diff --git a/libbackground/ChangeLog b/libbackground/ChangeLog
index 598d46b23..3e4dea086 100644
--- a/libbackground/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbackground/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-07-29  jacob berkman  <jacob@ximian.com>
+
+	* applier.c (set_root_pixmap): 
+	(make_root_pixmap): fixes for building with gdk 2.0
+
 2002-07-27  Mark McLoughlin  <mark@skynet.ie>
 
 	Add support for rendering the wallpaper on
diff --git a/libbackground/applier.c b/libbackground/applier.c
index 74a10b5e5..32fb1a49e 100644
--- a/libbackground/applier.c
+++ b/libbackground/applier.c
@@ -1427,7 +1427,12 @@ make_root_pixmap (GdkScreen *screen, gint width, gint height)
 
 	gdk_flush ();
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GTK_MULTIHEAD
 	display_name = DisplayString (GDK_DISPLAY_XDISPLAY (gdk_display_get_default ()));
+#else
+	display_name = DisplayString (GDK_DISPLAY ());
+#endif
+
 	display = XOpenDisplay (display_name);
 
         if (display == NULL) {
@@ -1491,7 +1496,11 @@ set_root_pixmap (GdkPixmap *pixmap, GdkScreen *screen)
 	else
 		pixmap_id = 0;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GTK_MULTIHEAD
 	display = GDK_DISPLAY_XDISPLAY (gdk_display_get_default ());
+#else
+	display = GDK_DISPLAY ();
+#endif
 
 	XGrabServer (display);