diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
index c339d24b098a..6a110f2a55cf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/gnome3.nix
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ let
      chmod -R a+w $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides
      cat - > $out/share/gsettings-schemas/nixos-gsettings-overrides/glib-2.0/schemas/nixos-defaults.gschema.override <<- EOF
        [org.gnome.desktop.background]
-       picture-uri='${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.gnome-dark}/share/artwork/gnome/Gnome_Dark.png'
+       picture-uri='${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray}/share/artwork/gnome/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray.png'
 
        [org.gnome.desktop.screensaver]
-       picture-uri='${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.gnome-dark}/share/artwork/gnome/Gnome_Dark.png'
+       picture-uri='${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray-bottom}/share/artwork/gnome/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray_bottom.png'
 
        ${cfg.extraGSettingsOverrides}
      EOF
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
index dc82f7086c82..f0e13f6ed2fb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/display-managers/lightdm.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ in
 
       background = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
-        default = "${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.gnome-dark}/share/artwork/gnome/Gnome_Dark.png";
+        default = "${pkgs.nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray-bottom}/share/artwork/gnome/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray_bottom.png";
         description = ''
           The background image or color to use.
         '';
diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index 507665190a26..1e266b3b5462 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ let
                 docbook_xsl_ns
                 unionfs-fuse
                 ntp
-                nixos-artwork.wallpapers.gnome-dark
+                nixos-artwork.wallpapers.simple-dark-gray-bottom
                 perlPackages.XMLLibXML
                 perlPackages.ListCompare
                 xorg.lndir
diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/nixos-artwork/wallpapers.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/nixos-artwork/wallpapers.nix
index 3a65a9626d14..648b4f1dd960 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/nixos-artwork/wallpapers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/nixos-artwork/wallpapers.nix
@@ -23,16 +23,9 @@ let
 
 in
 
-{
+rec {
 
-  gnome-dark = mkNixBackground {
-    name = "gnome-dark-2015-02-27";
-    description = "Gnome Dark background for Nix";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/7ece5356398db14b5513392be4b31f8aedbb85a2/gnome/Gnome_Dark.png;
-      sha256 = "0c7sl9k4zdjwvdz3nhlm8i4qv4cjr0qagalaa1a438jigixx27l7";
-    };
-  };
+  gnome-dark = simple-dark-gray-bottom;
 
   mosaic-blue = mkNixBackground {
     name = "mosaic-blue-2016-02-19";
@@ -61,6 +54,24 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  simple-dark-gray-bootloader = mkNixBackground {
+    name = "simple-dark-gray-bootloader-2018-08-28";
+    description = "Simple dark gray background for NixOS, specifically bootloaders.";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/9d1f11f652ed5ffe460b6c602fbfe2e7e9a08dff/bootloader/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray_bootloader.png;
+      sha256 = "0v26kfydn7alr81f2qpgsqdiq2zk7yrwlgibx2j7k91z9h47dpj9";
+    };
+  };
+
+  simple-dark-gray-bottom = mkNixBackground {
+    name = "simple-dark-gray-2018-08-28";
+    description = "Simple dark gray background for NixOS, specifically bootloaders and graphical login.";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixos-artwork/783c38b22de09f6ee33aacc817470a4513392d83/wallpapers/nix-wallpaper-simple-dark-gray_bottom.png;
+      sha256 = "13hi4jwp5ga06dpdw5l03b4znwn58fdjlkqjkg824isqsxzv6k15";
+    };
+  };
+
   simple-light-gray = mkNixBackground {
     name = "simple-light-gray-2016-02-19";
     description = "Simple light gray background for Nix";