diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc7aa3b5a6..e08adf80e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2002-11-10  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimpdrawable-transform.c (gimp_drawable_transform_paste):
+	the transformed tile_manager has always an alpha channel, so use
+	gimp_drawable_type_with_alpha() when creating a layer from it
+	using gimp_layer_new_from_tiles(). Fixes bug #98053.
+
 2002-11-09  Manish Singh  <yosh@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/widgets/gimppreview.[ch]: use a low priority idle handler to
diff --git a/app/core/gimp-transform-region.c b/app/core/gimp-transform-region.c
index 2d8d847877..2b389618a5 100644
--- a/app/core/gimp-transform-region.c
+++ b/app/core/gimp-transform-region.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ gimp_drawable_transform_paste (GimpDrawable *drawable,
       layer =
 	gimp_layer_new_from_tiles (tiles,
                                    gimage,
-                                   gimp_drawable_type (drawable),
+                                   gimp_drawable_type_with_alpha (drawable),
 				   _("Transformation"),
 				   GIMP_OPACITY_OPAQUE, GIMP_NORMAL_MODE);
       if (! layer)
diff --git a/app/core/gimpdrawable-transform.c b/app/core/gimpdrawable-transform.c
index 2d8d847877..2b389618a5 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpdrawable-transform.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpdrawable-transform.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ gimp_drawable_transform_paste (GimpDrawable *drawable,
       layer =
 	gimp_layer_new_from_tiles (tiles,
                                    gimage,
-                                   gimp_drawable_type (drawable),
+                                   gimp_drawable_type_with_alpha (drawable),
 				   _("Transformation"),
 				   GIMP_OPACITY_OPAQUE, GIMP_NORMAL_MODE);
       if (! layer)