diff --git a/build/css/main.css b/build/css/main.css
index 5e11ce2a..ee32e6e8 100644
--- a/build/css/main.css
+++ b/build/css/main.css
@@ -6376,7 +6376,7 @@ button.btn:focus, button.progress-button:focus {
   background: #6ca1e0; }
 
 .progress-button--primary.progress-button--striped {
-  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 100% 100%, color-stop(0.25, #3b679b), color-stop(0.25, #5c93d6), color-stop(0.5, #5c93d6), color-stop(0.5, #3b679b), color-stop(0.75, #3b679b), color-stop(0.75, #5c93d6), to(#5c93d6)); }
+  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 100% 100%, color-stop(0.25, #3b679b), color-stop(0.26, #5c93d6), color-stop(0.5, #5c93d6), color-stop(0.51, #3b679b), color-stop(0.75, #3b679b), color-stop(0.76, #5c93d6), to(#5c93d6)); }
 
 .progress-button--primary[active="true"]:active {
   box-shadow: none;
diff --git a/lib/gui/components/progress-button/styles/_progress-button.scss b/lib/gui/components/progress-button/styles/_progress-button.scss
index aec703c2..3337be3c 100644
--- a/lib/gui/components/progress-button/styles/_progress-button.scss
+++ b/lib/gui/components/progress-button/styles/_progress-button.scss
@@ -62,14 +62,20 @@ $progress-button-stripes-animation-duration: 1s;
   $progress-button-stripes-color: desaturate(darken($brand-primary, 18%), 20%);
 
   &.progress-button--striped {
+
+    // Notice that we add `0.01` to certain gradient stop positions.
+    // That workarounds a Chrome rendering issue where diagonal
+    // lines look spiky.
+    // See https://github.com/resin-io/etcher/issues/472
     background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 100% 100%,
       color-stop(0.25, $progress-button-stripes-color),
-      color-stop(0.25, $progress-button-stripes-background-color),
+      color-stop(0.25 + 0.01, $progress-button-stripes-background-color),
       color-stop(0.50, $progress-button-stripes-background-color),
-      color-stop(0.50, $progress-button-stripes-color),
+      color-stop(0.50 + 0.01, $progress-button-stripes-color),
       color-stop(0.75, $progress-button-stripes-color),
-      color-stop(0.75, $progress-button-stripes-background-color),
+      color-stop(0.75 + 0.01, $progress-button-stripes-background-color),
       to($progress-button-stripes-background-color));
+
   }
 }