diff --git a/src/core/annotation.js b/src/core/annotation.js
index 5fe3d865476209..0ecfec4cf41541 100644
--- a/src/core/annotation.js
+++ b/src/core/annotation.js
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ function getQuadPoints(dict, rect) {
 
       // The quadpoints should be ignored if any coordinate in the array
       // lies outside the region specified by the rectangle.
-      if (x < rect[0] || x > rect[2] || y < rect[1] || y > rect[3]) {
+      if (
+        rect !== null &&
+        (x < rect[0] || x > rect[2] || y < rect[1] || y > rect[3])
+      ) {
         return null;
       }
       quadPointsLists[i].push({ x, y });
@@ -1854,11 +1857,70 @@ class HighlightAnnotation extends MarkupAnnotation {
 
     this.data.annotationType = AnnotationType.HIGHLIGHT;
 
-    const quadPoints = getQuadPoints(parameters.dict, this.rectangle);
+    const quadPoints = getQuadPoints(parameters.dict, null);
     if (quadPoints) {
       this.data.quadPoints = quadPoints;
+      if (!this.appearance) {
+        // Default color is yellow
+        const color = parameters.dict.getArray("C") || [1, 1, 0];
+        this._setDefaultAppearance(parameters.xref, color);
+      }
     }
   }
+
+  _setDefaultAppearance(xref, color) {
+    let minX = Number.MAX_VALUE;
+    let minY = Number.MAX_VALUE;
+    let maxX = Number.MIN_VALUE;
+    let maxY = Number.MIN_VALUE;
+
+    const buffer = [`q ${color[0]} ${color[1]} ${color[2]} rg`];
+    for (const points of this.data.quadPoints) {
+      [minX, maxX, minY, maxY] = points.reduce(
+        ([mX, MX, mY, MY], point) => {
+          return [
+            Math.min(mX, point.x),
+            Math.max(MX, point.x),
+            Math.min(mY, point.y),
+            Math.max(MY, point.y),
+          ];
+        },
+        [minX, maxX, minY, maxY]
+      );
+      buffer.push(`${points[0].x} ${points[0].y} m`);
+      buffer.push(`${points[1].x} ${points[1].y} l`);
+      buffer.push(`${points[3].x} ${points[3].y} l`);
+      buffer.push(`${points[2].x} ${points[2].y} l`);
+      buffer.push("f");
+    }
+    buffer.push("Q");
+
+    const formDict = new Dict(xref);
+    const appearanceStreamDict = new Dict(xref);
+    appearanceStreamDict.set("Subtype", Name.get("Form"));
+
+    const appearanceStream = new StringStream(buffer.join(" "));
+    appearanceStream.dict = appearanceStreamDict;
+    formDict.set("Fm0", appearanceStream);
+
+    const gsDict = new Dict(xref);
+    gsDict.set("BM", Name.get("Multiply"));
+
+    const stateDict = new Dict(xref);
+    stateDict.set("GS0", gsDict);
+
+    const resources = new Dict(xref);
+    resources.set("ExtGState", stateDict);
+    resources.set("XObject", formDict);
+
+    const appearanceDict = new Dict(xref);
+    appearanceDict.set("Resources", resources);
+    const bbox = (this.data.rect = [minX, minY, maxX, maxY]);
+    appearanceDict.set("BBox", bbox);
+
+    this.appearance = new StringStream("/GS0 gs /Fm0 Do");
+    this.appearance.dict = appearanceDict;
+  }
 }
 
 class UnderlineAnnotation extends MarkupAnnotation {
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 3da0e6caba35d9..135c9996b2aaf9 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 !issue7403.pdf
 !issue7406.pdf
 !issue7426.pdf
+!bug1538111.pdf
 !issue7439.pdf
 !issue7446.pdf
 !issue7492.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/bug1538111.pdf b/test/pdfs/bug1538111.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..671a8b8ad4f583
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/bug1538111.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 27337835903a1d..62311fc41ec45c 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -990,6 +990,12 @@
        "lastPage": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "bug1538111",
+       "file": "pdfs/bug1538111.pdf",
+       "md5": "e2cd397bf67eddb1f5f642f2eaba661d",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "issue5509",
        "file": "pdfs/issue5509.pdf",
        "md5": "1975ef8db7355b1d691bc79d0749574b",