diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
index 317fe4cbf7..ec1b4c1310 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpainter.cpp
@@ -5744,7 +5744,7 @@ void QPainter::drawStaticText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, const QStaticText
     if (d->extended == 0
             || !d->state->matrix.isAffine()
             || !fe->supportsTransformation(d->state->matrix)) {
-        staticText_d->paintText(topLeftPosition, this);
+        staticText_d->paintText(topLeftPosition, this, pen().color());
         return;
     }
 
@@ -5816,11 +5816,16 @@ void QPainter::drawStaticText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, const QStaticText
 
     QPen oldPen = d->state->pen;
     QColor currentColor = oldPen.color();
+    static const QColor bodyIndicator(0, 0, 0, 0);
     for (int i=0; i<staticText_d->itemCount; ++i) {
         QStaticTextItem *item = staticText_d->items + i;
-        if (item->color.isValid() && currentColor != item->color) {
-            setPen(item->color);
-            currentColor = item->color;
+        if (item->color.isValid() && currentColor != item->color
+            && item->color != bodyIndicator) {
+                setPen(item->color);
+                currentColor = item->color;
+        } else if (item->color == bodyIndicator) {
+            setPen(oldPen);
+            currentColor = oldPen.color();
         }
         d->extended->drawStaticTextItem(item);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qstatictext.cpp b/src/gui/text/qstatictext.cpp
index d6f97547c4..68f33a8ed7 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qstatictext.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qstatictext.cpp
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ namespace {
     public:
         DrawTextItemRecorder(bool untransformedCoordinates, bool useBackendOptimizations)
                 : m_dirtyPen(false), m_useBackendOptimizations(useBackendOptimizations),
-                  m_untransformedCoordinates(untransformedCoordinates), m_currentColor(Qt::black)
+                  m_untransformedCoordinates(untransformedCoordinates), m_currentColor(0, 0, 0, 0)
         {
         }
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ namespace {
     };
 }
 
-void QStaticTextPrivate::paintText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, QPainter *p)
+void QStaticTextPrivate::paintText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, QPainter *p, const QColor &pen)
 {
     bool preferRichText = textFormat == Qt::RichText
                           || (textFormat == Qt::AutoText && Qt::mightBeRichText(text));
@@ -631,15 +631,16 @@ void QStaticTextPrivate::paintText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, QPainter *p)
         textLayout.endLayout();
 
         actualSize = textLayout.boundingRect().size();
+        p->setPen(pen);
         textLayout.draw(p, topLeftPosition);
     } else {
         QTextDocument document;
 #ifndef QT_NO_CSSPARSER
-        QColor color = p->pen().color();
-        document.setDefaultStyleSheet(QString::fromLatin1("body { color: #%1%2%3 }")
-                                      .arg(QString::number(color.red(), 16), 2, QLatin1Char('0'))
-                                      .arg(QString::number(color.green(), 16), 2, QLatin1Char('0'))
-                                      .arg(QString::number(color.blue(), 16), 2, QLatin1Char('0')));
+        document.setDefaultStyleSheet(QString::fromLatin1("body { color: rgba(%1, %2, %3, %4%) }")
+                                      .arg(QString::number(pen.red()))
+                                      .arg(QString::number(pen.green()))
+                                      .arg(QString::number(pen.blue()))
+                                      .arg(QString::number(pen.alpha())));
 #endif
         document.setDefaultFont(font);
         document.setDocumentMargin(0.0);
@@ -657,7 +658,7 @@ void QStaticTextPrivate::paintText(const QPointF &topLeftPosition, QPainter *p)
         p->save();
         p->translate(topLeftPosition);
         QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::PaintContext ctx;
-        ctx.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, p->pen().color());
+        ctx.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, pen);
         document.documentLayout()->draw(p, ctx);
         p->restore();
 
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ void QStaticTextPrivate::init()
         painter.setFont(font);
         painter.setTransform(matrix);
 
-        paintText(QPointF(0, 0), &painter);
+        paintText(QPointF(0, 0), &painter, QColor(0, 0, 0, 0));
     }
 
     QVector<QStaticTextItem> deviceItems = device.items();
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qstatictext_p.h b/src/gui/text/qstatictext_p.h
index dda566a22b..c4023488ff 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qstatictext_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qstatictext_p.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     ~QStaticTextPrivate();
 
     void init();
-    void paintText(const QPointF &pos, QPainter *p);
+    void paintText(const QPointF &pos, QPainter *p, const QColor &pen);
 
     void invalidate()
     {