diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs
index 35cef3e56..85fea0cbd 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/save.rs
@@ -648,11 +648,13 @@ pub(super) fn encode_ai(cmd: &str, f: &Format, doc: &Document, p: &Value) -> Res
             resolved = d;
             (&resolved, w)
         };
+        // With the artboards' background colors, as the pages draw them.
+        let art = super::export::with_artboard_fills(art, &params, 0..art.artboards.len()).map_err(|e| bad(cmd, e))?;
         let o = vectorcraft_eps::AiEditingOptions {
             title: doc.title.clone(),
             created: doc.metadata.created.or_else(vectorcraft_doc::metadata::output_time),
         };
-        let (data, lost) = vectorcraft_eps::ai_private_data(art, &o).map_err(|e| bad(cmd, e))?;
+        let (data, lost) = vectorcraft_eps::ai_private_data(&art, &o).map_err(|e| bad(cmd, e))?;
         // Placed files that weren't found are written as their previews here too.
         resolved_warnings.extend(lost);
         carries_editing.set(true);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_artboard_fill.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_artboard_fill.rs
index 28e170e06..9a7684686 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_artboard_fill.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/fileio/tests_artboard_fill.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ fn pdf_and_svg_show_the_color_and_their_editing_data_keeps_it_as_the_artboards()
     assert_eq!(back.layers.len(), doc.layers.len(), "no art made of it");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn the_ai_editing_copy_for_other_apps_draws_the_color_as_the_pages_do() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let opts = LoadOptions { native: false, ..Default::default() };
+    for (more, fill) in [(json!({}), true), (json!({"includeArtboardFill": false}), false)] {
+        let l = load::load_with("a.ai", &file(&mut s, with(json!({"format": "ai"}), &more)), &opts).unwrap();
+        assert!(l.editing_data && !l.restored, "{more}: {:?}", l.warnings);
+        let names: Vec<String> = l.doc.layers.iter().filter_map(|l| l.name.clone()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(names.iter().any(|n| n == "Artboard Fill"), fill, "{more}: {names:?}");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn eps_and_postscript_print_draw_the_color() {
     let mut s = session();