diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3efdeca74..6eff1ae6d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-08  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
+
+	* src/theme.c (scale_and_alpha_pixbuf): If we're only
+	scaling horizontally or vertically, use GDK_INTERP_NEAREST.
+
 2002-02-08  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* autogen.sh: unbreak
diff --git a/src/theme.c b/src/theme.c
index c7448fa0a..ba9c64284 100644
--- a/src/theme.c
+++ b/src/theme.c
@@ -2555,9 +2555,19 @@ scale_and_alpha_pixbuf (GdkPixbuf     *src,
     }
   else
     {
-      pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple (pixbuf,
-                                        width, height,
-                                        GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
+      if (gdk_pixbuf_get_width (pixbuf) == width ||
+	  gdk_pixbuf_get_height (pixbuf) == height)
+	{
+	  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple (pixbuf,
+					    width, height,
+					    GDK_INTERP_NEAREST);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple (pixbuf,
+					    width, height,
+					    GDK_INTERP_BILINEAR);
+	}
     }
 
   if (pixbuf)