diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/inc/custom-header.php b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/inc/custom-header.php
index b6d829ac79..15fa5253e8 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/inc/custom-header.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/inc/custom-header.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function twentythirteen_header_style() {
 	?>
 		.site-title,
 		.site-description {
-			position: absolute !important;
+			position: absolute;
 			clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); /* IE7 */
 			clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
 		}
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/js/theme-customizer.js b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/js/theme-customizer.js
index be1b67b25b..d38ab2d65b 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/js/theme-customizer.js
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/js/theme-customizer.js
@@ -20,7 +20,21 @@
 	// Header text color.
 	wp.customize( 'header_textcolor', function( value ) {
 		value.bind( function( to ) {
-			$( '.site-title, .site-description' ).css( 'color', to );
+			if ( 'blank' == to ) {
+				if ( 'remove-header' == _wpCustomizeSettings.values.header_image )
+					$( '#masthead hgroup' ).css( 'min-height', '0' );
+				$( '.site-title, .site-description' ).css( {
+					'clip': 'rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px)',
+					'position': 'absolute'
+				} );
+			} else {
+				$( '#masthead hgroup' ).css( 'min-height', '230px' );
+				$( '.site-title, .site-description' ).css( {
+					'clip': 'auto',
+					'color': to,
+					'position': 'relative'
+				} );
+			}
 		} );
 	} );
 } )( jQuery );