diff --git a/XOrg/meta/xorg-server-essentials/files/xinitrc b/XOrg/meta/xorg-server-essentials/files/xinitrc
index dacb8a00b..dfc0c323a 100644
--- a/XOrg/meta/xorg-server-essentials/files/xinitrc
+++ b/XOrg/meta/xorg-server-essentials/files/xinitrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if [ -x `which xsetroot` ]; then
 	xsetroot -solid green
 fi
 
-BKGD_IM12429 /us/usr/share/X11/bkgd-images/
+BKGD_IMAGE_PATH=/usr/share/X11/bkgd-images/
 if [ -x `which Esetroot` ]; then
 	Esetroot -scale ${BKGD_IMAGE_PATH}/default.png
 fi