diff --git a/kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper.patch b/kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..789b7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff -ur kdelibs-4.1.85/plasma/theme.cpp kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper/plasma/theme.cpp
+--- kdelibs-4.1.85/plasma/theme.cpp	2008-12-10 17:12:25.000000000 +0100
++++ kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper/plasma/theme.cpp	2008-12-19 02:26:06.000000000 +0100
+@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
+     KColorScheme buttonColorScheme;
+     KConfigGroup cfg;
+     QFont generalFont;
++    QString globalDefaultWallpaper;
+     QString defaultWallpaperTheme;
+     QString defaultWallpaperSuffix;
+     int defaultWallpaperWidth;
+@@ -293,6 +294,10 @@
+     //kDebug() << "we're going for..." << colorsFile << "*******************";
+ 
+     // load the wallpaper settings, if any
++    KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("plasmarc");
++    KConfigGroup group = KConfigGroup(config, "Defaults");
++    d->globalDefaultWallpaper = group.readEntry("wallpaper", (const char *) 0);
++
+     QString metadataPath(KStandardDirs::locate("data", "desktoptheme/" + theme + "/metadata.desktop"));
+     KConfig metadata(metadataPath);
+     KConfigGroup cg;
+@@ -306,8 +311,8 @@
+         cg = d->config();
+     }
+ 
+-    d->defaultWallpaperTheme = cg.readEntry("defaultWallpaperTheme", DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_THEME);
+-    d->defaultWallpaperSuffix = cg.readEntry("defaultFileSuffix", DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_SUFFIX);
++    d->defaultWallpaperTheme = cg.readEntry("defaultWallpaperTheme", d->globalDefaultWallpaper.isEmpty() ? DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_THEME : (const char *) 0);
++    d->defaultWallpaperSuffix = cg.readEntry("defaultFileSuffix", d->globalDefaultWallpaper.isEmpty() ? DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_SUFFIX : (const char *) 0);
+     d->defaultWallpaperWidth = cg.readEntry("defaultWidth", DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_WIDTH);
+     d->defaultWallpaperHeight = cg.readEntry("defaultHeight", DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_HEIGHT);
+ 
+@@ -399,7 +404,10 @@
+     QString fullPath;
+     QString image = d->defaultWallpaperTheme;
+ 
+-    image.append("/contents/images/%1x%2").append(d->defaultWallpaperSuffix);
++    if (image.isEmpty() && !d->globalDefaultWallpaper.isEmpty())
++        image = d->globalDefaultWallpaper;
++    else
++        image.append("/contents/images/%1x%2").append(d->defaultWallpaperSuffix);
+     QString defaultImage = image.arg(d->defaultWallpaperWidth).arg(d->defaultWallpaperHeight);
+ 
+     if (size.isValid()) {
diff --git a/kdelibs.spec b/kdelibs.spec
index 224c8d8..f16aeef 100644
--- a/kdelibs.spec
+++ b/kdelibs.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: K Desktop Environment 4 - Libraries
 Version: 4.1.85
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 Name: kdelibs
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Patch14: kdelibs-4.0.85-libexecdir.patch
 # kstandarddirs changes: search /etc/kde, find /usr/libexec/kde4
 Patch18: kdelibs-4.1.72-kstandarddirs.patch
 Patch20: kdelibs-4.1.70-cmake.patch
+# allows to define a default wallpaper via plasmarc:wallpaper
+Patch21: kdelibs-4.1.85-plasma-default-wallpaper.patch
 
 BuildRequires: qt4-devel >= 4.4.0
 Requires: qt4 >= %{_qt4_version}
@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ sed -i -e "s|@@VERSION_RELEASE@@|%{version}-%{release}|" kio/kio/kprotocolmanage
 %patch14 -p1 -b .libexecdir
 %patch18 -p1 -b .kstandarddirs
 %patch20 -p1 -b .xxcmake
+%patch21 -p1 -b .plasma-default-wallpaper
 
 %build
 
@@ -355,6 +358,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 19 2008 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> 4.1.85-6
+- add plasma-default-wallpaper libplasma patch from kdebase-workspace-4.1
+
 * Tue Dec 16 2008 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 4.1.85-5
 - respun tarball, integrates kde-l10n-systemsettings patch