diff --git a/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift b/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
index a5c3c54..21a1ab1 100644
--- a/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
+++ b/PanModal/Controller/PanModalPresentationController.swift
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public class PanModalPresentationController: UIPresentationController {
 
         coordinator.animate(alongsideTransition: { [weak self] _ in
             self?.backgroundView.dimState = .max
+            self?.presentedViewController.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
         })
     }
 
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ public class PanModalPresentationController: UIPresentationController {
         coordinator.animate(alongsideTransition: { [weak self] _ in
             self?.dragIndicatorView.alpha = 0.0
             self?.backgroundView.dimState = .off
+            self?.presentingViewController.setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate()
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/PanModal/Presenter/UIViewController+PanModalPresenter.swift b/PanModal/Presenter/UIViewController+PanModalPresenter.swift
index 8bbf382..a7716d1 100644
--- a/PanModal/Presenter/UIViewController+PanModalPresenter.swift
+++ b/PanModal/Presenter/UIViewController+PanModalPresenter.swift
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ extension UIViewController: PanModalPresenter {
             viewControllerToPresent.popoverPresentationController?.delegate = PanModalPresentationDelegate.default
         } else {
             viewControllerToPresent.modalPresentationStyle = .custom
+            viewControllerToPresent.modalPresentationCapturesStatusBarAppearance = true
             viewControllerToPresent.transitioningDelegate = PanModalPresentationDelegate.default
         }
 
diff --git a/Sample/View Controllers/BasicViewController.swift b/Sample/View Controllers/BasicViewController.swift
index c1440b5..2056651 100644
--- a/Sample/View Controllers/BasicViewController.swift	
+++ b/Sample/View Controllers/BasicViewController.swift	
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class BasicViewController: UIViewController {
 
 extension BasicViewController: PanModalPresentable {
 
+    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
+        return .lightContent
+    }
+
     var panScrollable: UIScrollView? {
         return nil
     }
diff --git a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Navigation Controller)/NavigationController.swift b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Navigation Controller)/NavigationController.swift
index 5a5eddc..239b9e2 100644
--- a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Navigation Controller)/NavigationController.swift	
+++ b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Navigation Controller)/NavigationController.swift	
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class NavigationController: UINavigationController, PanModalPresentable {
 
     private let navGroups = NavUserGroups()
 
+    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
+        return .lightContent
+    }
+
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         pushViewController(navGroups, animated: false)
diff --git a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Stacked)/StackedProfileViewController.swift b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Stacked)/StackedProfileViewController.swift
index 564aa01..4dfed8d 100644
--- a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Stacked)/StackedProfileViewController.swift	
+++ b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups (Stacked)/StackedProfileViewController.swift	
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class StackedProfileViewController: UIViewController, PanModalPresentable {
 
     let presentable: UserGroupMemberPresentable
 
+    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
+        return .lightContent
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Views
 
     let avatarView: UIView = {
diff --git a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups/UserGroupViewController.swift b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups/UserGroupViewController.swift
index 4642401..83b60ce 100644
--- a/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups/UserGroupViewController.swift	
+++ b/Sample/View Controllers/User Groups/UserGroupViewController.swift	
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class UserGroupViewController: UITableViewController, PanModalPresentable, UIGes
 
     var isShortFormEnabled = true
 
+    override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle {
+        return .lightContent
+    }
+
     let headerView = UserGroupHeaderView()
 
     let headerPresentable = UserGroupHeaderPresentable.init(handle: "ios-engs", description: "iOS Engineers", memberCount: 10)