diff --git a/bin/update-default-backgrounds b/bin/update-default-backgrounds
index d13d061a..fb1e2e18 100755
--- a/bin/update-default-backgrounds
+++ b/bin/update-default-backgrounds
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ln -sfv ../../../backgrounds/kali/$LOGIN_BACKGROUND-16x9${LOGIN_BACKGROUND_EXTEN
 kde_wallpaper=$(echo $DESKTOP_BACKGROUND | sed -E 's/(^|-)([a-z])/\U\2/g')
 kde_wallpaper_purple=$(echo $DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE | sed -E 's/(^|-)([a-z])/\U\2/g')
 ln -sfv ../../../backgrounds/kali/$DESKTOP_BACKGROUND.xml ${DESTDIR}/wallpaper/gnome-background.xml
+ln -sfv ../../../backgrounds/kali/$DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_PURPLE.xml ${DESTDIR}/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml
 ln -nsfv ../../../wallpapers/$kde_wallpaper/contents ${DESTDIR}/wallpaper/contents
 sed -i "s/defaultWallpaperTheme=.*/defaultWallpaperTheme=${kde_wallpaper}/" share/plasma/desktoptheme/kali/metadata.desktop
 sed -i "s/defaultFileSuffix=.*/defaultFileSuffix=${DESKTOP_BACKGROUND_EXTENSION}/" share/plasma/desktoptheme/kali/metadata.desktop
diff --git a/debian/kali-themes-purple.gsettings-override b/debian/kali-themes-purple.gsettings-override
index eb864a4c..74ee54cd 100644
--- a/debian/kali-themes-purple.gsettings-override
+++ b/debian/kali-themes-purple.gsettings-override
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [org.gnome.desktop.background]
 picture-options = 'zoom'
-picture-uri = 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/kali/kali-purple.xml'
-picture-uri-dark = 'file:///usr/share/backgrounds/kali/kali-purple.xml'
+picture-uri = 'file:///usr/share/desktop-base/kali-theme/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml'
+picture-uri-dark = 'file:///usr/share/desktop-base/kali-theme/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml'
 
 [org.gnome.desktop.interface]
 color-scheme = 'prefer-light'
diff --git a/share/desktop-base/kali-theme/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml b/share/desktop-base/kali-theme/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..97d454ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/desktop-base/kali-theme/wallpaper/gnome-background-purple.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../backgrounds/kali/kali-purple-whirlwind.xml
\ No newline at end of file