diff --git a/src/html/m_layout.cpp b/src/html/m_layout.cpp
index cbbb4f9989..cfe6a711fe 100644
--- a/src/html/m_layout.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_layout.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(BODY, "BODY")
if (tag.GetParamAsColour(wxT("BGCOLOR"), &clr))
{
m_WParser->GetContainer()->InsertCell(
- new wxHtmlColourCell(clr, wxHTML_CLR_BACKGROUND));
+ new wxHtmlColourCell(clr, wxHTML_CLR_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND));
winIface->SetHTMLBackgroundColour(clr);
}