diff --git a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
index ff3c1c7e04..f795d13f05 100644
--- a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
@@ -693,6 +693,13 @@ void wxGCDC::DoDrawRoundedRectangle(wxCoord x, wxCoord y,
     if (w == 0 || h == 0)
         return;
 
+    if ( m_graphicContext->ShouldOffset() )
+    {
+        // if we are offsetting the entire rectangle is moved 0.5, so the
+        // border line gets off by 1
+        w -= 1;
+        h -= 1;
+    }
     m_graphicContext->DrawRoundedRectangle( x,y,w,h,radius);
 }
 
@@ -703,6 +710,13 @@ void wxGCDC::DoDrawEllipse(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h)
     if ( !m_logicalFunctionSupported )
         return;
 
+    if ( m_graphicContext->ShouldOffset() )
+    {
+        // if we are offsetting the entire rectangle is moved 0.5, so the
+        // border line gets off by 1
+        w -= 1;
+        h -= 1;
+    }
     m_graphicContext->DrawEllipse(x,y,w,h);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/msw/graphics.cpp b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
index ff3313993a..31d4860294 100644
--- a/src/msw/graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/graphics.cpp
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ public:
     virtual void GetTextExtent( const wxString &str, wxDouble *width, wxDouble *height,
         wxDouble *descent, wxDouble *externalLeading ) const;
     virtual void GetPartialTextExtents(const wxString& text, wxArrayDouble& widths) const;
+    virtual bool ShouldOffset() const;
 
 private:
     void    Init();
@@ -1196,6 +1197,18 @@ void wxGDIPlusContext::GetPartialTextExtents(const wxString& text, wxArrayDouble
     }
 }
 
+bool wxGDIPlusContext::ShouldOffset() const
+{     
+    int penwidth = 0 ;
+    if ( !m_pen.IsNull() )
+    {
+        penwidth = (int)((wxGDIPlusPenData*)m_pen.GetRefData())->GetWidth();
+        if ( penwidth == 0 )
+            penwidth = 1;
+    }
+    return ( penwidth % 2 ) == 1;
+}
+
 void* wxGDIPlusContext::GetNativeContext()
 {
     return m_context;