diff --git a/src/colorbox.cpp b/src/colorbox.cpp
index 95e3cc79..be67d368 100644
--- a/src/colorbox.cpp
+++ b/src/colorbox.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 ColorBox::ColorBox(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
 {
 	_color = Qt::red;
+	_alpha = true;
+
 	setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
 }
 
@@ -51,9 +53,9 @@ void ColorBox::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
 	if (event->button() != Qt::LeftButton)
 		return;
-
-	QColor color = QColorDialog::getColor(_color, this, QString(),
-	  QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel);
+	QColorDialog::ColorDialogOptions options = _alpha
+	  ? QColorDialog::ShowAlphaChannel : (QColorDialog::ColorDialogOptions)0;
+	QColor color = QColorDialog::getColor(_color, this, QString(), options);
 	if (color.isValid()) {
 		_color = color;
 		update();
diff --git a/src/colorbox.h b/src/colorbox.h
index f596fcbc..7954b0b2 100644
--- a/src/colorbox.h
+++ b/src/colorbox.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ public:
 
 	const QColor &color() const {return _color;}
 	void setColor(const QColor &color);
+	void enableAlphaChannel(bool enable) {_alpha = enable;}
 
 	QSize sizeHint() const;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
 	QColor _color;
+	bool _alpha;
 };
 
 #endif // COLORBOX_H
diff --git a/src/optionsdialog.cpp b/src/optionsdialog.cpp
index 1159388e..3caeae10 100644
--- a/src/optionsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/optionsdialog.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ QWidget *OptionsDialog::createAppearancePage()
 	_mapOpacity->setValue(_options->mapOpacity);
 	_backgroundColor = new ColorBox();
 	_backgroundColor->setColor(_options->backgroundColor);
+	_backgroundColor->enableAlphaChannel(false);
 	QFormLayout *mapLayout = new QFormLayout();
 	mapLayout->addRow(tr("Background color:"), _backgroundColor);
 	mapLayout->addRow(tr("Map opacity:"), _mapOpacity);