diff --git a/gtk/gtk-win32-base.css b/gtk/gtk-win32-base.css
index 1fda1a26d8..16839524df 100644
--- a/gtk/gtk-win32-base.css
+++ b/gtk/gtk-win32-base.css
@@ -825,9 +825,26 @@ GtkColorSwatch:prelight {
 
 .pane-separator {
     background-image: -gtk-win32-theme-part(rebar, 1 1);
+
 /* Use this when background-position is supported
     background-size: 20px 20px;
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     background-position: center;
 */
-}
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+}
+
+GtkStatusbar > GtkFrame {
+    border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-image:  -gtk-win32-theme-part(status, 0 0, margins (-1 0 0 0))  2 1 1 1 stretch;
+    background-image: none;
+}
+
+/*
+ This doesn't quite look right with no background (i.e. when not on a statusbar
+
+.grip {
+    background-color: transparent;
+    background-image:  -gtk-win32-theme-part(status, 3 1);
+}
+*/
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diff --git a/gtk/gtkwin32theme.c b/gtk/gtkwin32theme.c
index 8e28f97432..a9e0193d1a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwin32theme.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwin32theme.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static HTHEME needs_alpha_fixup2 = NULL;
 static HTHEME needs_alpha_fixup3 = NULL;
 static HTHEME needs_alpha_fixup4 = NULL;
 static HTHEME needs_alpha_fixup5 = NULL;
+static HTHEME needs_alpha_fixup6 = NULL;
 
 typedef HRESULT (FAR PASCAL *GetThemeSysFontFunc)           (HTHEME hTheme, int iFontID, OUT LOGFONTW *plf);
 typedef int (FAR PASCAL *GetThemeSysSizeFunc)               (HTHEME hTheme, int iSizeId);
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ _gtk_win32_theme_init (void)
       needs_alpha_fixup3 = _gtk_win32_lookup_htheme_by_classname ("button");
       needs_alpha_fixup4 = _gtk_win32_lookup_htheme_by_classname ("header");
       needs_alpha_fixup5 = _gtk_win32_lookup_htheme_by_classname ("trackbar");
+      needs_alpha_fixup6 = _gtk_win32_lookup_htheme_by_classname ("status");
     }
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +264,8 @@ _gtk_win32_theme_part_create_surface (HTHEME theme,
        theme == needs_alpha_fixup2 ||
        (theme == needs_alpha_fixup3 && xp_part == 4) ||
        theme == needs_alpha_fixup4 ||
-       theme == needs_alpha_fixup5))
+       theme == needs_alpha_fixup5 ||
+       theme == needs_alpha_fixup6))
     {
       cairo_surface_t *img = cairo_win32_surface_get_image (surface);
       guint32 *data = (guint32 *)cairo_image_surface_get_data (img);