diff --git a/common/draw.c b/common/draw.c
index 04f1ce32..c53f89c6 100644
--- a/common/draw.c
+++ b/common/draw.c
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ draw_markup_on_element(markup_parser_data_t *p, const char *elem,
                 break;
               case A_TK_ALIGN:
                 data->bg_align = draw_align_fromstr(*values, -1);
+              case A_TK_RESIZE:
+                data->bg_resize = a_strtobool(*values, -1);
               default:
                 break;
             }
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ draw_text(draw_context_t *ctx, font_t *font,
           default:
             break;
         }
-        draw_image(ctx, x, y, 0, pdata->bg_image);
+        draw_image(ctx, x, y, area.height, pdata->bg_image);
         draw_image_delete(&pdata->bg_image);
     }
 
diff --git a/common/draw.h b/common/draw.h
index 41ed673e..b5933f51 100644
--- a/common/draw.h
+++ b/common/draw.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ typedef struct
     xcolor_t bg_color;
     draw_image_t *bg_image;
     alignment_t bg_align;
+    bool bg_resize;
     struct
     {
         int offset;