diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
index 7145c27b..16bbb45d 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/View.java
@@ -1160,7 +1160,9 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback {
 	private native void nativeSetFullscreen(long widget, boolean fullscreen);
 
 	public void setSystemUiVisibility(int visibility) {
-		nativeSetFullscreen(widget, (visibility & View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN) != 0);
+		/* LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN mode would make the app window continue behind semi-transparent status bar.
+		   Such a mode doesn't exist on desktop Linux, so we just use normal fullscreen for both modes. */
+		nativeSetFullscreen(widget, (visibility & (View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN | SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN)) != 0);
 		system_ui_visibility = visibility;
 	}
 	public int getSystemUiVisibility() {