diff --color -up a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* user and group to drop privileges to */
 static const char *user  = "nobody";
-static const char *group = "nobody";
+static const char *group = "nogroup";
 
 static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
 	[INIT] =   "black",     /* after initialization */
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ static const int failonclear = 1;
 
 /* Background image path, should be available to the user above */
 static const char* background_image = "";
+
+/* Path to .fehbg (default: /home/user/.fehbg), should be available to the user above */
+static const char *fehbg_home_path = "";
diff --color -up a/slock.c b/slock.c
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -129,6 +129,40 @@ gethash(void)
 	return hash;
 }
 
+static char *
+get_fehbg_path(const char *fehbg_file) 
+{
+  FILE *file = fopen(fehbg_file, "r");
+  if (file == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  char buffer[500];
+  char *path = NULL;
+
+  while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), file) != NULL) {
+    /* Look for the first single quote */
+    char *start = strchr(buffer, '\'');
+    if (start != NULL) {
+      /* Look for the closing single quote */
+      char *end = strchr(start + 1, '\'');
+      if (end != NULL) {
+        size_t len = end - start - 1;
+        path = (char *)malloc(len + 1);
+        if (path != NULL) {
+          strncpy(path, start + 1, len);
+          path[len] = '\0';
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+  return path;
+}
+
+
 static void
 readpw(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, struct lock **locks, int nscreens,
        const char *hash)
@@ -378,6 +412,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		die("slock: setuid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	/* Load picture */
+    background_image = get_fehbg_path(fehbg_home_path);
         Imlib_Image buffer = imlib_load_image(background_image);
 	imlib_context_set_image(buffer);
         int background_image_width = imlib_image_get_width();
@@ -395,7 +430,27 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         int i;
         for (i = 0; i < number_of_monitors; i++) {
-            imlib_blend_image_onto_image(buffer, 0, 0, 0, background_image_width, background_image_height, monitors[i].x, monitors[i].y, monitors[i].width, monitors[i].height);
+            int m_x = monitors[i].x;
+            int m_y = monitors[i].y;
+            int m_w = monitors[i].width;
+            int m_h = monitors[i].height;
+
+            int s_x = 0;
+            int s_y = 0;
+            int s_w = background_image_width;
+            int s_h = background_image_height;
+
+            /* This implements a stretching behaviour for the given image,
+             * it should not be hard to modify and achieve different effects */
+            if ((double)m_w / m_h > (double)s_w / s_h) {
+              s_h = (s_w * m_h) / m_w;
+              s_y = (background_image_height - s_h) / 2;
+            } else {
+              s_w = (s_h * m_w) / m_h;
+              s_x = (background_image_width - s_w) / 2;
+            }
+            
+            imlib_blend_image_onto_image(buffer, 0, s_x, s_y, s_w, s_h, m_x, m_y, m_w, m_h);
         }
 
         /* Clean up */