diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/FillCommand.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/FillCommand.php
index 915b0ad2..d36d456a 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/FillCommand.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Imagick/Commands/FillCommand.php
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ class FillCommand extends \Intervention\Image\Commands\AbstractCommand
                 // mask away color at pos.
                 $tile->paintTransparentImage($tile->getImagePixelColor($x, $y), 0, 0);
 
+                // save alpha channel of original image
+                $alpha = clone $image->getCore();
+
                 // merge original with canvas and tile
                 $image->getCore()->compositeImage($canvas, \Imagick::COMPOSITE_DEFAULT, 0, 0);                
                 $image->getCore()->compositeImage($tile, \Imagick::COMPOSITE_DEFAULT, 0, 0);                
+
+                // restore alpha channel of original image
+                $image->getCore()->compositeImage($alpha, \Imagick::COMPOSITE_COPYOPACITY, 0, 0);
             }
 
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/FillCommandTest.php b/tests/FillCommandTest.php
index 97ba8903..aa378769 100644
--- a/tests/FillCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/FillCommandTest.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class FillCommandTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $imagick = Mockery::mock('Imagick');
         $imagick->shouldReceive('getimagepixelcolor')->once()->andReturn('#000000');
         $imagick->shouldReceive('painttransparentimage')->once()->andReturn(true);
-        $imagick->shouldReceive('compositeimage')->times(2)->andReturn(true);
+        $imagick->shouldReceive('compositeimage')->times(3)->andReturn(true);
         $image = Mockery::mock('Intervention\Image\Image');
         $image->shouldReceive('getCore')->andReturn($imagick);
         $image->shouldReceive('getWidth')->andReturn(800);