diff --git a/src/render/text/viewer.cpp b/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
index 98bed575..e4bba7d0 100644
--- a/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/render/text/viewer.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void TextViewer::drawSelection(RotatedDC& dc, const TextStyle& style, size_t sel
   if (sel_start == sel_end) return;
   if (sel_end < sel_start) swap(sel_start, sel_end);
   dc.SetBrush(*wxWHITE_BRUSH);
-  dc.SetPen(*wxTRANSPARENT_PEN);
+  dc.SetPen(*wxWHITE_PEN);
   dc.SetLogicalFunction(wxXOR);
   RealRect prev_rect(0,0,0,0);
   FOR_EACH(l, lines) {