UIView backgroundColor disappears when UITableViewCell is selected

Question

I have a simple tableViewCell build in interface builder. It contains a UIView which contains an image. Now, when I select the cell, the default blue selection background is

Answer 1

Previously I have done as @P5ycH0 said (1x1 image stretched), but following @Brooks I figured that overriding -(void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated in my custom UITableViewCell implementation and resetting the the background colors after calling [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated]; keeps my background colors when the cell is selected/highlighted

-(void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated {
    [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated];
    myView.backgroundColor = myColor;
}