diff --git a/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c b/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
index c09de83..9c1735c 100644
--- a/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
@@ -138,11 +138,32 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (pango_debug);
    ret = CLAMP (ret, 0, 255); \
 }
 
+#define COMP_R(ret, y, u, v)			\
+{ \
+   ret = (int) (y + (91882 * ((v - 128)) >> 16)); \
+}
+
+#define COMP_G(ret, y, u, v)			\
+{ \
+   ret = (int) (y - ((22553 * (u-128)) >> 16) - ((46801 * (v-128)) >> 16)); \
+}
+
+#define COMP_B(ret, y, u, v) \
+{ \
+   ret = (int) (y + ((116130 * (u-128)) >> 16));	\
+}
+
 #define BLEND(ret, alpha, v0, v1) \
 { \
 	ret = (v0 * alpha + v1 * (255 - alpha)) / 255; \
 }
 
+#define OVER(ret, alphaA, Ca, alphaB, Cb, alphaNew)	\
+{ \
+    ret = (Ca * alphaA + Cb * alphaB * (255 - alphaA) / 255) / alphaNew; \
+    ret = CLAMP (ret, 0, 255); \
+}
+
 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 # define CAIRO_ARGB_A 3
 # define CAIRO_ARGB_R 2
@@ -1611,8 +1632,7 @@ static inline void
 gst_text_overlay_blit_AYUV (GstTextOverlay * overlay,
     guint8 * rgb_pixels, gint xpos, gint ypos)
 {
-  int a, r, g, b;
-  int y, u, v;
+  int a, r, g, b, a1, r1, g1, b1;
   int i, j;
   int h, w;
   guchar *pimage, *dest;
@@ -1643,14 +1663,22 @@ gst_text_overlay_blit_AYUV (GstTextOverlay * overlay,
 
       CAIRO_UNPREMULTIPLY (a, r, g, b);
 
-      COMP_Y (y, r, g, b);
-      COMP_U (u, r, g, b);
-      COMP_V (v, r, g, b);
-
-      a = (a * dest[0] + 128) >> 8;
-      BLEND (dest[1], a, y, dest[1]);
-      BLEND (dest[2], a, u, dest[2]);
-      BLEND (dest[3], a, v, dest[3]);
+      // convert background to rgb
+      COMP_R (r1, dest[1], dest[2], dest[3]);
+      COMP_G (g1, dest[1], dest[2], dest[3]);
+      COMP_B (b1, dest[1], dest[2], dest[3]);
+
+      // preform text "OVER" background alpha compositing
+      a1 = a + (dest[0] * (255 - a)) / 255 + 1; // add 1 to prevent divide by 0
+      OVER (r1, a, r, dest[0], r1, a1);
+      OVER (g1, a, g, dest[0], g1, a1);
+      OVER (b1, a, b, dest[0], b1, a1);
+      dest[0] = a1 - 1; // remove the 1 we added now that we are done with calcs
+
+      // convert back to YUV
+      COMP_Y (dest[1], r1, g1, b1);
+      COMP_U (dest[2], r1, g1, b1);
+      COMP_V (dest[3], r1, g1, b1);
 
       pimage += 4;
       dest += 4;