diff --git a/backgrounds/debian-background.svg b/backgrounds/debian-background.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41f0da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backgrounds/debian-background.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 81f43e3..a351794 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+desktop-base (0.3.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * backgrounds/debian-background.svg, debian/copyright,
+ debian/{postinst,prerm}:
+ - added background provided by Josselin Mouette
+ to fit good with GNOME2.12's splash and theme look
+ (Closes: #332873)
+
+ -- Gustavo Noronha Silva Sun, 9 Oct 2005 15:55:31 -0300
+
desktop-base (0.3.15) unstable; urgency=low
* postinst, prerm:
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index fe685d8..e3ebe59 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ The Debian "bluedeb" background was created by Roger So
, and is under the terms of the BSD license. See
../backgrounds/bluedeb.COPYING for more information.
+The debian-background.svg file has been provided by Josselin Mouette
+, and is a derivative work of the open use Debian
+logo, which has the following copyright notice:
+
+
+ Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest
+
+ This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to
+ the Debian project, but does not indicate endorsement by the
+ project.
+
+ Note: we would appreciate that you make the image a link to
+ http://www.debian.org/ if you use it on a web page.
+
+
The Debian splash screen was created by Mirko Hufnagel
, and is placed into the public domain.
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 282b67e..6bf4ec9 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" -o "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ]; then
desktop-background \
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/debblue-1600x1200.png 40
+ update-alternatives --install \
+ /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background \
+ desktop-background \
+ /usr/share/images/desktop-base/debian-background.svg 30
+
update-alternatives --install \
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background \
desktop-background \
diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
index 908c6fe..a50b2b1 100644
--- a/debian/prerm
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "deconfigure" ]; then
update-alternatives --remove desktop-background \
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/debblue-1600x1200.png
+ update-alternatives --remove desktop-background \
+ /usr/share/images/desktop-base/debian-background.svg
+
update-alternatives --remove desktop-background \
/usr/share/images/desktop-base/bluedeb-1024x768.jpg