diff --git a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/DrawPolygonModifier.php b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/DrawPolygonModifier.php
index 1d66b9e4..003d88c6 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/DrawPolygonModifier.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/DrawPolygonModifier.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Modifiers;
 
 use ImagickDraw;
+use ImagickPixel;
 use RuntimeException;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\SpecializedInterface;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class DrawPolygonModifier extends GenericDrawPolygonModifier implements Speciali
     public function apply(ImageInterface $image): ImageInterface
     {
         $drawing = new ImagickDraw();
+        $drawing->setFillColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent')); // defaults to no backgroundColor
 
         if ($this->drawable->hasBackgroundColor()) {
             $background_color = $this->driver()->colorProcessor($image->colorspace())->colorToNative(