diff --git a/ebitenutil/debugprint.go b/ebitenutil/debugprint.go
index 7fbd2183c..712b98aae 100644
--- a/ebitenutil/debugprint.go
+++ b/ebitenutil/debugprint.go
@@ -22,12 +22,29 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	debugPrintTextImage *ebiten.Image
+	debugPrintTextImage       *ebiten.Image
+	debugPrintTextShadowImage *ebiten.Image
 )
 
 func init() {
 	img := assets.CreateTextImage()
 	debugPrintTextImage, _ = ebiten.NewImageFromImage(img, ebiten.FilterDefault)
+
+	// Using color matrices for shadow color is not efficient.
+	// Instead, use a different image, that shares the same texture in highly possibility.
+	s := img.Bounds().Size()
+	for j := 0; j < s.Y; j++ {
+		for i := 0; i < s.X; i++ {
+			idx := (img.Stride)*j + 4*i
+			if img.Pix[idx+3] != 0 {
+				img.Pix[idx] = 0
+				img.Pix[idx+1] = 0
+				img.Pix[idx+2] = 0
+				img.Pix[idx+3] = 0x80
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	debugPrintTextShadowImage, _ = ebiten.NewImageFromImage(img, ebiten.FilterDefault)
 }
 
 // DebugPrint draws the string str on the image.
@@ -36,16 +53,13 @@ func init() {
 //
 // DebugPrint always returns nil as of 1.5.0-alpha.
 func DebugPrint(image *ebiten.Image, str string) error {
-	drawDebugText(image, str, 1, 1, true)
-	drawDebugText(image, str, 0, 0, false)
+	drawDebugText(image, str, 1, 1, debugPrintTextShadowImage)
+	drawDebugText(image, str, 0, 0, debugPrintTextImage)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func drawDebugText(rt *ebiten.Image, str string, ox, oy int, shadow bool) {
+func drawDebugText(rt *ebiten.Image, str string, ox, oy int, src *ebiten.Image) {
 	op := &ebiten.DrawImageOptions{}
-	if shadow {
-		op.ColorM.Scale(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
-	}
 	x := 0
 	y := 0
 	w, _ := debugPrintTextImage.Size()
@@ -71,7 +85,7 @@ func drawDebugText(rt *ebiten.Image, str string, ox, oy int, shadow bool) {
 		op.GeoM.Reset()
 		op.GeoM.Translate(float64(x), float64(y))
 		op.GeoM.Translate(float64(ox+1), float64(oy))
-		_ = rt.DrawImage(debugPrintTextImage, op)
+		_ = rt.DrawImage(src, op)
 		x += cw
 	}
 }