diff --git a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/CropModifier.php b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/CropModifier.php
index f33705b7..3b797e97 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/CropModifier.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Imagick/Modifiers/CropModifier.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Intervention\Image\Drivers\Imagick\Modifiers;
 
 use ImagickDraw;
+use ImagickPixel;
 use Intervention\Image\Drivers\DriverSpecializedModifier;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\ImageInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\SizeInterface;
@@ -23,10 +24,15 @@ class CropModifier extends DriverSpecializedModifier
             $this->driver()->handleInput($this->background)
         );
 
+        $transparent = new ImagickPixel('transparent');
+
         $draw = new ImagickDraw();
         $draw->setFillColor($background);
 
         foreach ($image as $frame) {
+            $frame->native()->setBackgroundColor($transparent);
+            $frame->native()->setImageBackgroundColor($transparent);
+
             // crop image
             $frame->native()->extentImage(
                 $crop->width(),
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/Imagick/ImageTest.php b/tests/Drivers/Imagick/ImageTest.php
index 001bd9c5..5ecf956e 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/Imagick/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Drivers/Imagick/ImageTest.php
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ class ImageTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(4, $result->width());
 
         $this->assertEquals('ff0000', $image->pickColor(0, 0)->toHex());
-        $this->assertEquals('00000000', $image->pickColor(1, 0)->toHex());
+        $this->assertTransparency($image->pickColor(1, 0));
 
         $this->assertEquals('ff0000', $clone->pickColor(0, 0)->toHex());
-        $this->assertEquals('00000000', $clone->pickColor(1, 0)->toHex());
+        $this->assertTransparency($clone->pickColor(1, 0));
     }
 
     public function testDriver(): void