diff --git a/src/Gui/BitmapFactory.cpp b/src/Gui/BitmapFactory.cpp
index 19a57fe90..21b6dead5 100644
--- a/src/Gui/BitmapFactory.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/BitmapFactory.cpp
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ QPixmap BitmapFactoryInst::pixmapFromSvg(const QByteArray& contents, const QSize
 {
 #ifdef QTWEBKIT
     QWebView webView;
-    QPalette pal = webView.palette();
-    pal.setColor(QPalette::Background, Qt::transparent);
-    webView.setPalette(pal);
+    QPalette pal = webView.palette();
+    pal.setColor(QPalette::Background, Qt::transparent);
+    webView.setPalette(pal);
     webView.setContent(contents, QString::fromAscii("image/svg+xml"));
     QString node = QString::fromAscii("document.rootElement.nodeName");
     QString root = webView.page()->mainFrame()->evaluateJavaScript(node).toString();
@@ -304,16 +304,17 @@ QPixmap BitmapFactoryInst::pixmapFromSvg(const QByteArray& contents, const QSize
 
     QPainter p(&image);
 #ifdef QTWEBKIT
-    qreal xs = size.isValid() ? size.width() / ww : 1.0;
-    qreal ys = size.isValid() ? size.height() / hh : 1.0;
-    p.scale(xs, ys);
-
-    // the best quality
-    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
-    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::TextAntialiasing);
-    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
-    webView.page()->mainFrame()->render(&p);
-#else
+    qreal xs = size.isValid() ? size.width() / ww : 1.0;
+    qreal ys = size.isValid() ? size.height() / hh : 1.0;
+    p.scale(xs, ys);
+
+    // the best quality
+    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
+    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::TextAntialiasing);
+    p.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
+    p.setOpacity(0); // important to keep transparent background
+    webView.page()->mainFrame()->render(&p);
+#else
     // tmp. disable the report window to suppress some bothering warnings
     Base::Console().SetEnabledMsgType("ReportOutput", ConsoleMsgType::MsgType_Wrn, false);
     QSvgRenderer svg(contents);