diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 18fb723..cec8c32 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
         if (style.dropShadow)
         {
             this.context.shadowBlur = style.dropShadowBlur;
+            this.context.globalAlpha = style.dropShadowAlpha;
 
             if (style.dropShadowBlur > 0)
             {
@@ -239,12 +240,13 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // reset the shadow blur and alpha that was set by the drop shadow, for the regular text
+        this.context.shadowBlur = 0;
+        this.context.globalAlpha = 1;
+
         // set canvas text styles
         this.context.fillStyle = this._generateFillStyle(style, lines);
 
-        // remove blur if set for the drop shadow
-        this.context.shadowBlur = 0;
-
         // draw lines line by line
         for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++)
         {

diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 18fb723..cec8c32 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
         if (style.dropShadow)
         {
             this.context.shadowBlur = style.dropShadowBlur;
+            this.context.globalAlpha = style.dropShadowAlpha;
 
             if (style.dropShadowBlur > 0)
             {
@@ -239,12 +240,13 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // reset the shadow blur and alpha that was set by the drop shadow, for the regular text
+        this.context.shadowBlur = 0;
+        this.context.globalAlpha = 1;
+
         // set canvas text styles
         this.context.fillStyle = this._generateFillStyle(style, lines);
 
-        // remove blur if set for the drop shadow
-        this.context.shadowBlur = 0;
-
         // draw lines line by line
         for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++)
         {
diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index 3b51999..890950b 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     align: 'left',
     breakWords: false,
     dropShadow: false,
+    dropShadowAlpha: 1,
     dropShadowAngle: Math.PI / 6,
     dropShadowBlur: 0,
     dropShadowColor: '#000000',
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
      * @param {boolean} [style.breakWords=false] - Indicates if lines can be wrapped within words, it
      *  needs wordWrap to be set to true
      * @param {boolean} [style.dropShadow=false] - Set a drop shadow for the text
+     * @param {number} [style.dropShadowAlpha=1] - Set alpha for the drop shadow
      * @param {number} [style.dropShadowAngle=Math.PI/6] - Set a angle of the drop shadow
      * @param {number} [style.dropShadowBlur=0] - Set a shadow blur radius
      * @param {string} [style.dropShadowColor='#000000'] - A fill style to be used on the dropshadow e.g 'red', '#00FF00'
@@ -157,6 +159,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    get dropShadowAlpha()
+    {
+        return this._dropShadowAlpha;
+    }
+    set dropShadowAlpha(dropShadowAlpha)
+    {
+        if (this._dropShadowAlpha !== dropShadowAlpha)
+        {
+            this._dropShadowAlpha = dropShadowAlpha;
+            this.styleID++;
+        }
+    }
+
     get dropShadowAngle()
     {
         return this._dropShadowAngle;