diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
index dc087fff1..7a1a3eda7 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-11-28  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
+
+	* gnome-settings-multimedia-keys.c: (do_action): launch Nautilus with
+	--no-desktop for the home key so we don't mess up the desktop for
+	people using something else to manage the background (bug #500085)
+
 2007-11-18  Jens Granseuer  <jensgr@gmx.net>
 
 	Patch by: Dan Winship <danw@novell.com>
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-multimedia-keys.c b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-multimedia-keys.c
index 94272a9cb..88658e97b 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-multimedia-keys.c
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-multimedia-keys.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ do_action (Acme *acme, int type)
 		break;
 	case HOME_KEY:
 		path = g_shell_quote (g_get_home_dir ());
-		cmd = g_strconcat ("nautilus ", path, NULL);
+		cmd = g_strconcat ("nautilus --no-desktop", path, NULL);
 		g_free (path);
 		execute (acme, cmd, FALSE, FALSE);
 		g_free (cmd);