diff --git a/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
index 3c32c6910..517e9a75e 100644
--- a/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/rasterlite/rasterlite_featureset.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ feature_ptr rasterlite_featureset::get_feature(mapnik::query const& q)
         {
             if (size > 0)
             {
-                mapnik::raster_ptr rasterp = std::make_shared<mapnik::raster>(intersect, width, height);
+                mapnik::raster_ptr rasterp = std::make_shared<mapnik::raster>(intersect, width, height, 1.0);
                 mapnik::image_data_32 & image = rasterp->data_;
                 image.set(0xffffffff);