diff --git a/src/ui/ui.c b/src/ui/ui.c
index 86416f0ce..26c87b777 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui.c
@@ -603,7 +603,10 @@ meta_ui_queue_frame_draw (MetaUI *ui,
                           Window xwindow)
 {
   MetaUIFrame *frame = meta_ui_lookup_window (ui, xwindow);
-  gtk_widget_queue_draw (GTK_WIDGET (frame));
+  GtkWidget *widget = GTK_WIDGET (frame);
+  /* Force a style update. */
+  gtk_style_context_invalidate (gtk_widget_get_style_context (widget));
+  gtk_widget_queue_draw (widget);
 }
 
 void