diff --git a/gnome-desktop.spec b/gnome-desktop.spec
index e2f7645..457ff90 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 Summary: Shared code among gnome-panel, gnome-session, nautilus, etc
 Name: gnome-desktop
 Version: 2.28.2
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.gnome.org
 Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-desktop/2.28/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: concatenate-edid-descriptors.patch
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Patch5: slideshow.patch
 Patch6: gnome-desktop-crash.patch
 # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606457
 Patch7: randr-version.patch
+# upstream enhancement
+Patch8: spanned-background.patch
 
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ libgnomedesktop.
 %patch5 -p1 -b .slideshow
 %patch6 -p1 -b .crash
 %patch7 -p1 -b .randr-version
+%patch8 -p1 -b .spanned-background
 
 %build
 %configure --with-gnome-distributor="Red Hat, Inc" \
@@ -140,6 +143,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gnome-desktop/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 18 2010 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.28.2-5
+- Add back a way to have spanned backgrounds
+
 * Tue Feb 16 2010 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 2.28.2-4
 - Fix another crash related to lack of RANDR
 
diff --git a/spanned-background.patch b/spanned-background.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171d267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanned-background.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+--- gnome-desktop-2.29.90/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c	2010-02-18 15:41:43.851703409 -0500
++++ gnome-desktop-2.29.90.spanned/libgnome-desktop/gnome-bg.c	2010-02-18 14:42:53.895955816 -0500
+@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
+ 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED,      "scaled" },
+ 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED,      "zoom" },
+ 	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_TILED,       "wallpaper" },
++	{ GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED,       "spanned" },
+ 	{ 0, NULL }
+ };
+ 
+@@ -740,12 +741,17 @@
+ 	GdkPixbuf *new;
+ 
+ #if 0
+-	g_print ("original_width: %d %d\n",
++	g_print ("get scaled %d %d, original_width: %d %d\n",
++                 width, height,
+ 		 gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf),
+ 		 gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pixbuf));
+ #endif
+ 	
+ 	switch (placement) {
++	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED:
++		new = pixbuf_scale_to_fit (pixbuf, width, height);
++		/* new = g_object_ref (pixbuf); */
++		break;
+ 	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED:
+ 		new = pixbuf_scale_to_min (pixbuf, width, height);
+ 		break;
+@@ -800,6 +806,9 @@
+ 	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED:
+ 		pixbuf_blend (scaled, dest, 0, 0, w, h, x + area->x, y + area->y, 1.0);
+ 		break;
++	case GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED:
++		pixbuf_blend (scaled, dest, 0, 0, w, h, x, y, 1.0);
++		break;
+ 	default:
+ 		g_assert_not_reached ();
+ 		break;
+@@ -878,7 +887,7 @@
+ 	if (!bg)
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	if (is_root) {
++	if (is_root && (bg->placement != GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED)) {
+ 		draw_color_each_monitor (bg, dest, screen);
+ 		draw_each_monitor (bg, dest, screen);
+ 	} else {
+--- gnome-desktop-2.29.90/libgnome-desktop/libgnomeui/gnome-bg.h	2009-12-17 06:27:18.000000000 -0500
++++ gnome-desktop-2.29.90.spanned/libgnome-desktop/libgnomeui/gnome-bg.h	2010-02-18 13:52:17.476702082 -0500
+@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
+ 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED,
+ 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_CENTERED,
+ 	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED,
+-	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_FILL_SCREEN
++	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_FILL_SCREEN,
++	GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED
+ } GnomeBGPlacement;
+ 
+ GType            gnome_bg_get_type              (void);