diff --git a/components/compositing/compositor.rs b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
index 996d01a164f..8a413a57b3d 100644
--- a/components/compositing/compositor.rs
+++ b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ impl<Window: WindowMethods> IOCompositor<Window> {
                     &self.embedder_coordinates.framebuffer.to_untyped(),
                 );
 
+                self.window.gl().clear_color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0);
+                self.window.gl().clear(gleam::gl::COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+
                 // Paint the scene.
                 // TODO(gw): Take notice of any errors the renderer returns!
                 self.webrender.render(size).ok();
diff --git a/components/servo/lib.rs b/components/servo/lib.rs
index bdf56372dff..44eb62e51fc 100644
--- a/components/servo/lib.rs
+++ b/components/servo/lib.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ where
                     },
                     renderer_kind: renderer_kind,
                     enable_subpixel_aa: opts.enable_subpixel_text_antialiasing,
+                    clear_color: None,
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 None,