diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a91758d4..c688e0640 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-08  Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
+
+	* Source/NSSecureTextField.m (-drawInteriorWithFrame:inView:):
+	Draw the background colour of the cell.
+	
 2005-02-07  Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
 
 	* Source/NSTableView.m (-expandItem:expandChildren:,
diff --git a/Source/NSSecureTextField.m b/Source/NSSecureTextField.m
index cbba8ab34..885728f5b 100644
--- a/Source/NSSecureTextField.m
+++ b/Source/NSSecureTextField.m
@@ -115,7 +115,13 @@
 - (void) drawInteriorWithFrame: (NSRect)cellFrame 
 			inView: (NSView *)controlView
 {
-  /* Do nothing.  */
+  /* Draw background, then ... */ 
+  if (_textfieldcell_draws_background)
+    {
+      [_background_color set];
+      NSRectFill ([self drawingRectForBounds: cellFrame]);
+    }
+  /* .. do nothing.  */
 }
 
 - (NSText *) setUpFieldEditorAttributes: (NSText *)textObject