diff --git a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
index 7df007fc..24807125 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
@@ -728,7 +728,10 @@ dosurface:
 			glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
 		}
 
-		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA8, texsize, texsize, 0, GL_BGRA_EXT, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 0);
+		Bit8u* emptytex = new Bit8u[texsize * texsize * 4];
+		memset((void*) emptytex, 0, texsize * texsize * 4);
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA8, texsize, texsize, 0, GL_BGRA_EXT, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (const GLvoid*)emptytex);
+		delete [] emptytex;
 
 		glClearColor (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 		glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);