diff --git a/src/util/area.c b/src/util/area.c
index c1cc949..f19562e 100644
--- a/src/util/area.c
+++ b/src/util/area.c
@@ -478,14 +478,14 @@ void draw(Area *a)
         a->_clear(a);
     }
 
-    cairo_surface_t *cs = cairo_xlib_surface_create(server.display, a->pix, server.visual, a->width, a->height);
+    cairo_surface_t *cs = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, a->width, a->height);
     cairo_t *c = cairo_create(cs);
 
     draw_background(a, c);
-
     if (a->_draw_foreground)
         a->_draw_foreground(a, c);
 
+    draw_cairo_surface_to_xpixmap(cs, a->pix);
     cairo_destroy(c);
     cairo_surface_destroy(cs);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/common.c b/src/util/common.c
index 7d868c1..a22a9bc 100644
--- a/src/util/common.c
+++ b/src/util/common.c
@@ -1229,3 +1229,19 @@ void dump_image_data(const char *file_name, const char *name)
 
     imlib_free_image();
 }
+
+void draw_cairo_surface_to_xpixmap(cairo_surface_t *cs, Pixmap pix)
+{
+    int w = cairo_image_surface_get_width(cs);
+    int h = cairo_image_surface_get_height(cs);
+    cairo_surface_t *cs_xlib = cairo_xlib_surface_create(server.display, pix, server.visual, w, h);
+    cairo_xlib_surface_set_size(cs_xlib, w, h);
+    cairo_t *c_xlib = cairo_create(cs_xlib);
+
+    cairo_set_source_surface(c_xlib, cs, 0, 0);
+    cairo_paint(c_xlib);
+    cairo_surface_flush(cs_xlib);
+
+    cairo_destroy(c_xlib);
+    cairo_surface_destroy(cs_xlib);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/common.h b/src/util/common.h
index 8eb2729..b41e020 100644
--- a/src/util/common.h
+++ b/src/util/common.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ void get_image_mean_color(const Imlib_Image image, Color *mean_color);
 
 void dump_image_data(const char *file_name, const char *name);
 
+void draw_cairo_surface_to_xpixmap(cairo_surface_t *cs, Pixmap pix);
+
 #define free_and_null(p) \
     {                    \
         free(p);         \