diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/Layout/LayoutNode.cpp b/Libraries/LibHTML/Layout/LayoutNode.cpp
index c448c56a5e..a0ff57fd60 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/Layout/LayoutNode.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/Layout/LayoutNode.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,16 @@ void LayoutNode::render(RenderingContext& context)
#endif
auto bgcolor = style_properties().property("background-color");
- if (bgcolor.has_value() && bgcolor.value()->is_color())
- context.painter().fill_rect(rect(), bgcolor.value()->to_color());
+ if (bgcolor.has_value() && bgcolor.value()->is_color()) {
+
+ Rect background_rect;
+ background_rect.set_x(rect().x() - style().padding().left.to_px());
+ background_rect.set_width(rect().width() + style().padding().left.to_px() + style().padding().right.to_px());
+ background_rect.set_y(rect().y() - style().padding().top.to_px());
+ background_rect.set_height(rect().height() + style().padding().top.to_px() + style().padding().bottom.to_px());
+
+ context.painter().fill_rect(background_rect, bgcolor.value()->to_color());
+ }
// TODO: render our border
for_each_child([&](auto& child) {