diff -ru gtk+-2.2.1/gtk/gtkstyle.c gtk+-2.2.1.patch/gtk/gtkstyle.c
--- gtk+-2.2.1/gtk/gtkstyle.c	2003-01-31 05:42:34.000000000 +0100
+++ gtk+-2.2.1.patch/gtk/gtkstyle.c	2003-02-07 19:16:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -1988,6 +1988,36 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void 
+set_pixbuf_alpha (GdkPixbuf *src)
+{
+  int width, wb;
+  int height;
+  int rowstride;
+  gboolean has_alpha;
+  guchar *pixels, *p;
+  int i, j;
+
+  width = gdk_pixbuf_get_width (src);
+  height = gdk_pixbuf_get_height (src);
+  rowstride = gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride (src);
+  has_alpha = gdk_pixbuf_get_has_alpha (src);
+
+  if (has_alpha == FALSE)
+    return;
+
+  pixels = gdk_pixbuf_get_pixels (src);
+
+  wb = width << 2;
+  for (i = 0; i < height; i ++)
+    {
+      p = pixels + (i * rowstride);
+    
+      for (j = 0; j < wb; j += 4)
+        p[j + 3] = p[j + 3] >> 1;
+    }
+}
+
 static GdkPixbuf *
 gtk_default_render_icon (GtkStyle            *style,
                          const GtkIconSource *source,
@@ -2054,8 +2084,8 @@
           stated = gdk_pixbuf_copy (scaled);      
           
           gdk_pixbuf_saturate_and_pixelate (scaled, stated,
-                                            0.8, TRUE);
-          
+                                            0.0, FALSE);
+          set_pixbuf_alpha (stated);
           g_object_unref (scaled);
         }
       else if (state == GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT)