--- a/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/java2d/xr/XRSolidSrcPict.java	Wed Jan 17 09:08:44 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/java.desktop/unix/classes/sun/java2d/xr/XRSolidSrcPict.java	Thu Jan 18 11:22:28 2018 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     public XRSurfaceData prepareSrcPict(int pixelVal) {
         if(pixelVal != curPixVal) {
-            xrCol.setColorValues(pixelVal, false);
+            xrCol.setColorValues(pixelVal, true);
             con.renderRectangle(srcPict.picture, XRUtils.PictOpSrc, xrCol, 0, 0, 1, 1);
             this.curPixVal = pixelVal;
         }

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/awt/Color/XRenderTranslucentColorDrawTest.java	Thu Jan 18 11:22:28 2018 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug      8176795
+ * @summary  Test verifies that we get proper color when we draw translucent
+ *           color over an opaque color using X Render extension in Linux.
+ * @requires (os.family == "linux")
+ * @run      main XRenderTranslucentColorDrawTest -Dsun.java2d.xrender=true
+ */
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
+
+public class XRenderTranslucentColorDrawTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment.
+                getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+        GraphicsConfiguration translucentGC = null;
+        SCREENS: for (GraphicsDevice screen : env.getScreenDevices()) {
+            for (GraphicsConfiguration gc : screen.getConfigurations()) {
+                if (gc.isTranslucencyCapable()) {
+                    translucentGC = gc;
+                    break SCREENS;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (translucentGC == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("No suitable gc found.");
+        }
+        int width = 10;
+        int height = 10;
+        VolatileImage image = translucentGC.
+                createCompatibleVolatileImage(width, height);
+        Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+        // draw opaque black color
+        g.setColor(new Color(0xff000000, true));
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+        // draw translucent white color over opaque black color
+        g.setColor(new Color(0x80ffffff, true));
+        g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+        g.dispose();
+        // Get snapshot of VolatileImage to pick color and verify the same
+        BufferedImage snapshot = image.getSnapshot();
+        int argb = snapshot.getRGB(width / 2, height / 2);
+        // we expect the resultant rgb hex value to be ff808080
+        if (!(Integer.toHexString(argb).equals("ff808080"))) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Using X Render extension for drawing"
+                    + " translucent color is not giving expected results.");
+        }
+    }
+}
+