diff --git a/wp-admin/custom-header.php b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
index 731dbda268..8d605655df 100644
--- a/wp-admin/custom-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/custom-header.php
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Event.observe( window, 'load', hide_text );
 <h2><?php _e('Your Header Image'); ?></h2>
 <p><?php _e('This is your header image. You can change the text color or upload and crop a new image.'); ?></p>
 
-<div id="headimg" style="background: url(<?php clean_url(header_image()) ?>) no-repeat;">
+<div id="headimg" style="background-image: url(<?php clean_url(header_image()) ?>);">
 <h1><a onclick="return false;" href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" id="name"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></h1>
 <div id="desc"><?php bloginfo('description');?></div>
 </div>