diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c2b500e179f..d672b0b1974 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ else()
     src/waveform/waveformmarklabel.cpp
     src/waveform/waveformwidgetfactory.cpp
     src/waveform/widgets/emptywaveformwidget.cpp
+    src/waveform/widgets/glwaveformwidgetabstract.cpp
     src/waveform/widgets/glrgbwaveformwidget.cpp
     src/waveform/widgets/glsimplewaveformwidget.cpp
     src/waveform/widgets/glslwaveformwidget.cpp
diff --git a/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.cpp b/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.cpp
index a1623d2e89c..b5fa5878a88 100644
--- a/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void WaveformWidgetRenderer::draw(QPainter* painter, QPaintEvent* event) {
     // not ready to display need to wait until track initialization is done
     // draw only first in stack (background)
     int stackSize = m_rendererStack.size();
-    if (m_trackSamples <= 0.0 || m_playPos == -1) {
+    if (shouldOnlyDrawBackground()) {
         if (stackSize) {
             m_rendererStack.at(0)->draw(painter, event);
         }
diff --git a/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.h b/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.h
index 1437120912c..6acfa1c3e71 100644
--- a/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.h
+++ b/src/waveform/renderers/waveformwidgetrenderer.h
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ class WaveformWidgetRenderer {
 
     void setPassThroughEnabled(bool enabled);
 
+    bool shouldOnlyDrawBackground() const {
+        return m_trackSamples <= 0.0 || m_playPos == -1;
+    }
+
   protected:
     const QString m_group;
     TrackPointer m_pTrack;