diff -Nur xfce4-settings-4.10.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml xfce4-settings-4.10.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml
--- xfce4-settings-4.10.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml	2012-04-28 15:48:30.000000000 -0500
+++ xfce4-settings-4.10.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml	2012-05-02 10:16:35.422408879 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0">
   <property name="Net" type="empty">
     <property name="ThemeName" type="empty"/>
-    <property name="IconThemeName" type="empty"/>
+    <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="gnome"/>
     <property name="DoubleClickTime" type="int" value="250"/>
     <property name="DoubleClickDistance" type="int" value="5"/>
     <property name="DndDragThreshold" type="int" value="8"/>