diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 0e5aade106..0ec75366c8 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - Keep menu item icon after removing and adding it back (Artur Wieczorek).
 - Add wxThread::MSWGetHandle() (troelsk).
 - Allow using sizers for laying out wxMDIClientWindow (Artur Wieczorek).
+- Fix updating wxSlider background when its parent background changes.
 
 wxOSX/Cocoa:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/slider.h b/include/wx/msw/slider.h
index a16c5952e0..b210d1acf1 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/slider.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/slider.h
@@ -118,9 +118,15 @@ protected:
     virtual void DoMoveWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height);
     virtual wxSize DoGetBestSize() const;
 
+    WXHBRUSH DoMSWControlColor(WXHDC pDC, wxColour colBg, WXHWND hWnd) wxOVERRIDE;
+
+
     // the labels windows, if any
     wxSubwindows  *m_labels;
 
+    // Last background brush we returned from DoMSWControlColor(), see there.
+    WXHBRUSH m_hBrushBg;
+
     int           m_rangeMin;
     int           m_rangeMax;
     int           m_pageSize;
diff --git a/src/msw/slider.cpp b/src/msw/slider.cpp
index 992497c498..c59c668a3d 100644
--- a/src/msw/slider.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/slider.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ void wxSlider::Init()
 {
     m_labels = NULL;
 
+    m_hBrushBg = NULL;
+
     m_pageSize = 1;
     m_lineSize = 1;
     m_rangeMax = 0;
@@ -567,6 +569,25 @@ wxSize wxSlider::DoGetBestSize() const
     return size;
 }
 
+WXHBRUSH wxSlider::DoMSWControlColor(WXHDC pDC, wxColour colBg, WXHWND hWnd)
+{
+    const WXHBRUSH hBrush = wxSliderBase::DoMSWControlColor(pDC, colBg, hWnd);
+
+    // The native control doesn't repaint itself when it's invalidated, so we
+    // do it explicitly from here, as this is the only way to propagate the
+    // parent background colour to the slider when it changes.
+    if ( hWnd == GetHwnd() && hBrush != m_hBrushBg )
+    {
+        m_hBrushBg = hBrush;
+
+        // Anything really refreshing the slider would work here, we use a
+        // dummy WM_ENABLE but using TBM_SETPOS would work too, for example.
+        ::PostMessage(hWnd, WM_ENABLE, (BOOL)IsEnabled(), 0);
+    }
+
+    return hBrush;
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // slider-specific methods
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------