diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/fl_renderer.cc b/shell/platform/linux/fl_renderer.cc
index 14ef47b591c8c..2962c2e8fd76b 100644
--- a/shell/platform/linux/fl_renderer.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/linux/fl_renderer.cc
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void fl_renderer_render(FlRenderer* self, int width, int height) {
 
   g_return_if_fail(FL_IS_RENDERER(self));
 
-  glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
+  glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 
   if (priv->has_gl_framebuffer_blit) {
diff --git a/shell/platform/linux/fl_view.cc b/shell/platform/linux/fl_view.cc
index 003eb385b8909..477c204134245 100644
--- a/shell/platform/linux/fl_view.cc
+++ b/shell/platform/linux/fl_view.cc
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ static void fl_view_init(FlView* self) {
                            self);
 
   self->gl_area = GTK_GL_AREA(gtk_gl_area_new());
+  gtk_gl_area_set_has_alpha(self->gl_area, TRUE);
   gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(self->gl_area));
   gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(self->event_box), GTK_WIDGET(self->gl_area));