diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,11 +121,16 @@
 plasma_install_package(lookandfeel org.kde.breeze.desktop look-and-feel lookandfeel)
 
 if (INSTALL_SDDM_THEME)
+    configure_file(sddm-theme/theme.conf.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sddm-theme/theme.conf)
+
 # Install the login theme into the SDDM directory
 # Longer term we need to look at making SDDM load from look and feel somehow.. and allow copying at runtime
     #NOTE this trailing slash is important to rename the directory
-    install(DIRECTORY sddm-theme/ DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE PATTERN "components" EXCLUDE PATTERN "dummydata" EXCLUDE)
+    install(DIRECTORY sddm-theme/ DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE PATTERN "components" EXCLUDE PATTERN "dummydata" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "theme.conf.cmake" EXCLUDE)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sddm-theme/theme.conf DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze)
     install(DIRECTORY lookandfeel/contents/components DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/sddm/themes/breeze PATTERN "README.txt" EXCLUDE)
+
 endif()
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
diff --git a/sddm-theme/theme.conf b/sddm-theme/theme.conf
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/sddm-theme/theme.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[General]
-type=color
-color=#1d99f3
-background=
diff --git a/sddm-theme/theme.conf.cmake b/sddm-theme/theme.conf.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sddm-theme/theme.conf.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[General]
+type=image
+color=#1d99f3
+background=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${WALLPAPER_INSTALL_DIR}/Next/contents/images/3200x2000.png