diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
index 755d6d3d9c..4310ea6fc7 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OnroadWindow::OnroadWindow(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent) {
   alerts->raise();
 
   setLayout(layout);
+  setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent);
 }
 
 // ***** onroad widgets *****
@@ -166,6 +167,11 @@ void OnroadAlerts::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) {
   }
 }
 
+
+NvgWindow::NvgWindow(QWidget *parent) : QOpenGLWidget(parent) {
+  setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent);
+}
+
 NvgWindow::~NvgWindow() {
   makeCurrent();
   doneCurrent();
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.h
index a3aab63d34..9e93164e5a 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class NvgWindow : public QOpenGLWidget, protected QOpenGLFunctions {
 
 public:
   using QOpenGLWidget::QOpenGLWidget;
-  explicit NvgWindow(QWidget* parent = 0) : QOpenGLWidget(parent) {};
+  explicit NvgWindow(QWidget* parent = 0);
   ~NvgWindow();
 
 protected: