diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 28f7c33..558f42b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-09-06  Yavor Doganov  <yavor gnu org>
+
+	* src/goocanvasimage.c (goo_canvas_image_is_item_at): Check
+	translucency of the pixel and return FALSE if alpha is 0.
+
 2017-11-23  Damon Chaplin  <damon gnome org>
 
 	* src/goocanvasitemmodel.c (goo_canvas_item_model_class_list_child_properties):
diff --git a/src/goocanvasimage.c b/src/goocanvasimage.c
index 28c948f..d04cbe9 100644
--- a/src/goocanvasimage.c
+++ b/src/goocanvasimage.c
@@ -463,11 +463,30 @@ goo_canvas_image_is_item_at (GooCanvasItemSimple *simple,
 {
   GooCanvasImage *image = (GooCanvasImage*) simple;
   GooCanvasImageData *image_data = image->image_data;
+  cairo_surface_t *surface;
+  unsigned char *rawdata;
+  guint32 *pixel;
+  int alpha, stride;
 
   if (x < image_data->x || (x > image_data->x + image_data->width)
       || y < image_data->y || (y > image_data->y + image_data->height))
     return FALSE;
 
+  cairo_pattern_get_surface (image_data->pattern, &surface);
+
+  if (cairo_surface_get_type (surface) != CAIRO_SURFACE_TYPE_IMAGE
+      || cairo_image_surface_get_format (surface) != CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  cairo_surface_flush (surface);
+  rawdata = cairo_image_surface_get_data (surface);
+  stride = cairo_image_surface_get_stride (surface);
+  pixel = (guint32*) (rawdata + ((int) (y - image_data->y)) * stride);
+  alpha = (pixel[(int) (x - image_data->x)] & 0xff000000) >> 24;
+
+  if (alpha == 0)
+    return FALSE;
+
   return TRUE;
 }