diff --git a/src/Favicons/Drivers/ImagickDriver.php b/src/Favicons/Drivers/ImagickDriver.php
index 1500638..ff361b4 100644
--- a/src/Favicons/Drivers/ImagickDriver.php
+++ b/src/Favicons/Drivers/ImagickDriver.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Stillat\StatamicSiteEssentials\Favicons\Drivers;
 
 use Imagick;
+use ImagickPixel;
 use Stillat\StatamicSiteEssentials\Contracts\FaviconGenerator;
 
 class ImagickDriver implements FaviconGenerator
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ class ImagickDriver implements FaviconGenerator
     public function resize(string $sourcePath, string $destinationPath, int $height, int $width)
     {
         $imagick = new Imagick();
+        $imagick->setBackgroundColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent'));
         $imagick->readImage($sourcePath);
         $imagick->scaleImage($width, $height, true);
         $imagick->writeImage($destinationPath);