diff --git a/src/gui_w32.c b/src/gui_w32.c
index 3dbbc5eec..99ad62c0b 100644
--- a/src/gui_w32.c
+++ b/src/gui_w32.c
@@ -7859,6 +7859,13 @@ initialise_toolbar(void)
 		    TOOLBAR_BUTTON_HEIGHT,
 		    sizeof(TBBUTTON)
 		    );
+
+    /* Remove transparency from toolbar to prevent main window background 
+     * colour showing through */
+
+    SendMessage(s_toolbarhwnd, TB_SETSTYLE, 0, 
+	    SendMessage(s_toolbarhwnd, TB_GETSTYLE, 0, 0) & ~TBSTYLE_TRANSPARENT); 
+
     s_toolbar_wndproc = SubclassWindow(s_toolbarhwnd, toolbar_wndproc);
 
     gui_mch_show_toolbar(vim_strchr(p_go, GO_TOOLBAR) != NULL);