diff --git a/blurwal/backends/gsettings.py b/blurwal/backends/gsettings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb169e3ea98c6784929dbf0419af0f5a737035c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blurwal/backends/gsettings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""
+Author: Joshua Robinson
+License: MIT
+"""
+
+import logging
+import pathlib
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+from blurwal.backends import base
+
+
+class GsettingsBackend(base.Backend):
+    """
+    Wallpaper operations utilizing gnome/budgie's gsettings backend.
+    """
+
+    def get_wallpaper_set_cmds(self, path: pathlib.Path) -> List[List[str]]:
+        """
+        Return a list of commands to be executed to set the wallpaper.
+
+        :param path: The image to set as the wallpaper
+        :return: A list of commands to be executed
+        """
+        return [['gsettings',
+                'set', 'org.gnome.desktop.background',
+                 'picture-uri', 'file://' + str(path)]]
+
+    def get_current(self) -> Optional[pathlib.Path]:
+        """
+        Return the current wallpaper's path from gsettings
+
+        :return: The current wallpaper's path (formatted for gsettings) or
+        None if not retrievable
+        """
+        try:
+            process = subprocess.check_output(['gsettings',
+                                               'get',
+                                               'org.gnome.desktop.background',
+                                               'picture-uri'])
+
+            filepath = process.strip().decode().replace("'file://", "", 1)[:-1]
+
+            return pathlib.Path(filepath)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            logging.exception('Could not retrieve current wallpaper, call to'
+                              'gsettings returned a non-zero exit status.')
+            sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/blurwal/environment.py b/blurwal/environment.py
index cec4cb9f940609e39b4fc744d008250ef655f27b..8997f1fcfdba2437fd41cb47472e3a350a530cbc 100644
--- a/blurwal/environment.py
+++ b/blurwal/environment.py
@@ -12,16 +12,21 @@ import shutil
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 from blurwal import paths, utils
-from blurwal.backends import base, feh, xfconf
+from blurwal.backends import base, feh, xfconf, gsettings
 
 #: Supported backend names with their implementation and binary
 BACKENDS: Dict[str, Tuple[Type[base.Backend], str]] = {
     'feh': (feh.FehBackend, 'feh'),
-    'xfce': (xfconf.XfconfBackend, 'xfconf-query')
+    'xfce': (xfconf.XfconfBackend, 'xfconf-query'),
+    'gnome': (gsettings.GsettingsBackend, 'gsettings')
 }
 
 #: A map of XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP values to their respective backends
-XDG_TO_BACKEND: Dict[str, str] = {'XFCE': 'xfce'}
+XDG_TO_BACKEND: Dict[str, str] = {
+    'XFCE': 'xfce',
+    'Budgie:GNOME': 'gnome',
+    'GNOME': 'gnome'
+}
 
 
 def get_backend(name: Optional[str]) -> Optional[base.Backend]: