diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 1a834defd..664edb1c9 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ set(AWESOME_THEMES_PATH      ${AWESOME_DATA_PATH}/themes)
 set(AWESOME_CONFIGURE_FILES
     config.h.in
     awesomerc.lua.in
+    themes/default.in
     lib/awful.lua.in
     awesome-version-internal.h.in
     awesome.doxygen.in)
diff --git a/themes/default-background.png b/themes/default-background.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e7d9ab6
Binary files /dev/null and b/themes/default-background.png differ
diff --git a/themes/default b/themes/default.in
similarity index 81%
rename from themes/default
rename to themes/default.in
index ee78ecff3..ee73c07f8 100644
--- a/themes/default
+++ b/themes/default.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ border_marked = #91231c
 
 # You can use your own command to
 # set your wallpaper
-wallpaper_cmd = xsetroot -solid darkgrey
+wallpaper_cmd = xsetbg -fullscreen -border black @AWESOME_THEMES_PATH@/default-background.png || xsetroot -solid darkgrey
 
 # You can add as many variables as
 # you wish and access them by using