libnemo-private/org.nemo.gschema.xml | 6 +++---
 src/nemo-view.h                      | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libnemo-private/org.nemo.gschema.xml b/libnemo-private/org.nemo.gschema.xml
index 4534414..c8d03df 100644
--- a/libnemo-private/org.nemo.gschema.xml
+++ b/libnemo-private/org.nemo.gschema.xml
@@ -569,17 +569,17 @@
       <description>Overrides the standard horizontal spacing for the desktop grid, in situation where default spacing is not ideal due to label customizations.  This is a value from 0.5 to 1.5, with 1.0 being no adjustment, and 0.5 being half the default spacing.</description>
     </key>
     <key name="home-icon-visible" type="b">
-      <default>false</default>
+      <default>true</default>
       <summary>Home icon visible on desktop</summary>
       <description>If this is set to true, an icon linking to the home folder will be put on the desktop.</description>
     </key>
     <key name="computer-icon-visible" type="b">
-      <default>false</default>
+      <default>true</default>
       <summary>Computer icon visible on desktop</summary>
       <description>If this is set to true, an icon linking to the computer location will be put on the desktop.</description>
     </key>
     <key name="trash-icon-visible" type="b">
-      <default>false</default>
+      <default>true</default>
       <summary>Trash icon visible on desktop</summary>
       <description>If this is set to true, an icon linking to the trash will be put on the desktop.</description>
     </key>
diff --git a/src/nemo-view.h b/src/nemo-view.h
index 83505ff..58c660c 100644
--- a/src/nemo-view.h
+++ b/src/nemo-view.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <libnemo-private/nemo-file.h>
 #include <libnemo-private/nemo-icon-container.h>
 #include <libnemo-private/nemo-link.h>
+#include <libnemo-private/nemo-global-preferences.h>
 
 typedef struct NemoView NemoView;
 typedef struct NemoViewClass NemoViewClass;