diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index a7e6c3c..8105ebf 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -208,26 +208,33 @@ with lib; {
       pinentryFlavor = "curses";
     };
 
-    swayidle = {
+    swayidle = let
+      locker = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "swaylock_fancy" ''
+        TMP_FILE=$(${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mktemp /tmp/.swaylock_ss_XXXXXX.jpg)
+        ${pkgs.grim}/bin/grim -t ppm - | ${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/convert - -blur 0x12 "$TMP_FILE"
+        ${pkgs.swaylock}/bin/swaylock -f -i "$TMP_FILE"
+        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm "$TMP_FILE"
+      '';
+    in {
       enable = true;
       events = [
         {
           event = "before-sleep";
-          command = "${pkgs.swaylock}/bin/swaylock";
+          command = "${locker}/bin/swaylock_fancy";
         }
         {
           event = "lock";
-          command = "${pkgs.swaylock}/bin/swaylock";
+          command = "${locker}/bin/swaylock_fancy";
         }
         {
           event = "after-resume";
-          command = "${procps.pkill}/bin/pkill -USR1 i3status-rs";
+          command = "${pkgs.procps}/bin/pkill -USR1 i3status-rs";
         }
       ];
       timeouts = [
         {
           timeout = 15 * 60;
-          command = "${pkgs.swaylock}/bin/swaylock";
+          command = "${locker}/bin/swaylock_fancy";
         }
       ];
     };