diff --git a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/DropDownToggleButton.java b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/DropDownToggleButton.java
index b9b3174..1bb7227 100644
--- a/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/DropDownToggleButton.java
+++ b/ts3-client/swing/src/main/java/com/ts3client/ui/DropDownToggleButton.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public final class DropDownToggleButton extends JPanel {
     public DropDownToggleButton(Icon icon, String tooltip, Supplier<JPopupMenu> menu) {
         super(new BorderLayout());
         setOpaque(false);
+        // Sitting inside this panel, the halves are not toolbar children any more, so the
+        // look and feel would paint them as filled buttons; ask for the flat toolbar look
+        // the plain toggles next to us get.
+        button.putClientProperty("JButton.buttonType", "toolBarButton");
+        arrow.putClientProperty("JButton.buttonType", "toolBarButton");
         button.setIcon(icon);
         button.setToolTipText(tooltip);