diff --git a/src/html/winpars.cpp b/src/html/winpars.cpp
index e8cbb16fff..2e6fb654e7 100644
--- a/src/html/winpars.cpp
+++ b/src/html/winpars.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ void wxHtmlWinParser::InitParser(const wxString& source)
 #endif
 
     m_Container->InsertCell(new wxHtmlColourCell(m_ActualColor));
+    m_Container->InsertCell(
+            new wxHtmlColourCell(GetWindow()->GetBackgroundColour(),
+                                 wxHTML_CLR_BACKGROUND));
     m_Container->InsertCell(new wxHtmlFontCell(CreateCurrentFont()));
 }