diff --git a/distro-files/root/.BGdefault b/distro-files/root/.BGdefault
deleted file mode 120000
index 928d1ec9..00000000
--- a/distro-files/root/.BGdefault
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/share/fvwm3/default-config/images/background/bg3.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/distro-files b/recipes/distro-files
index e2d10eed..9481fe26 100644
--- a/recipes/distro-files
+++ b/recipes/distro-files
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ from_source=distro-files
 
 package() {
 	cp -r ${source_dir}/* ${dest_dir}
+	mkdir -p ${dest_dir}/root/.fvwm
+	ln -fvs /usr/share/fvwm3/default-config/images/background/bg3.png ${dest_dir}/root/.fvwm/.BGdefault
 }