diff --git a/0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch b/0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89062844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 418e37506e6a419a808a82081ca1616caa03a206 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen <phomes@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:29:23 +0000
+Subject: analyze: set white backgound
+
+In programs like eog and gimp the transparant background did not
+look very good.
+
+https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70720
+---
+diff --git a/src/analyze/systemd-analyze.c b/src/analyze/systemd-analyze.c
+index 26769d6..0cc4de7 100644
+--- a/src/analyze/systemd-analyze.c
++++ b/src/analyze/systemd-analyze.c
+@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ static int analyze_plot(DBusConnection *bus) {
+         /* style sheet */
+         svg("<defs>\n  <style type=\"text/css\">\n    <![CDATA[\n"
+             "      rect       { stroke-width: 1; stroke-opacity: 0; }\n"
++            "      rect.background   { fill: rgb(255,255,255); }\n"
+             "      rect.activating   { fill: rgb(255,0,0); fill-opacity: 0.7; }\n"
+             "      rect.active       { fill: rgb(200,150,150); fill-opacity: 0.7; }\n"
+             "      rect.deactivating { fill: rgb(150,100,100); fill-opacity: 0.7; }\n"
+@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ static int analyze_plot(DBusConnection *bus) {
+             "      text.sec   { font-size: 10px; }\n"
+             "    ]]>\n   </style>\n</defs>\n\n");
+ 
++        svg("<rect class=\"background\" width=\"100%%\" height=\"100%%\" />\n");
+         svg("<text x=\"20\" y=\"50\">%s</text>", pretty_times);
+         svg("<text x=\"20\" y=\"30\">%s %s (%s %s) %s</text>",
+             isempty(osname) ? "Linux" : osname,
+--
+cgit v0.9.0.2-2-gbebe
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index b6e13fc9..cce0aeb4 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 25 12:12:48 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add upstream patch 
+  0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch
+  to make SVG output of systemd analyze readable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 21 09:27:36 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index e66c721d..4231ba9f 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ Patch76:        0001-drop-ins-check-return-value.patch
 Patch77:        0001-shared-util-Fix-glob_extend-argument.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 0001-Fix-bad-assert-in-show_pid_array.patch fcrozat@suse.com -- Fix bad assert in show_pid_array
 Patch78:        0001-Fix-bad-assert-in-show_pid_array.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch werner@suse.com -- Make background of systemd-analyze SVG white
+Patch79:        0001-analyze-set-white-background.patch
 
 # udev patches
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE 1001-re-enable-by_path-links-for-ata-devices.patch
@@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} m4/
 %patch76 -p1
 %patch77 -p1
 %patch78 -p1
+%patch79 -p1
 
 # udev patches
 %patch1001 -p1