diff -r ef0373b55136 -r 758a864f9613 src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle.cpp
--- a/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle.cpp	Fri Sep 17 08:34:18 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qgtkstyle.cpp	Mon Oct 04 01:19:32 2010 +0300
@@ -836,7 +836,10 @@
 
     case PE_PanelItemViewItem:
         if (const QStyleOptionViewItemV4 *vopt = qstyleoption_cast<const QStyleOptionViewItemV4 *>(option)) {
-            if (vopt->backgroundBrush.style() != Qt::NoBrush) {
+            uint resolve_mask = vopt->palette.resolve();
+            if (vopt->backgroundBrush.style() != Qt::NoBrush
+                    || (resolve_mask & (1 << QPalette::Base)))
+            {
                 QPointF oldBO = painter->brushOrigin();
                 painter->setBrushOrigin(vopt->rect.topLeft());
                 painter->fillRect(vopt->rect, vopt->backgroundBrush);