diff --git a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
index b94a3ac31..8022a3258 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/appearance/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-05-24  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* theme-util.c: (directory_delete_recursive): also delete the
+	directory itself
+
 2008-05-24  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	* theme-installer.c: (cleanup_tmp_dir): fix up last commit
diff --git a/capplets/appearance/theme-util.c b/capplets/appearance/theme-util.c
index 016675b21..dc88683ad 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/theme-util.c
+++ b/capplets/appearance/theme-util.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ directory_delete_recursive (GFile *directory, GError **error)
   }
   g_file_enumerator_close (enumerator, NULL, NULL);
 
+  if (success)
+    success = g_file_delete (directory, NULL, error);
+
   return success;
 }