diff --git a/api/api.lua b/api/api.lua
index 1d146e46..94b38b03 100644
--- a/api/api.lua
+++ b/api/api.lua
@@ -1183,8 +1183,11 @@ end
 -- [ Set Castbar Shield ]
 -- Colors a castbar for a cast that none of the player's own interrupts or
 -- silences can stop. The bar and the icon's border both take the shield color,
--- so the state still reads on a bar configured without an icon. Not shielded
--- restores the normal cast/channel color and the configured border.
+-- so the state still reads on a bar configured without an icon. The fill also
+-- gets diagonal stripes, tiled at the image's own size so they keep their
+-- spacing as the fill grows or shrinks. They sit on OVERLAY, under the bar's
+-- text on the same layer. Not shielded restores the normal cast/channel color
+-- and the configured border.
 -- 'bar'        [frame]     the castbar statusbar
 -- 'icon'       [frame]     the icon frame, or nil for a bar without one
 -- 'shielded'   [bool]      whether the cast is uninterruptible
@@ -1196,6 +1199,18 @@ function pfUI.api.SetCastbarShield(bar, icon, shielded, isChannel)
     bar:SetStatusBarColor(pfUI.api.GetStringColor(C.appearance.castbar[isChannel and "channelcolor" or "castbarcolor"]))
   end
 
+  if shielded and not bar.shieldstripes then
+    bar.shieldstripes = bar:CreateTexture(nil, "OVERLAY")
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetTexture(pfUI.media["img:stripes"])
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetHorizTile(true)
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetVertTile(true)
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1, .3)
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetAllPoints(bar:GetStatusBarTexture())
+  end
+  if bar.shieldstripes then
+    bar.shieldstripes:SetShown(shielded)
+  end
+
   local iconborder = icon and icon.backdrop
   if not iconborder then return end
 
diff --git a/img/stripes.tga b/img/stripes.tga
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..598dae0c
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/stripes.tga differ
diff --git a/modules/castbar.lua b/modules/castbar.lua
index 26b35e5e..afd4b06d 100644
--- a/modules/castbar.lua
+++ b/modules/castbar.lua
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("castbar", function ()
     CreateBackdropShadow(cb.bar)
 
     -- text left
-    cb.bar.left = cb.bar:CreateFontString("Status", "DIALOG", "GameFontNormal")
+    cb.bar.left = cb.bar:CreateFontString("Status", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
     cb.bar.left:ClearAllPoints()
     cb.bar.left:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", cb.bar, "TOPLEFT", 3 + C.castbar[unitstr].txtleftoffx, C.castbar[unitstr].txtleftoffy)
     cb.bar.left:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", cb.bar, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -3 + C.castbar[unitstr].txtleftoffx, C.castbar[unitstr].txtleftoffy)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("castbar", function ()
     cb.bar.left:SetJustifyH(C.castbar[unitstr].namealign or "LEFT")
 
     -- text right
-    cb.bar.right = cb.bar:CreateFontString("Status", "DIALOG", "GameFontNormal")
+    cb.bar.right = cb.bar:CreateFontString("Status", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
     cb.bar.right:ClearAllPoints()
     cb.bar.right:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", cb.bar, "TOPLEFT", 3 + C.castbar[unitstr].txtrightoffx, C.castbar[unitstr].txtrightoffy)
     cb.bar.right:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", cb.bar, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -3 + C.castbar[unitstr].txtrightoffx, C.castbar[unitstr].txtrightoffy)
diff --git a/modules/nameplates.lua b/modules/nameplates.lua
index f92ae839..7fbf216d 100644
--- a/modules/nameplates.lua
+++ b/modules/nameplates.lua
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
         end
       end)
 
-      castbar.text = castbar:CreateFontString("Status", "DIALOG", "GameFontNormal")
+      castbar.text = castbar:CreateFontString("Status", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
       castbar.text:SetPoint("RIGHT", castbar, "LEFT", -4, 0)
       castbar.text:SetNonSpaceWrap(false)
       castbar.text:SetTextColor(1,1,1,.5)
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ pfUI:RegisterModule("nameplates", function ()
       castbar.timer:SetFormatter(castFormatter)
       castbar.onExpire = function() ExpireCast(nameplate) end
 
-      castbar.spell = castbar:CreateFontString("Status", "DIALOG", "GameFontNormal")
+      castbar.spell = castbar:CreateFontString("Status", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
       castbar.spell:SetPoint("CENTER", castbar, "CENTER")
       castbar.spell:SetNonSpaceWrap(false)
       castbar.spell:SetTextColor(1,1,1,1)