diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/imagelist.c b/dlls/comctl32/imagelist.c
index a6d9c73c49b..307ccc0336c 100644
--- a/dlls/comctl32/imagelist.c
+++ b/dlls/comctl32/imagelist.c
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ static void add_dib_bits( HIMAGELIST himl, int pos, int count, int width, int he
                             mask_bits[i * mask_stride + j / 8] |= 0x80 >> (j % 8);
             }
         }
+        else if (mask_info)  /* mask out the background */
+        {
+            for (i = 0; i < height; i++)
+                for (j = n * width; j < (n + 1) * width; j++)
+                    if ((mask_bits[i * mask_stride + j / 8] << (j % 8)) & 0x80)
+                        bits[i * stride + j] = 0;
+        }
         StretchDIBits( himl->hdcImage, pt.x, pt.y, himl->cx, himl->cy,
                        n * width, 0, width, height, bits, info, DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY );
         if (mask_info)
diff --git a/dlls/comctl32/tests/imagelist.c b/dlls/comctl32/tests/imagelist.c
index c74acb2a215..ed9b1cc97f2 100644
--- a/dlls/comctl32/tests/imagelist.c
+++ b/dlls/comctl32/tests/imagelist.c
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ static void test_alpha(void)
 
         /* If all alpha values are zero, the image is considered to have no alpha and gets masked */
         if (!GetAValue(bits[0]) && !GetAValue(bits[1]))
-            todo_wine ok(!bits[0] && bits[1] == test_bitmaps[i + 1],
+            ok(!bits[0] && bits[1] == test_bitmaps[i + 1],
                "Bitmap [%08X, %08X] returned [%08X, %08X], expected [%08X, %08X]\n",
                test_bitmaps[i], test_bitmaps[i + 1], bits[0], bits[1], 0, test_bitmaps[i + 1]);
         else