diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8615121..624ccbf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DerivedData
 *.hmap
 *.ipa
 *.xcuserstate
+.DS_Store
 
 # CocoaPods
 #
diff --git a/TZStackView/TZStackView.swift b/TZStackView/TZStackView.swift
index 2fd77a8..dd577c7 100755
--- a/TZStackView/TZStackView.swift
+++ b/TZStackView/TZStackView.swift
@@ -605,4 +605,9 @@ public class TZStackView: UIView {
         }
         return animatingToHiddenViews.indexOf(view) != nil
     }
+    
+    // Disables setting the background color to mimic an actual UIStackView which is a non-drawing view.
+    override public class func layerClass() -> AnyClass {
+        return CATransformLayer.self
+    }
 }