diff --git a/kscreensaver/krootbacking/Makefile.am b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/Makefile.am
index ade1cc8f..2c5ab3bc 100644
--- a/kscreensaver/krootbacking/Makefile.am
+++ b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/Makefile.am
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ krootbacking_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_PLUGIN) -module $(LIB_QT) $(LIB_KD
 METASOURCES = AUTO
 
 noinst_HEADERS = krootbacking.h
+
+hackdir = $(DESTDIR)/usr/local/bin/
+hack_DATA = xscreensaver-getimage xscreensaver-getimage-file
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4745ac1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Yes, this is quite fragile
+# Yes, it should be fixed
+# But for this non-critical function it should be good enough...
+REAL_BINARY=$(whereis -b xscreensaver-getimage | awk '{print $2}')
+if [[ "$0" != "$REAL_BINARY" ]]; then
+	$REAL_BINARY -no-video -no-desktop -images "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage-file b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage-file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae1b0e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kscreensaver/krootbacking/xscreensaver-getimage-file
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+krootbacking