diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e4b4a451c..eb48afe78 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon May  3 18:55:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
+
+	* Source/NSButtonCell.m: ([-drawWithFrame:inView:]) and
+	([-drawInteriorWithFrame:inView:]) respect ([-isTransparent])
+
 1999-05-01  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Headers/gnustep/gui/NSGraphicsContext.h
diff --git a/Source/NSButtonCell.m b/Source/NSButtonCell.m
index 521f54ba0..e60a1b58c 100644
--- a/Source/NSButtonCell.m
+++ b/Source/NSButtonCell.m
@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@
   // Save last view drawn to
   [self setControlView: controlView];
 
+  // transparent buttons never draw
+  if ([self isTransparent])
+    return;
+
   // do nothing if cell's frame rect is zero
   if (NSIsEmptyRect(cellFrame))
     return;
@@ -414,7 +418,11 @@
   NSString	*titleToDisplay;
   NSSize	imageSize = {0, 0};
   NSRect	rect;
-  NSColor	*backgroundColor = [NSColor controlBackgroundColor];
+  NSColor	*backgroundColor = nil;
+
+  // transparent buttons never draw
+  if ([self isTransparent])
+    return;
 
   cellFrame = NSInsetRect(cellFrame, xDist, yDist);
 
@@ -433,6 +441,9 @@
 	backgroundColor = [NSColor selectedControlColor];
     }
 
+  if (backgroundColor == nil)
+    backgroundColor = [NSColor controlBackgroundColor];
+
   // set cell's background color
   [backgroundColor set];
   NSRectFill(cellFrame);