diff --git a/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui b/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
index 505bd362d..3ba17b3a4 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
+++ b/capplets/appearance/data/appearance.ui
@@ -1625,6 +1625,9 @@
       <row>
         <col id="0" translatable="yes">Stretch</col>
       </row>
+      <row>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">Span</col>
+      </row>
     </data>
   </object>
   <object class="GtkListStore" id="wp_color_liststore">
diff --git a/capplets/appearance/gnome-wp-item.c b/capplets/appearance/gnome-wp-item.c
index b4af8fc81..900bbfb4e 100644
--- a/capplets/appearance/gnome-wp-item.c
+++ b/capplets/appearance/gnome-wp-item.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static GConfEnumStringPair options_lookup[] = {
   { GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SCALED, "scaled" },
   { GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_ZOOMED, "zoom" },
   { GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_TILED, "wallpaper" },
+  { GNOME_BG_PLACEMENT_SPANNED, "spanned" },
   { 0, NULL }
 };