diff --git a/src/Background/BackgroundManager.vala b/src/Background/BackgroundManager.vala
index 14e7ec3fc..f51f82601 100644
--- a/src/Background/BackgroundManager.vala
+++ b/src/Background/BackgroundManager.vala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class Gala.BackgroundManager : Meta.BackgroundGroup, Gala.BackgroundManag
     public WindowManager wm { get; construct; }
     public int monitor_index { get; construct; }
     public bool control_position { get; construct; }
+    public bool rounded_corners { get; construct; }
     public Meta.BackgroundActor newest_background_actor {
         get {
             return (new_background_actor != null) ? new_background_actor : background_actor;
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ public class Gala.BackgroundManager : Meta.BackgroundGroup, Gala.BackgroundManag
     private Meta.BackgroundActor? background_actor;
     private Meta.BackgroundActor? new_background_actor = null;
 
-    public BackgroundManager (WindowManager wm, int monitor_index, bool control_position = true) {
-        Object (wm: wm, monitor_index: monitor_index, control_position: control_position);
+    public BackgroundManager (WindowManager wm, int monitor_index, bool control_position = true, bool rounded_corners = true) {
+        Object (wm: wm, monitor_index: monitor_index, control_position: control_position, rounded_corners: rounded_corners);
     }
 
     construct {
@@ -91,7 +92,10 @@ public class Gala.BackgroundManager : Meta.BackgroundGroup, Gala.BackgroundManag
         var background = new_content.background.get_data<unowned Background> ("delegate");
 
         if (background.is_loaded) {
-            new_content.rounded_clip_radius = Utils.scale_to_int (6, wm.get_display ().get_monitor_scale (monitor_index));
+            if (rounded_corners) {
+                new_content.rounded_clip_radius = Utils.scale_to_int (6, wm.get_display ().get_monitor_scale (monitor_index));
+            }
+
             swap_background_actor (animate);
             return;
         }
@@ -101,8 +105,11 @@ public class Gala.BackgroundManager : Meta.BackgroundGroup, Gala.BackgroundManag
             background.disconnect (handler);
             background.set_data<ulong> ("background-loaded-handler", 0);
 
+            if (rounded_corners) {
+                new_content.rounded_clip_radius = Utils.scale_to_int (6, wm.get_display ().get_monitor_scale (monitor_index));
+            }
+
             swap_background_actor (animate);
-            new_content.rounded_clip_radius = Utils.scale_to_int (6, wm.get_display ().get_monitor_scale (monitor_index));
         });
         background.set_data<ulong> ("background-loaded-handler", handler);
     }
diff --git a/src/Widgets/MultitaskingView.vala b/src/Widgets/MultitaskingView.vala
index 5be273c8a..02f7ac15a 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/MultitaskingView.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/MultitaskingView.vala
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Gala {
             brightness_effect = new Clutter.BrightnessContrastEffect ();
             update_brightness_effect ();
 
-            var blurred_bg = new BackgroundManager (wm, display.get_primary_monitor ());
+            var blurred_bg = new BackgroundManager (wm, display.get_primary_monitor (), true, false);
             blurred_bg.add_effect (new BlurEffect (blurred_bg, 18));
             blurred_bg.add_effect (brightness_effect);
 
diff --git a/src/Widgets/WorkspaceClone.vala b/src/Widgets/WorkspaceClone.vala
index 8c5a716a9..2dfe0c991 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/WorkspaceClone.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/WorkspaceClone.vala
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ namespace Gala {
             Object (
                 wm: wm,
                 monitor_index: wm.get_display ().get_primary_monitor (),
-                control_position: false
+                control_position: false,
+                rounded_corners: true
             );
         }