diff -r 9d9089584413 modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ScrollPaneSkin.java
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ScrollPaneSkin.java	Tue Sep 17 08:59:38 2013 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/ScrollPaneSkin.java	Tue Sep 17 14:32:03 2013 -0700
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
         // prevent requestLayout requests from within scrollNode from percolating up
         viewRect.setManaged(false);
         viewRect.setCache(true);
+        viewRect.getStyleClass().add("viewport");
 
         clipRect = new Rectangle();
         viewRect.setClip(clipRect);
diff -r 9d9089584413 modules/controls/src/main/resources/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/modena/modena.css
--- a/modules/controls/src/main/resources/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/modena/modena.css	Tue Sep 17 08:59:38 2013 -0700
+++ b/modules/controls/src/main/resources/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/modena/modena.css	Tue Sep 17 14:32:03 2013 -0700
@@ -1053,7 +1053,9 @@
  * ScrollPane                                                                  *
  *                                                                             *
  ******************************************************************************/
-
+.scroll-pane > .viewport {
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-background;
+}
 .scroll-pane > .scroll-bar:horizontal {
     -fx-background-insets: 0 1 1 1, 1;
     -fx-padding: 0 1 0 1;