diff --git a/flixel/text/FlxInputText.hx b/flixel/text/FlxInputText.hx
index 0c24efe218..2665e0e7d0 100644
--- a/flixel/text/FlxInputText.hx
+++ b/flixel/text/FlxInputText.hx
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ class FlxInputText extends FlxText implements IFlxInputText
 					{
 						box = _selectionBoxes[i] = new FlxSprite();
 						box.color = selectionColor;
+						box.alpha = selectionColor.alphaFloat;
 					}
 
 					var boxRect = FlxRect.get(startBoundaries.x - scrollH, startBoundaries.y - scrollVOffset,
@@ -2137,7 +2138,10 @@ class FlxInputText extends FlxText implements IFlxInputText
 			for (box in _selectionBoxes)
 			{
 				if (box != null)
+				{
 					box.color = selectionColor;
+					box.alpha = selectionColor.alphaFloat;
+				}
 			}
 		}