	public static readonly weather = Paths.sprites + "/weather";
 	public static readonly achievements = Paths.sprites + "/achievements";
 	public static readonly tileset = Paths.data + "/maps/tileset";
+	public static readonly parallax = Paths.data + "/maps/parallax";
 	public static readonly ws = Paths.extractPath("data-ws");
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/landscape/ParallaxBackground.ts b/src/js/stendhal/landscape/ParallaxBackground.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..766badd8cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/landscape/ParallaxBackground.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                    Copyright © 2024 - Faiumoni e. V.                    *
+ ***************************************************************************
+ ***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as        *
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the    *
+ *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+import { singletons } from "../SingletonRepo";
+
+
+export class ParallaxBackground {
+
+	/** Tiled image to be drawn. */
+	private image?: HTMLImageElement;
+
+	/** Singleton instance. */
+	private static instance: ParallaxBackground;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves singleton instance.
+	 */
+	static get(): ParallaxBackground {
+		if (!ParallaxBackground.instance) {
+			ParallaxBackground.instance = new ParallaxBackground();
+		}
+		return ParallaxBackground.instance;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Hidden singleton constructor.
+	 */
+	private constructor() {
+		// do nothing
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets image to be drawn.
+	 *
+	 * @param name {string}
+	 *   Relative path (exluding .png filename suffix) to image inside "data/maps/parallax" directory
+	 *   or `undefined` to unset.
+	 */
+	public setImage(name?: string) {
+		if (!name) {
+			this.image = undefined;
+			return;
+		}
+		const fullPath = singletons.getPaths().parallax + "/" + name + ".png";
+		this.image = singletons.getSpriteStore().get(fullPath);
+	}
+
+	draw(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, offsetX: number, offsetY: number) {
+		if (!this.image || !this.image.height) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// FIXME: jumps when shifting tiles
+		const tilesX = Math.max(Math.ceil(ctx.canvas.width / this.image.width) + 1, 1);
+		const tilesY = Math.max(Math.ceil(ctx.canvas.height / this.image.height) + 1, 1);
+		const clipLeft = (offsetX / 2) % ctx.canvas.width;
+		const clipTop = (offsetY / 2) % ctx.canvas.height;
+		for (let ix = 0; ix < tilesX; ix++) {
+			for (let iy = 0; iy < tilesY; iy++) {
+				ctx.drawImage(this.image,
+						0, 0, this.image.width, this.image.height,
+						(ix*this.image.width)+offsetX-clipLeft,
+						(iy*this.image.height)+offsetY-clipTop,
+						this.image.width, this.image.height);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/js/stendhal/ui/ViewPort.ts b/src/js/stendhal/ui/ViewPort.ts
index 440a770ad9d..3f00a7aff68 100644
--- a/src/js/stendhal/ui/ViewPort.ts
+++ b/src/js/stendhal/ui/ViewPort.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export class ViewPort {
 
 				// FIXME: filter should not be applied to "blend" layers
 				this.applyFilter();
+				stendhal.data.map.parallax.draw(this.ctx, this.offsetX, this.offsetY);
 				stendhal.data.map.strategy.render(this.ctx.canvas, this, tileOffsetX, tileOffsetY, this.targetTileWidth, this.targetTileHeight);
 
 				this.weatherRenderer.draw(this.ctx);