diff --git a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xfce4-desktop.xml b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xfce4-desktop.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7acc49dff..000000000
--- a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xfce4-desktop.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xsettings.xml b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xsettings.xml
index d38bc84f3..7c8f67781 100644
--- a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xsettings.xml
+++ b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/files/xsettings.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3.ebuild b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3.ebuild
rename to pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r1.ebuild
index 5103faf32..dae19f715 100644
--- a/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3.ebuild
+++ b/pentoo/pentoo-desktop/pentoo-desktop-2025.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
DESCRIPTION="Pentoo meta ebuild to install all X and WM/DE related things"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.pentoo.org"
-SLOT="0"
+S="${WORKDIR}"
LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ~arm64 x86"
IUSE="X cups enlightenment +firefox kde livecd-stage1 mate pentoo-in-a-container pentoo-full policykit pulseaudio +vnc +xfce"
-S="${WORKDIR}"
-
#X windows stuff
PDEPEND="X? (
!livecd-stage1? ( || ( x11-base/xorg-server dev-libs/wayland ) )
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ PDEPEND="${PDEPEND}
x11-themes/tango-icon-theme
xfce-base/thunar
xfce-base/thunar-volman
+ xfce-base/xfdesktop[pentoo(-)]
xfce-extra/thunar-archive-plugin
xfce-extra/thunar-vcs-plugin
xfce-base/tumbler
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ src_install() {
insinto /etc/skel/.config/xfce4
doins "${FILESDIR}"/helpers.rc
insinto /etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml
- doins "${FILESDIR}"/xfce4-desktop.xml
doins "${FILESDIR}"/xsettings.xml
#gtk-theme-switch needs X so do it manually
diff --git a/xfce-base/xfdesktop/Manifest b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..356b31f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST xfdesktop-4.20.1.tar.bz2 2527982 BLAKE2B b9ce68433181221c20b15bab27d1652ef044b0a1524d9acfbff12b40034f629af8b99eebb6b8874816cc37f4db4874ceca03eec51c7cf091795f0b934d3fd20b SHA512 11f422e31fb5b4f789ac61252a79ef9b139fd0a3e29f1346d5e3c06779567f1809fd78d751df5595cdb5510d0349e908276e85f6325b8ac90dfd00c79ca5d0e2
diff --git a/xfce-base/xfdesktop/metadata.xml b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9506cf2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+
+ sidhayn@gmail.com
+ Zero_Chaos
+
+
+
diff --git a/xfce-base/xfdesktop/xfdesktop-4.20.1.ebuild b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/xfdesktop-4.20.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c078fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xfce-base/xfdesktop/xfdesktop-4.20.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="Desktop manager for the Xfce desktop environment"
+HOMEPAGE="
+ https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/start
+ https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/
+"
+SRC_URI="https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/${PN}/${PV%.*}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+# CC for /usr/share/backgrounds, see backgrounds/README.md
+LICENSE="GPL-2+ CC-BY-SA-4.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
+IUSE="libnotify pentoo pentoo-release +thunar wayland X"
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( wayland X )"
+
+DEPEND="
+ >=x11-libs/cairo-1.16
+ >=dev-libs/glib-2.72.0
+ >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.0:3[wayland?,X?]
+ >=xfce-base/exo-0.11:=
+ >=xfce-base/garcon-0.6:=
+ >=xfce-base/libxfce4ui-4.18.0:=[X(+)?]
+ >=xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.13:=
+ >=xfce-base/libxfce4windowing-4.19.8:=[X?]
+ >=xfce-base/xfconf-4.19.3:=
+ libnotify? ( >=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7:= )
+ thunar? (
+ >=dev-libs/libyaml-0.2.5:=
+ >=xfce-base/thunar-4.17.10:=
+ )
+ wayland? ( >=gui-libs/gtk-layer-shell-0.7.0 )
+ X? ( >=x11-libs/libX11-1.6.7 )
+"
+RDEPEND="
+ ${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+ dev-libs/glib
+ dev-util/gdbus-codegen
+ dev-util/glib-utils
+ >=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
+ virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+# pentoo-desktop depends on xfdesktop but it also installs the background we set in this ebuild
+PDEPEND="pentoo? ( pentoo/pentoo-desktop )"
+
+src_configure() {
+ if use pentoo; then
+ if use pentoo-release; then
+ backdrop="--with-default-backdrop-filename=/usr/share/pentoo/wallpaper/domo-roolz.jpg"
+ else
+ backdrop="--with-default-backdrop-filename=/usr/share/pentoo/wallpaper/tux-winfly-killah.1600x1200.jpg"
+ fi
+ else
+ backdrop=""
+ fi
+
+ local myconf=(
+ $(use_enable wayland)
+ $(use_enable X x11)
+ $(use_enable thunar file-icons)
+ $(use_enable thunar thunarx)
+ $(use_enable libnotify notifications)
+ ${backdrop}
+ # these aren't run via make check, they are only for manual use
+ --disable-tests
+ )
+
+ econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+ xdg_icon_cache_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+ xdg_icon_cache_update
+}