diff --git a/src/widgets/desktop-widget.cpp b/src/widgets/desktop-widget.cpp
index 52f21aaee1410931f5998cb6303fc892fce27bd3..160f113711f8418a62bab8eadd5961916286d5c5 100644
--- a/src/widgets/desktop-widget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/desktop-widget.cpp
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ void SPDesktopWidget::on_realize()
     GtkSettings *settings = gtk_settings_get_default();
     Gtk::Container *window = get_toplevel();
     if (settings && window) {
+        g_object_set(settings, "gtk-enable-animations", 0, nullptr);
         g_object_get(settings, "gtk-theme-name", &gtkThemeName, nullptr);
         g_object_get(settings, "gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme", &gtkApplicationPreferDarkTheme, nullptr);
         bool dark = INKSCAPE.themecontext->isCurrentThemeDark(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Container *>(window));