--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/23 13:34:20	1.138
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/23 14:54:52	1.142
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@
             }
           else
 #endif
-            XftDrawRect (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg < 0 ? Color_bg : bg].c, 0, 0, w, h);
+            clear_rect (d2, 0, 0, w, h, bg);
 
           XftDrawGlyphSpec (d2, &term->pix_colors[fg].c, f, enc, ep - enc);
           XCopyArea (disp, d2, d, gc, 0, 0, w, h, x, y);