diff --git a/.changes/windows-transparency.md b/.changes/windows-transparency.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9a82f88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/windows-transparency.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wry": patch
+---
+
+Fix transparency on Windows
diff --git a/src/webview/webview2/mod.rs b/src/webview/webview2/mod.rs
index 6a81649e6..35d216af3 100644
--- a/src/webview/webview2/mod.rs
+++ b/src/webview/webview2/mod.rs
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ pub fn set_background_color(
   background_color: RGBA,
 ) -> webview2_com::Result<()> {
   let mut color = background_color;
-  if !is_windows_7() || color.3 != 0 {
+  if is_windows_7() || color.3 != 0 {
     color.3 = 255;
   }