diff --git a/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py b/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
index 9d2b19775..e5f7851a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
+++ b/src/plugins/docgen/ODFDoc.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class ODFDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc, BaseDoc.TextDoc, BaseDoc.DrawDoc):
                 self.cntnt.write('svg:fill-color="#%02x%02x%02x" ' % style.get_color())
             self.cntnt.write('draw:fill-color="#%02x%02x%02x" ' % style.get_fill_color())
             self.cntnt.write('draw:shadow="hidden" ')
-            self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="background" ')
+            self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="foreground" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-pos="from-top" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-rel="paragraph" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:horizontal-pos="from-left" ')
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ODFDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc, BaseDoc.TextDoc, BaseDoc.DrawDoc):
             self.cntnt.write('draw:textarea-horizontal-align="center" ')
             self.cntnt.write('draw:textarea-vertical-align="middle" ')
             self.cntnt.write('draw:shadow="hidden" ')
-            self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="background" ')
+            self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="foreground" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-pos="from-top" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-rel="paragraph" ')
             self.cntnt.write('style:horizontal-pos="from-left" ')
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class ODFDoc(BaseDoc.BaseDoc, BaseDoc.TextDoc, BaseDoc.DrawDoc):
         self.cntnt.write('style:family="graphic">\n')
         self.cntnt.write('\t<style:graphic-properties draw:stroke="none" ')
         self.cntnt.write('draw:fill="none" draw:shadow="hidden" ')
-        self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="background" ')
+        self.cntnt.write('style:run-through="foreground" ')
         self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-pos="from-top" ')
         self.cntnt.write('style:vertical-rel="paragraph" ')
         self.cntnt.write('style:horizontal-pos="from-left" ')