diff --git a/capplets/theme-switcher/ChangeLog b/capplets/theme-switcher/ChangeLog
index 747900a42..f9d675d8b 100644
--- a/capplets/theme-switcher/ChangeLog
+++ b/capplets/theme-switcher/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-10-27  Sebastien Bacher  <seb128@debian.org>
+
+	* gnome-theme-installer.c: (transfer_done_targz_idle_cb),
+	(transfer_done_tarbz2_idle_cb): *
+	patch by Rajkumar <rajkumar.siva@wipro.com> to fix the themes
+	installation with the non GNU versions of tar (Closes: #114553).
+
 2004-10-27  Sebastien Bacher  <seb128@debian.org>
 
 	* gnome-theme-save.c: (setup_directory_structure):
diff --git a/capplets/theme-switcher/gnome-theme-installer.c b/capplets/theme-switcher/gnome-theme-installer.c
index caf3fb3f1..1bb23d843 100644
--- a/capplets/theme-switcher/gnome-theme-installer.c
+++ b/capplets/theme-switcher/gnome-theme-installer.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ transfer_done_targz_idle_cb (gpointer data)
 	gchar *path = data;
 
 	/* this should be something more clever and nonblocking */
-	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'gzip -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf - -C \"%s/.themes\"'",
-				   path, g_get_home_dir ());
+	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'cd \"%s/.themes\"; gzip -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf -'",
+				   g_get_home_dir (), path);
 	if (g_spawn_command_line_sync (command, NULL, NULL, &status, NULL) && status == 0)
 		gnome_vfs_unlink (path);
 	g_free (command);
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ transfer_done_tarbz2_idle_cb (gpointer data)
 	gchar *path = data;
 
 	/* this should be something more clever and nonblocking */
-	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'bzip2 -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf - -C \"%s/.themes\"'",
-				   path, g_get_home_dir ());
+	command = g_strdup_printf ("sh -c 'cd \"%s/.themes\"; bzip2 -d -c < \"%s\" | tar xf -'",
+				   g_get_home_dir (), path);
 	if (g_spawn_command_line_sync (command, NULL, NULL, &status, NULL) && status == 0)
 		gnome_vfs_unlink (path);
 	g_free (command);