diff --git a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2winapi.inc b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2winapi.inc
index 36c8c9b363..ea2d23cb65 100644
--- a/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2winapi.inc
+++ b/lcl/interfaces/gtk2/gtk2winapi.inc
@@ -3812,7 +3812,7 @@ var
   TopY, LineLen, LineHeight: Integer;
   TxtPt: TPoint;
   DCOrigin: TPoint;
-  Foreground: PGDKColor;
+  Foreground, BackgroundColor: PGDKColor;
   CurDx: PInteger;
   CurStr: PChar;
 
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@ var
       while CurCount > 0 do
       begin
         CharLen := UTF8CharacterLength(CurStr);
-        DevCtx.DrawTextWithColors(CurStr, CharLen, CurScreenX, Y, Foreground, nil);
+        DevCtx.DrawTextWithColors(CurStr, CharLen, CurScreenX, Y, Foreground, BackgroundColor);
         inc(CurScreenX, CurDx^);
         inc(CurDx);
         inc(CurStr, CharLen);
@@ -3835,7 +3835,7 @@ var
       end;
     end
     else
-      DevCtx.DrawTextWithColors(Str, Count, X, Y, Foreground, nil);
+      DevCtx.DrawTextWithColors(Str, Count, X, Y, Foreground, BackgroundColor);
   end;
 
 begin
@@ -3854,6 +3854,8 @@ begin
     exit;
   end;
 
+  BackgroundColor := nil;
+
   // to reduce flickering calculate first and then paint
 
   DCOrigin := DevCtx.Offset;
@@ -3892,6 +3894,16 @@ begin
                        Width, Height);
   end;
 
+
+  if (DevCtx.GDIObjects[gdiBrush] <> nil) and
+   ((Options and ETO_OPAQUE) = 0) and (DevCtx.BkMode = OPAQUE) then
+  //  (Rect = nil) then TODO: see if Rect<> nil is needed
+  begin
+    //writeln('<*> Brush ? ',DevCtx.GDIObjects[gdiBrush]^.GDIBrushFill,' MODE ',DevCtx.BkMode,
+    // ' ClipRect ',dbgs(RectFromGdkRect(DevCtx.ClipRect)));
+    BackGroundColor := @DevCtx.GDIObjects[gdiBrush]^.GDIBrushColor.Color;
+  end;
+
   EnsureGCColor(DC, dccCurrentTextColor, True, False);
   Foreground := nil;//StyleForegroundColor(CurrentTextColor.ColorRef, nil);