diff --git a/widgets/shortcut-bar/ChangeLog b/widgets/shortcut-bar/ChangeLog
index 088eed7ea3..c97eeef07d 100644
--- a/widgets/shortcut-bar/ChangeLog
+++ b/widgets/shortcut-bar/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-12-25  Miguel de Icaza  <miguel@helixcode.com>
+
+	* e-icon-bar.c (e_icon_bar_add_item): Pass draw_background = FALSE
+
 2000-09-30  Damon Chaplin  <damon@helixcode.com>
 
 	* test-shortcut-bar.c: updated to use new EShortcutBar signals for DnD.
diff --git a/widgets/shortcut-bar/e-icon-bar.c b/widgets/shortcut-bar/e-icon-bar.c
index 35f5d23f93..81f1de7a06 100644
--- a/widgets/shortcut-bar/e-icon-bar.c
+++ b/widgets/shortcut-bar/e-icon-bar.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ e_icon_bar_add_item (EIconBar	    *icon_bar,
 					   "clip_width", (gdouble) (icon_bar->text_w),
 					   "clip_height", clip_height,
 					   "text", text,
+					   "draw_background", FALSE,
 					   NULL);
 	e_canvas_item_move_absolute(item.text,
 				    text_x, 0);