diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.options.js
index 3f933f4c191..357fa19c9ed 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/snippets.options.js
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ odoo.define('web_editor.snippets.options', function (require) {
         },
         select_class : function (type, value, $li) {
             this.background(type, '', $li);
-            this._super(type, value, $li);
+            this._super(type, value ? (value + " oe_img_bg") : value, $li);
         },
         choose_image: function (type, value, $li) {
             if(type !== "click") return;