diff --git a/src/Pdf.php b/src/Pdf.php
index 697b983..8f4dcb1 100644
--- a/src/Pdf.php
+++ b/src/Pdf.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Spatie\PdfToImage;
 
 use Imagick;
+//use ImagickPixel;
 use Spatie\PdfToImage\Exceptions\InvalidFormat;
 use Spatie\PdfToImage\Exceptions\PageDoesNotExist;
 use Spatie\PdfToImage\Exceptions\PdfDoesNotExist;
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ class Pdf
     protected $validOutputFormats = ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png'];
 
     protected $layerMethod = Imagick::LAYERMETHOD_FLATTEN;
+    
+    protected $alphaChannel;
+
+    protected $backgroundColor;
 
     protected $colorspace;
 
@@ -87,6 +92,19 @@ class Pdf
 
         return $this;
     }
+    
+    public function setImageAlphaChannel(int $alphaChannel)
+    {
+        $this->alphaChannel = $alphaChannel;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function setImageBackgroundColor(/*ImagickPixel*/string $backgroundColor) {
+        $this->backgroundColor = $backgroundColor;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
 
     public function isValidOutputFormat(string $outputFormat): bool
     {
@@ -156,7 +174,7 @@ class Pdf
         if ($this->colorspace !== null) {
             $this->imagick->setColorspace($this->colorspace);
         }
-
+        
         if ($this->compressionQuality !== null) {
             $this->imagick->setCompressionQuality($this->compressionQuality);
         }
@@ -174,6 +192,14 @@ class Pdf
         if ($this->thumbnailWidth !== null) {
             $this->imagick->thumbnailImage($this->thumbnailWidth, 0);
         }
+        
+        if ($this->backgroundColor !== null) {
+            $this->imagick->setImageBackgroundColor($this->backgroundColor);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->alphaChannel !== null) {
+            $this->imagick->setImageAlphaChannel($this->alphaChannel);
+        }
 
         $this->imagick->setFormat($this->determineOutputFormat($pathToImage));