diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b021866d4..4c7ec5430 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 0.10.1: (Future)
 Emulation fixes:
  - GB Serialize: Don't write BGP/OBP when loading SCGB state (fixes mgba.io/i/2694)
+ - GBA Video: Ignore disabled backgrounds as OBJ blend target (fixes mgba.io/i/2489)
 Other fixes:
  - Qt: Manually split filename to avoid overzealous splitting (fixes mgba.io/i/2681)
  - Qt: Expand criteria for tag branch names (fixes mgba.io/i/2679)
diff --git a/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/baseline_0000.png b/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/baseline_0000.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f90f448c4
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diff --git a/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/config.ini b/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/config.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f26f6d8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/config.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[testinfo]
+skip=10
+frames=1
diff --git a/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/test.gba b/cinema/gba/blend/disabled-bg-semitrans-blend/test.gba
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91cb67e5f
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diff --git a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
index 8d67199ec..3b44d86a5 100644
--- a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
+++ b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ int GBAVideoSoftwareRendererPreprocessSprite(struct GBAVideoSoftwareRenderer* re
 	              (renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_BRIGHTEN || renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_DARKEN);
 	if (GBAObjAttributesAGetMode(sprite->a) == OBJ_MODE_SEMITRANSPARENT || (renderer->target1Obj && renderer->blendEffect == BLEND_ALPHA) || objwinSlowPath) {
 		int target2 = renderer->target2Bd;
-		target2 |= renderer->bg[0].target2;
-		target2 |= renderer->bg[1].target2;
-		target2 |= renderer->bg[2].target2;
-		target2 |= renderer->bg[3].target2;
+		target2 |= renderer->bg[0].target2 && renderer->bg[0].enabled;
+		target2 |= renderer->bg[1].target2 && renderer->bg[1].enabled;
+		target2 |= renderer->bg[2].target2 && renderer->bg[2].enabled;
+		target2 |= renderer->bg[3].target2 && renderer->bg[3].enabled;
 		if (target2) {
 			renderer->forceTarget1 = true;
 			flags |= FLAG_REBLEND;