diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/src/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizer.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/src/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizer.java
index efa87970d90..80789414819 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/src/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizer.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/src/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizer.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import static java.awt.RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE;
 import static java.awt.RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints.Key;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ private int calculateTargetHeight(float scalingFactor, FloatSize sourceImageSize
 	private Graphics2D configureRenderingOptions(float widthScalingFactor, float heightScalingFactor,
 			BufferedImage image) {
 		Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+		g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
 		g.setRenderingHints(RENDERING_HINTS);
 		g.scale(widthScalingFactor, heightScalingFactor);
 		return g;
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/test/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizerTest.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/test/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizerTest.java
index 3305ca87527..498d06eaa69 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/test/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizerTest.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.svg/test/org/eclipse/swt/svg/JSVGRasterizerTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWTException;
 import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.ImageData;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.RGB;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class JSVGRasterizerTest {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class JSVGRasterizerTest {
 	private final JSVGRasterizer rasterizer = new JSVGRasterizer();
 	private String svgString = """
 			<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-			    <rect width="100%" height="100%"/>
+			    <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="currentColor"/>
 			</svg>
 			""";
 
@@ -89,4 +90,10 @@ void testRasterizeWithTargetSizeWithInvalidSVG() {
 		assertEquals(SWT.ERROR_INVALID_IMAGE, exception.code);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testDefaultCurrentColorIsBlack() {
+		ImageData data = rasterizer.rasterizeSVG(svgStream(svgString), 100);
+		RGB rgb = data.palette.getRGB(data.getPixel(0, 0));
+		assertEquals(new RGB(0, 0, 0), rgb);
+	}
 }