In the site above, you can get images from a lot of components in the Holo theme. Just select "EditText" and the color you want. You can see a preview at the bottom of the page.
Download the .zip file, and copy paste the resources in your project (images and the XML).
if your XML is named: apptheme_edit_text_holo_light.xml (or something similar):
Go to your XML "styles.xml" and add the custom EditText style:
For better support and fallbacks use @Akariuz solution.
backgroundHint is the most painless solution, but not backward compatible, based on your requirements make a call.