diff --git a/render/marquee.go b/render/marquee.go
index 12056532db..d0ce183e66 100644
--- a/render/marquee.go
+++ b/render/marquee.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package render
 
 import (
-	"github.com/fogleman/gg"
 	"image"
+
+	"github.com/fogleman/gg"
 )
 
 // Marquee scrolls its child horizontally or vertically.
@@ -73,7 +74,13 @@ func (m Marquee) FrameCount() int {
 		offend = -cw
 	}
 
-	return cw + offstart + size - offend + 1
+	// If start and end offsets are identical, do not
+	// repeat these identical frames after another.
+	if offstart == offend {
+		return cw + offstart + size - offend
+	} else {
+		return cw + offstart + size - offend + 1
+	}
 }
 
 func (m Marquee) Paint(bounds image.Rectangle, frameIdx int) image.Image {
diff --git a/render/marquee_test.go b/render/marquee_test.go
index 6809334c92..e83931ec18 100644
--- a/render/marquee_test.go
+++ b/render/marquee_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestMarqueeNoScrollHorizontal(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // The addition of OffsetStart and OffsetEnd changes the default
-// behaviour of Marquee. Passing start==width ann end==0 mimics the
+// behaviour of Marquee. Passing start==width and end==0 mimics the
 // old default.
 func TestMarqueeOldBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	m := Marquee{
@@ -145,6 +145,55 @@ func TestMarqueeOldBehavior(t *testing.T) {
 	}, m.Paint(image.Rect(0, 0, 100, 100), 100000)))
 }
 
+func TestMarqueeOffsetIdentical(t *testing.T) {
+	child := Row{
+		Children: []Widget{
+			Box{Width: 1, Height: 1, Color: color.RGBA{0xff, 0, 0, 0xff}},
+			Box{Width: 2, Height: 1, Color: color.RGBA{0, 0xff, 0, 0xff}},
+			Box{Width: 4, Height: 1, Color: color.RGBA{0, 0, 0xff, 0xff}},
+		},
+	}
+	m := Marquee{
+		Width: 6,
+		Child: child,
+	}
+	im := image.Rect(0, 0, 100, 100)
+
+	// Check that identical frames are not repeated after
+	// another, if start and end offset are identical.
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"rggbbb"}, m.Paint(im, 0)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"ggbbbb"}, m.Paint(im, 1)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"gbbbb."}, m.Paint(im, 2)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bbbb.."}, m.Paint(im, 3)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bbb..."}, m.Paint(im, 4)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bb...."}, m.Paint(im, 5)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"b....."}, m.Paint(im, 6)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"......"}, m.Paint(im, 7)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{".....r"}, m.Paint(im, 8)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"....rg"}, m.Paint(im, 9)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"...rgg"}, m.Paint(im, 10)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"..rggb"}, m.Paint(im, 11)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{".rggbb"}, m.Paint(im, 12)))
+	assert.Equal(t, 13, m.FrameCount())
+
+	m.OffsetStart = 3
+	m.OffsetEnd = 3
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"...rgg"}, m.Paint(im, 0)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"..rggb"}, m.Paint(im, 1)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{".rggbb"}, m.Paint(im, 2)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"rggbbb"}, m.Paint(im, 3)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"ggbbbb"}, m.Paint(im, 4)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"gbbbb."}, m.Paint(im, 5)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bbbb.."}, m.Paint(im, 6)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bbb..."}, m.Paint(im, 7)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"bb...."}, m.Paint(im, 8)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"b....."}, m.Paint(im, 9)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"......"}, m.Paint(im, 10)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{".....r"}, m.Paint(im, 11)))
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, checkImage([]string{"....rg"}, m.Paint(im, 12)))
+	assert.Equal(t, 13, m.FrameCount())
+}
+
 func TestMarqueeOffsetStart(t *testing.T) {
 	child := Row{
 		Children: []Widget{