diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 792bb19c2..8ab5a1bcb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2005-08-23  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
+
+	* test/text-antialias-subpixel.c (draw): Clear to opaque white at
+	the beginning of the test so that the 0 alpha values in the
+	destination don't cause bizarre results.
+	(main): Note that only the image backend should fail now.
+
+	* test/text-antialias-subpixel-ref.png: Add new reference image.
+
 2005-08-23  Carl Worth  <cworth@cworth.org>
 
 	* test/text-rotate-ref.png:
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 4c40aa4e9..7ceb63850 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ source-surface-scale-paint-ref.png	\
 surface-pattern-ref.png			\
 text-antialias-gray-ref.png		\
 text-antialias-none-ref.png		\
+text-antialias-subpixel-ref.png		\
 text-pattern-ref.png			\
 transforms-ref.png			\
 translate-show-surface-ref.png		\
diff --git a/test/text-antialias-subpixel-ref.png b/test/text-antialias-subpixel-ref.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0f3b78b8
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/text-antialias-subpixel-ref.png differ
diff --git a/test/text-antialias-subpixel.c b/test/text-antialias-subpixel.c
index c72a71285..7c151a5c7 100644
--- a/test/text-antialias-subpixel.c
+++ b/test/text-antialias-subpixel.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ draw (cairo_t *cr, int width, int height)
     cairo_font_options_t *font_options;
     static char black[] = "black", blue[] = "blue";
 
+    cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
+    cairo_paint (cr);
+
     cairo_select_font_face (cr, "Bitstream Vera Sans",
 			    CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,
 			    CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
@@ -78,5 +81,5 @@ int
 main (void)
 {
     return cairo_test_expect_failure (&test, draw,
-	"Bugs in subpixel-antialiased text rendering");
+	"Subpixel-antialiased text is not working with the image backend.");
 }