diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 4b3e200dff..1b7d72f6fb 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Fix UTF-32 conversion for non-BMP characters (ARATA Mizuki).
 - Use correct parent for the native modal dialogs (Andreas Falkenhahn).
 - Fix layout of wxSlider with wxSL_VALUE_LABEL only (gafatoa).
+- Fix flicker when resizing columns of report-mode wxListCtrl.
 
 wxOSX/Cocoa:
 
diff --git a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
index ba30bd6e05..d46e7f000d 100644
--- a/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/listctrl.cpp
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ void wxListCtrl::MSWSetExListStyles()
         // it seems better to enable it by default than disable
         LVS_EX_HEADERDRAGDROP
     );
+
+    // As we use LVS_EX_DOUBLEBUFFER above, we don't need to erase our
+    // background and doing it only results in flicker.
+    SetBackgroundStyle(wxBG_STYLE_PAINT);
 }
 
 WXDWORD wxListCtrl::MSWGetStyle(long style, WXDWORD *exstyle) const