diff -aur blackbox-0.70.1.orig/src/Window.cc blackbox-0.70.1/src/Window.cc
--- blackbox-0.70.1.orig/src/Window.cc	2005-10-18 10:01:41.000000000 +0200
+++ blackbox-0.70.1/src/Window.cc	2006-02-04 21:41:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -1146,7 +1146,13 @@
   frame.window = createToplevelWindow();
   blackbox->insertEventHandler(frame.window, this);
 
-  frame.plate = createChildWindow(frame.window, NoEventMask);
+  XWindowAttributes child_attrs;
+  Status stfu = XGetWindowAttributes(blackbox->XDisplay(), w, &child_attrs);
+  if (stfu != BadDrawable && stfu != BadWindow && child_attrs.depth == 32)
+	  frame.plate = createChildWindow(frame.window, NoEventMask, &child_attrs);
+  else
+  	frame.plate = createChildWindow(frame.window, NoEventMask);
+
   blackbox->insertEventHandler(frame.plate, this);
 
   if (client.decorations & WindowDecorationTitlebar)
@@ -1320,6 +1326,27 @@
                        create_mask, &attrib_create);
 }
 
+Window BlackboxWindow::createChildWindow(Window parent,
+                                         unsigned long event_mask,
+                                         XWindowAttributes *extra)
+{
+	Cursor cursor = None;
+  XSetWindowAttributes attrib_create;
+  unsigned long create_mask = CWEventMask;
+
+  attrib_create.event_mask = event_mask;
+  attrib_create.colormap = extra->colormap;
+
+  if (cursor) {
+    create_mask |= CWCursor;
+    attrib_create.cursor = cursor;
+  }
+
+  return XCreateWindow(blackbox->XDisplay(), parent, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
+                       extra->depth, InputOutput,
+                       extra->visual,
+                       create_mask, &attrib_create);
+}
 
 /*
  * Reparents the client window into the newly created frame.
diff -aur blackbox-0.70.1.orig/src/Window.hh blackbox-0.70.1/src/Window.hh
--- blackbox-0.70.1.orig/src/Window.hh	2005-04-18 15:25:16.000000000 +0200
+++ blackbox-0.70.1/src/Window.hh	2006-02-04 21:41:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@
   Window createToplevelWindow();
   Window createChildWindow(Window parent, unsigned long event_mask,
                            Cursor = None);
+  Window createChildWindow(Window parent, unsigned long event_mask,
+                           XWindowAttributes *extra);
 
   void associateClientWindow(void);