diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d8d50e2..5e2ec02e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
+* [Unreleased](#unreleased)
 * [1.16.1](#1-16-1)
 * [1.16.0](#1-16-0)
 * [1.15.3](#1-15-3)
@@ -46,6 +47,22 @@
 * [1.2.1](#1-2-1)
 * [1.2.0](#1-2-0)
 
+## Unreleased
+### Added
+### Changed
+### Deprecated
+### Removed
+### Fixed
+
+* Last row and/or column of opaque sixels (not having a size that is a
+  multiple of the cell size) being the wrong color ([#1520][1520]).
+
+[1520]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1520
+
+
+### Security
+### Contributors
+
 
 ## 1.16.1
 
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 11d323d5..d679b5e8 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ render_sixel(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
                     if ((last_row_needs_erase && last_row) ||
                         (last_col_needs_erase && last_col))
                     {
-                        render_cell(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col);
+                        render_cell(term, pix, damage, row, term_row_no, col, cursor_col == col);
                     } else {
                         cell->attrs.clean = 1;
                         cell->attrs.confined = 1;