diff --git a/media/wallpaper.license.txt b/media/wallpaper.license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7522a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/wallpaper.license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The file "wallpaper.png" is licensed unded CC BY-SA 4.0 and is authored by Samuel Dionne-Riel (https://github.com/samueldr).
+Legalcode of the license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.txt
+The source of the file is https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/master/wallpapers/nix-wallpaper-nineish-dark-gray.png
diff --git a/media/wallpaper.png b/media/wallpaper.png
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Binary files /dev/null and b/media/wallpaper.png differ
diff --git a/nix-os/desktop/gnome.nix b/nix-os/desktop/gnome.nix
index 1f3e25a..a0418aa 100644
--- a/nix-os/desktop/gnome.nix
+++ b/nix-os/desktop/gnome.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ in
 
     programs.dconf.profiles.user.databases = [{
       settings = with lib.gvariant; {
+        "org/gnome/desktop/background" = {
+          picture-options="zoom";
+          picture-uri="file://${../../media/wallpaper.png}";
+          picture-uri-dark="file://${../../media/wallpaper.png}";
+        };
+
         "org/gnome/desktop/interface" = {
           clock-show-date=true;
           clock-show-seconds=true;