diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dragimag.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dragimag.tex
index 72cca31294..42eab1e207 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dragimag.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dragimag.tex
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ override \helpref{wxDragImage::DoDrawImage}{wxdragimagedodrawimage} and
 
 Please see {\tt samples/dragimag} for an example.
 
+%\wxheading{Notes}
+%
+%Using the native Windows implementation, you must supply an image with a mask, or
+%the image will not show when dragged. It is not clear if this is a bug
+%in Windows or in the wxDragImage implementation. You can add a mask
+%with a call to wxImage::SetMaskColour, passing RGB values not likely
+%to be in the image. [CURED by creating the ImageList with ILC_MASK]
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
diff --git a/src/msw/dragimag.cpp b/src/msw/dragimag.cpp
index b80fac16b7..ae349c83fd 100644
--- a/src/msw/dragimag.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/dragimag.cpp
@@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ bool wxDragImage::Create(const wxBitmap& image, const wxCursor& cursor)
         flags = ILC_COLOR32;
 
     bool mask = (image.GetMask() != 0);
-    if ( mask )
-        flags |= ILC_MASK;
+
+    // Curiously, even if the image doesn't have a mask,
+    // we still have to use ILC_MASK or the image won't show
+    // up when dragged.
+//    if ( mask )
+    flags |= ILC_MASK;
 
     m_hImageList = (WXHIMAGELIST) ImageList_Create(image.GetWidth(), image.GetHeight(), flags, 1, 1);