diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d146fd694b..3a51929786 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Jan 17 19:27:59 2006  Tim Janik  <timj@imendio.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkprogress.c: fix adopted from maemo-gtk.
+	gtk_progress_create_pixmap(): clear out the newly created offscreen 
+	pixmap, so themes making use of transparency don't draw onto garbage.
+
 2006-01-17  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkbutton.c: remove the "child-spacing" style property again
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index d146fd694b..3a51929786 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Tue Jan 17 19:27:59 2006  Tim Janik  <timj@imendio.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkprogress.c: fix adopted from maemo-gtk.
+	gtk_progress_create_pixmap(): clear out the newly created offscreen 
+	pixmap, so themes making use of transparency don't draw onto garbage.
+
 2006-01-17  Michael Natterer  <mitch@imendio.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkbutton.c: remove the "child-spacing" style property again
diff --git a/gtk/gtkprogress.c b/gtk/gtkprogress.c
index 94babf8751..3aae0fa69b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkprogress.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkprogress.c
@@ -372,6 +372,13 @@ gtk_progress_create_pixmap (GtkProgress *progress)
 						   widget->allocation.width,
 						   widget->allocation.height,
 						   -1);
+
+      /* clear the pixmap for transparent themes */
+      gtk_paint_flat_box (widget->style,
+                          progress->offscreen_pixmap,
+                          GTK_STATE_NORMAL, GTK_SHADOW_NONE,
+                          NULL, widget, "trough", 0, 0, -1, -1);
+      
       GTK_PROGRESS_GET_CLASS (progress)->paint (progress);
     }
 }