diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_banners/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_banners/init.lua
index 509fb450..e071dc13 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_banners/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_banners/init.lua
@@ -387,13 +387,15 @@ for colorid, colortab in pairs(mcl_banners.colors) do
 		-- redraw the pattern textures as low-resolution pixel
 		-- art and use that instead.
 
-		local layer = "(([combine:20x40:-2,-2="..pattern.."^[resize:16x24^[colorize:"..color..":"..layer_ratio.."))"
+		local layer = "(([combine:20x40:-2,-2=" .. pattern .. "^[resize:16x24^[colorize:" .. color .. ":" .. layer_ratio .. "))"
+		local mask = "(([combine:20x40:-2,-2=" .. pattern .. "^[resize:16x24" .. "))"
 
 		function escape(text)
 			 return text:gsub("%^", "\\%^"):gsub(":", "\\:") -- :gsub("%(", "\\%("):gsub("%)", "\\%)")
 		end
 
-		finished_banner = "[combine:32x32:0,0=" .. escape(base) .. ":8,4=" .. escape(layer)
+		local layer_masked = layer .. "[mask:" .. escape(mask)
+		finished_banner = "[combine:32x32:0,0=" .. escape(base) .. ":8,4=" .. escape(layer_masked)
 	end
 
 	inv = finished_banner