diff --git a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/draw.ts b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/draw.ts
index 1f6c5549bc2169e74b09f6246446930781db242b..2f8942215ebd170c0ea13252f7550a79b9ba27fb 100644
--- a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/draw.ts
+++ b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/draw.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class DrawPass {
         }
 
         if (PostprocessingPass.isEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
-            if (PostprocessingPass.isOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
+            if (PostprocessingPass.isTransparentOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
                 this.depthTargetTransparent.bind();
                 renderer.clearDepth(true);
                 if (scene.opacityAverage < 1) {
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export class DrawPass {
         }
 
         if (PostprocessingPass.isEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
-            if (PostprocessingPass.isOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
+            if (PostprocessingPass.isTransparentOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
                 this.depthTargetTransparent.bind();
                 renderer.clearDepth(true);
                 if (scene.opacityAverage < 1) {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export class DrawPass {
                     this.colorTarget.depthRenderbuffer?.detachFramebuffer(this.postprocessing.target.framebuffer);
                 }
 
-                if (PostprocessingPass.isOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
+                if (PostprocessingPass.isTransparentOutlineEnabled(postprocessingProps)) {
                     this.depthTargetTransparent.bind();
                     renderer.clearDepth(true);
                     if (scene.opacityAverage < 1) {
diff --git a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
index fd61d28af312d55694827f8bbd312483ddf8dff1..d3b70b80b74b275bc9cc5b002a00d12ae8f0c5cc 100644
--- a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
+++ b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ export class PostprocessingPass {
         return props.occlusion.name === 'on' || props.shadow.name === 'on' || props.outline.name === 'on' || props.background.variant.name !== 'off';
     }
 
-    static isOutlineEnabled(props: PostprocessingProps) {
-        return props.outline.name === 'on';
+    static isTransparentOutlineEnabled(props: PostprocessingProps) {
+        return props.outline.name === 'on' && props.outline.params.includeTransparent;
     }
 
     readonly target: RenderTarget;