diff --git a/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/config/PatcherConfig.java b/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/config/PatcherConfig.java
index 5d1cbc87a..d88fca736 100644
--- a/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/config/PatcherConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/config/PatcherConfig.java
@@ -918,6 +918,13 @@ public static int getInventoryScale() {
     )
     public static boolean transparentChat;
 
+    @Property(
+        type = PropertyType.SWITCH, name = "Chat Background When Open",
+        description = "Add back the background when chat is open.",
+        category = "Screens", subcategory = "Chat"
+    )
+    public static boolean transparentChatOnlyWhenClosed;
+
     @Property(
         type = PropertyType.SWITCH, name = "Transparent Chat Input Field",
         description = "Remove the background from chat's input field.\n§eCan positively impact performance.",
@@ -1272,6 +1279,7 @@ public PatcherConfig() {
             addDependency("timestampsStyle", "timestamps");
             addDependency("secondsOnTimestamps", "timestamps");
             addDependency("imagePreviewWidth", "imagePreview");
+            addDependency("transparentChatOnlyWhenClosed", "transparentChat");
 
             Arrays.asList(
                 "slownessFovModifierFloat", "speedFovModifierFloat",
diff --git a/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/mixins/features/GuiNewChatMixin_TransparentChat.java b/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/mixins/features/GuiNewChatMixin_TransparentChat.java
index 5fbcf793c..26f0f1a84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/mixins/features/GuiNewChatMixin_TransparentChat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/club/sk1er/patcher/mixins/features/GuiNewChatMixin_TransparentChat.java
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.Gui;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiNewChat;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 
 @Mixin(GuiNewChat.class)
 public abstract class GuiNewChatMixin_TransparentChat extends Gui {
+
+    @Shadow
+    public abstract boolean getChatOpen();
+
     @WrapWithCondition(method = "drawChat", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/GuiNewChat;drawRect(IIIII)V", ordinal = 0))
     private boolean patcher$transparentChat(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, int color) {
-        return !PatcherConfig.transparentChat;
+        if (PatcherConfig.transparentChat) {
+            return PatcherConfig.transparentChatOnlyWhenClosed && getChatOpen();
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 }