diff --git a/src/os2/button.cpp b/src/os2/button.cpp
index 9ad62df37a..c47b6dce32 100644
--- a/src/os2/button.cpp
+++ b/src/os2/button.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool wxButton::Create(
         m_windowId = NewControlId();
     else
         m_windowId = vId;
-    lStyle = WS_TABSTOP | BS_PUSHBUTTON;
+    lStyle = WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | BS_PUSHBUTTON;
 
     //
     // OS/2 PM does not have Right/Left/Top/Bottom styles.
diff --git a/src/os2/combobox.cpp b/src/os2/combobox.cpp
index c2283c74a7..321bb92332 100644
--- a/src/os2/combobox.cpp
+++ b/src/os2/combobox.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ bool wxComboBox::Create(
     //
     long                            lSstyle = 0L;
 
-    lSstyle = WS_TABSTOP;
+    lSstyle = WS_TABSTOP   |
+              WS_VISIBLE;
 
     if (lStyle & wxCLIP_SIBLINGS )
         lSstyle |= WS_CLIPSIBLINGS;
diff --git a/src/os2/spinctrl.cpp b/src/os2/spinctrl.cpp
index 2b14803117..938692dccd 100644
--- a/src/os2/spinctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/os2/spinctrl.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ bool wxSpinCtrl::Create(
 
     int                             lSstyle = 0L;
 
-    lSstyle = WS_TABSTOP      |
+    lSstyle = WS_VISIBLE      |
+              WS_TABSTOP      |
               SPBS_MASTER     | // We use only single field spin buttons
               SPBS_NUMERICONLY; // We default to numeric data
 
diff --git a/src/os2/stattext.cpp b/src/os2/stattext.cpp
index 4083c955f3..d5cfd5c9e4 100644
--- a/src/os2/stattext.cpp
+++ b/src/os2/stattext.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ bool wxStaticText::Create(
 
     long                            lSstyle = 0L;
 
-    lSstyle = SS_TEXT | DT_VCENTER;
+    lSstyle = WS_VISIBLE | SS_TEXT | DT_VCENTER;
     if (m_windowStyle & wxALIGN_CENTRE)
         lSstyle |= DT_CENTER;
     else if (m_windowStyle & wxALIGN_RIGHT)