diff --git a/libs/canvas/text.cc b/libs/canvas/text.cc
index ed879e2e80..5707192b96 100644
--- a/libs/canvas/text.cc
+++ b/libs/canvas/text.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Text::render (Rect const & area, Cairo::RefPtr<Cairo::Context> context) const
 		return;
 	}
 
-	Rect self = item_to_window (Rect (0, 0, min (_clamped_width, (double)_image->get_width ()), _image->get_height ()));
+	Rect self = item_to_window (Rect (_position.x, _position.y, _position.x + min (_clamped_width, (double)_image->get_width ()), _position.y + _image->get_height ()));
 	Rect i = self.intersection (area);
 
 	if (!i) {
@@ -325,3 +325,4 @@ Text::text_width() const
 
     return _width;
 }
+