diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index e450508..616501e 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -7692,6 +7692,7 @@ static void wl_set_desktop_background(WScreen *scr, const char *texture_desc)
     if (!scr || !texture_desc || !wl_state.output)
         return;
 
+
     int width = wl_state.output->width;
     int height = wl_state.output->height;
 
@@ -7713,10 +7714,15 @@ static void wl_set_desktop_background(WScreen *scr, const char *texture_desc)
             RColor color = {0x50, 0x50, 0x75, 0xFF};
             unsigned int r, g, b;
             if (colorstr) {
-                if (sscanf(colorstr, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                if (sscanf(colorstr, "#%2x%2x%2x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
                     color.red = r; color.green = g; color.blue = b;
-                } else if (sscanf(colorstr, "#%02x%02x%02x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                } else if (sscanf(colorstr, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
                     color.red = r; color.green = g; color.blue = b;
+                } else {
+                    /* Try XParseColor-style names via wrlib */
+                    RColor parsed;
+
+                        color = parsed;
                 }
             }
             bg = RCreateImage(width, height, 0);
@@ -7729,16 +7735,52 @@ static void wl_set_desktop_background(WScreen *scr, const char *texture_desc)
             const char *c2str = WMGetFromPLString(WMGetFromPLArray(texpl, 2));
             RColor color1 = {0, 0, 0, 255}, color2 = {0, 0, 0, 255};
             unsigned int r, g, b;
-            if (c1str && sscanf(c1str, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
-                color1.red = r; color1.green = g; color1.blue = b;
+            if (c1str) {
+                if (sscanf(c1str, "#%2x%2x%2x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                    color1.red = r; color1.green = g; color1.blue = b;
+                } else if (sscanf(c1str, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                    color1.red = r; color1.green = g; color1.blue = b;
+                }
             }
-            if (c2str && sscanf(c2str, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
-                color2.red = r; color2.green = g; color2.blue = b;
+            if (c2str) {
+                if (sscanf(c2str, "#%2x%2x%2x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                    color2.red = r; color2.green = g; color2.blue = b;
+                } else if (sscanf(c2str, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                    color2.red = r; color2.green = g; color2.blue = b;
+                }
             }
             int style = (type[0] == 'v' || type[0] == 'V') ? RVerticalGradient :
                         (type[0] == 'h' || type[0] == 'H') ? RHorizontalGradient :
                         RDiagonalGradient;
             bg = RRenderGradient(width, height, &color1, &color2, style);
+        } else if ((strcasecmp(type, "mvgradient") == 0 ||
+                    strcasecmp(type, "mhgradient") == 0 ||
+                    strcasecmp(type, "mdgradient") == 0) &&
+                   WMGetPropListItemCount(texpl) >= 3) {
+            int ncolors = WMGetPropListItemCount(texpl) - 1;
+            RColor **colors = wmalloc((ncolors + 1) * sizeof(RColor *));
+            RColor *cbuf = wmalloc(ncolors * sizeof(RColor));
+            unsigned int r, g, b;
+            int ci;
+            for (ci = 0; ci < ncolors; ci++) {
+                const char *cs = WMGetFromPLString(WMGetFromPLArray(texpl, ci + 1));
+                cbuf[ci] = (RColor){0, 0, 0, 255};
+                if (cs) {
+                    if (sscanf(cs, "#%2x%2x%2x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                        cbuf[ci].red = r; cbuf[ci].green = g; cbuf[ci].blue = b;
+                    } else if (sscanf(cs, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", &r, &g, &b) == 3) {
+                        cbuf[ci].red = r; cbuf[ci].green = g; cbuf[ci].blue = b;
+                    }
+                }
+                colors[ci] = &cbuf[ci];
+            }
+            colors[ncolors] = NULL;
+            int style = (type[1] == 'v' || type[1] == 'V') ? RVerticalGradient :
+                        (type[1] == 'h' || type[1] == 'H') ? RHorizontalGradient :
+                        RDiagonalGradient;
+            bg = RRenderMultiGradient(width, height, colors, style);
+            wfree(cbuf);
+            wfree(colors);
         } else if ((strcasecmp(type, "pixmap") == 0 ||
                     strcasecmp(type, "spixmap") == 0 ||
                     strcasecmp(type, "mpixmap") == 0 ||
@@ -7774,8 +7816,10 @@ static void wl_set_desktop_background(WScreen *scr, const char *texture_desc)
 
     WMReleasePropList(texpl);
 
-    if (!bg)
+    if (!bg) {
         return;
+    }
+
 
     /* Convert RImage to pixman_image and set as scene buffer */
     struct wl_bg_buffer *buf = calloc(1, sizeof(*buf));