diff --git a/sddm-theme/Background.qml b/sddm-theme/Background.qml
--- a/sddm-theme/Background.qml
+++ b/sddm-theme/Background.qml
@@ -1,47 +1,67 @@
-/***************************************************************************
-* Copyright (c) 2013 Abdurrahman AVCI <abdurrahmanavci@gmail.com>
-*
-* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
-* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
-* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
-* including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
-* publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
-* and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
-* subject to the following conditions:
-*
-* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-*
-* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-* OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-* THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
-* OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
-* ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
-* OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-*
-***************************************************************************/
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2016 Boudhayan Gupta <bgupta@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
 
 import QtQuick 2.2
-import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
-
 
 FocusScope {
-    property alias source: image.source
-    property alias fillMode: image.fillMode
-    property alias status: image.status
+    id: sceneBackground
+
+    property var sceneBackgroundType
+    property alias sceneBackgroundColor: sceneColorBackground.color
+    property alias sceneBackgroundImage: sceneImageBackground.source
 
     Rectangle {
+        id: sceneColorBackground
         anchors.fill: parent
-        color: "#1d99f3"
     }
 
     Image {
-        id: image
+        id: sceneImageBackground
         anchors.fill: parent
-
-        clip: true
-        focus: true
-        smooth: true
+        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+        smooth: true;
     }
+
+    states: [
+        State {
+            name: "imageBackground"
+            when: sceneBackgroundType == "image"
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: sceneColorBackground
+                visible: false
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: sceneImageBackground
+                visible: true
+            }
+        },
+        State {
+            name: "colorBackground"
+            when: sceneBackgroundType == "color"
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: sceneColorBackground
+                visible: true
+            }
+            PropertyChanges {
+                target: sceneImageBackground
+                visible: false
+            }
+        }
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/sddm-theme/Main.qml b/sddm-theme/Main.qml
--- a/sddm-theme/Main.qml
+++ b/sddm-theme/Main.qml
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
         model: screenModel
 
         Background {
-            x: geometry.x; y: geometry.y; width: geometry.width; height:geometry.height
-            source: config.background
-            fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
+            x: geometry.x; y: geometry.y; width: geometry.width; height: geometry.height
+            sceneBackgroundType: config.type
+            sceneBackgroundColor: config.color
+            sceneBackgroundImage: config.background
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sddm-theme/theme.conf b/sddm-theme/theme.conf
--- a/sddm-theme/theme.conf
+++ b/sddm-theme/theme.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [General]
+type=color
+color=#1d99f3
 background=