diff -Nru xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/common/xfdesktop-common.h xfdesktop-4.8.3/common/xfdesktop-common.h
--- xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2011-09-13 18:23:29.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.8.3/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2011-11-12 19:23:55.593450518 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 #define MENU_MESSAGE       "menu"
 #define WINDOWLIST_MESSAGE "windowlist"
 #define QUIT_MESSAGE       "quit"
+#define RESIZE_MESSAGE     "resizeyes"
+#define NORESIZE_MESSAGE   "resizeno"
 
 /**
  * File information namespaces queried for #GFileInfo objects.
diff -Nru xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/main.c xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/main.c
--- xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/main.c	2011-09-13 18:23:29.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/main.c	2011-11-12 19:27:59.895450541 +0100
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static XfceSMClient *sm_client = NULL;
+gboolean xfdesktop_noresize = FALSE;
 
 static void
 session_logout(void)
@@ -194,6 +195,12 @@
                                              XFCE_SM_CLIENT_RESTART_NORMAL);
             gtk_main_quit();
             return TRUE;
+        } else if(!strcmp(RESIZE_MESSAGE, evt->data.b)) {
+            xfdesktop_noresize = FALSE;
+            return TRUE;
+        } else if(!strcmp(NORESIZE_MESSAGE, evt->data.b)) {
+            xfdesktop_noresize = TRUE;
+            return TRUE;
         }
     }
 
@@ -233,6 +240,7 @@
     GError *error = NULL;
     gboolean opt_version = FALSE, opt_reload = FALSE;
     gboolean opt_menu = FALSE, opt_windowlist = FALSE;
+    gboolean opt_resize = FALSE, opt_noresize = FALSE;
     gboolean opt_quit = FALSE;
     const GOptionEntry main_entries[] = {
         { "version", 'V', G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_version, N_("Display version information"), NULL },
@@ -240,6 +248,8 @@
         { "menu", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_menu, N_("Pop up the menu (at the current mouse position)"), NULL },
         { "windowlist", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_windowlist, N_("Pop up the window list (at the current mouse position)"), NULL },
         { "quit", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_quit, N_("Cause xfdesktop to quit"), NULL },
+        { "resize", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_resize, N_("Enable icon grid resizing on resolution change"), NULL },
+        { "noresize", 0, G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_noresize, N_("Disable icon grid resizing on resolution change"), NULL },
         { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
     };
     
@@ -305,6 +315,10 @@
         message = WINDOWLIST_MESSAGE;
     else if(opt_quit)
         message = QUIT_MESSAGE;
+    else if(opt_resize)
+        message = RESIZE_MESSAGE;
+    else if(opt_noresize)
+        message = NORESIZE_MESSAGE;
     
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
diff -Nru xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.c xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.c
--- xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.c	2011-09-13 18:23:29.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.c	2011-11-12 19:29:05.836450543 +0100
@@ -2780,6 +2780,9 @@
 static void
 xfdesktop_grid_do_resize(XfdesktopIconView *icon_view)
 {
+    /* If we disabled resizing, short-circuit the whole thing. */
+    if(xfdesktop_noresize) return;
+
     GList *l, *leftovers = NULL;
     
     /* move all icons into the pending_icons list */
diff -Nru xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.h xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.h
--- xfdesktop-4.8.3.old/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.h	2011-09-13 18:23:29.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.8.3/src/xfdesktop-icon-view.h	2011-11-12 19:29:42.381450561 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
                             gint count);
 };
 
+extern gboolean xfdesktop_noresize;
+
 GType xfdesktop_icon_view_get_type(void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 GtkWidget *xfdesktop_icon_view_new(XfdesktopIconViewManager *manager);