diff --git a/src/engineinfo/main_windows.c b/src/engineinfo/main_windows.c
index aa8ea4b..00d1e41 100644
--- a/src/engineinfo/main_windows.c
+++ b/src/engineinfo/main_windows.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp) {
 		tx.right  = rc.right;
 		tx.top	  = padding;
 		tx.bottom = rc.bottom - padding * 2;
+		SetBkMode(hdc, TRANSPARENT);
 		DrawText(hdc, vertxt, strlen(vertxt), &tx, DT_LEFT);
 		EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
 		break;