diff --git a/packaging/win32/dist-impl.sh b/packaging/win32/dist-impl.sh
index c60f28b4b8..5a232e9818 100755
--- a/packaging/win32/dist-impl.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/dist-impl.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function dist_gnome() {
     wget_unpacked $GDK_PIXBUF_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
     wget_unpacked $GTK_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
     wget_unpacked $HICOLOR_THEME_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
-    echo 'gtk-theme-name = "Nimbus"' > $DIST_DIR/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
+    echo 'gtk-theme-name = "MS-Windows"' > $DIST_DIR/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
     wget_unpacked $ORBIT2_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
     wget_unpacked $GAIL_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
     wget_unpacked $POPT_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $DIST_DIR
diff --git a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
index 7f52688701..c563955363 100755
--- a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ function inst_libxslt() {
         wget_unpacked $POPT_DEV_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $GNOME_DIR
         wget_unpacked $ZLIB_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $GNOME_DIR
         wget_unpacked $ZLIB_DEV_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $GNOME_DIR
-        echo 'gtk-theme-name = "Nimbus"' > ${_GNOME_UDIR}/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
+        echo 'gtk-theme-name = "MS-Windows"' > ${_GNOME_UDIR}/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
 
         wget_unpacked $GTK_THEME_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
         assert_one_dir $TMP_UDIR/gtk2-themes-*