diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7efd935..5ec80fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ install:
 	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard profiles/xdg-config/xfce4/mcs_settings/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/xdg-config/xfce4/mcs_settings
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/xdg-config/xfce4-session
 	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard profiles/xdg-config/xfce4-session/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/desktop-base/profiles/xdg-config/xfce4-session
+	# GNOME background descriptor
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/gnome-background-properties
+	$(INSTALL) gnome-backgrounds.xml $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/gnome-background-properties/debian.xml
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2e37ed4..ee8e3c2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+desktop-base (0.3.22) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New GNOME wallpaper description; only holds the default GNOME wallpaper
+    for now; thanks Martin-Éric Racine; closes: #333457.
+
+ -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org>  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:02:02 +0100
+
 desktop-base (0.3.21) unstable; urgency=high
 
   [ Gustavo Franco ]
diff --git a/gnome-backgrounds.xml b/gnome-backgrounds.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d10858d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-backgrounds.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE wallpapers SYSTEM "gnome-wp-list.dtd">
+<wallpapers>
+  <wallpaper>
+    <!-- don't include words such as "wallpaper" (avoids translations) -->
+    <name>Debian Etch</name>
+    <filename>/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-background</filename>
+    <options>scaled</options>
+    <shade_type>horizontal-gradient</shade_type>
+    <pcolor>#0099cc</pcolor>
+    <scolor>#006699</scolor>
+  </wallpaper>
+</wallpapers>