diff --git a/panda/src/display/config_display.cxx b/panda/src/display/config_display.cxx
index 6ac254d4aa..48d33b4efa 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/config_display.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/config_display.cxx
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ const bool pipe_spec_is_remote = config_display.Defined("pipe-machine")
                                  || config_display.GetBool("pipe-remote",
 							   false);
 
+const float gsg_clear_r = config_display.GetFloat("gsg-clear-r", 0.0);
+const float gsg_clear_g = config_display.GetFloat("gsg-clear-g", 0.0);
+const float gsg_clear_b = config_display.GetFloat("gsg-clear-b", 0.0);
+
 
 Config::ConfigTable::Symbol::iterator pipe_modules_begin(void) {
   return disp->begin();
diff --git a/panda/src/display/config_display.h b/panda/src/display/config_display.h
index a7b08e2f55..211222522d 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/config_display.h
+++ b/panda/src/display/config_display.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ extern const int pipe_spec_pipe_number;
 extern const bool pipe_spec_is_file;
 extern const bool pipe_spec_is_remote;
 
+extern const float gsg_clear_r;
+extern const float gsg_clear_g;
+extern const float gsg_clear_b;
+
 extern Config::ConfigTable::Symbol::iterator pipe_modules_begin(void);
 extern Config::ConfigTable::Symbol::iterator pipe_modules_end(void);
 extern Config::ConfigTable::Symbol::iterator gsg_modules_begin(void);
diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index eaea0211b8..f032aee1b8 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ reset() {
   _state.clear();
 
   _buffer_mask = 0;
-  _color_clear_value.set(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+  _color_clear_value.set(gsg_clear_r, gsg_clear_g, gsg_clear_b, 0.0);
   _depth_clear_value = 1.0;
   _stencil_clear_value = 0.0;
   _accum_clear_value.set(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);