diff --git a/source3/web/swat.c b/source3/web/swat.c
index d479df9c35e..d9f890ce139 100644
--- a/source3/web/swat.c
+++ b/source3/web/swat.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void print_header(void)
 	printf("Expires: 0\r\n");
 	printf("Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n");
 	printf("<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN\">\n");
-	printf("<HTML>\n<HEAD>\n<TITLE>Samba Web Administration Tool</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n<BODY background=\"%simages/background.gif\">\n\n", cgi_rooturl());
+	printf("<HTML>\n<HEAD>\n<TITLE>Samba Web Administration Tool</TITLE>\n</HEAD>\n<BODY background=\"%simages/background.jpg\">\n\n", cgi_rooturl());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/swat/images/background.jpg b/swat/images/background.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e84e11fbefc
Binary files /dev/null and b/swat/images/background.jpg differ
