diff --git a/p5-CSS-Prepare/lib/CSS/Prepare/Property/Values.pm b/p5-CSS-Prepare/lib/CSS/Prepare/Property/Values.pm
index 99e3715..6622441 100644
--- a/p5-CSS-Prepare/lib/CSS/Prepare/Property/Values.pm
+++ b/p5-CSS-Prepare/lib/CSS/Prepare/Property/Values.pm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ our $background_colour_value
     = qr{ (?: transparent | inherit | $colour_value ) }x;
 our $background_image_value = qr{ (?: none | inherit | $url_value ) }x;
 our $background_repeat_value
-    = qr{ (?: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat | inherit ) }x;
+    = qr{ (?: repeat-x | repeat-y | repeat | no-repeat | inherit ) }x;
 my $background_positions_horizontal
     = qr{ (?: left | center | centre | right ) }x;
 my $background_positions_vertical
diff --git a/p5-CSS-Prepare/t/02.background.t b/p5-CSS-Prepare/t/02.background.t
index bbaf5cc..9fff8cc 100644
--- a/p5-CSS-Prepare/t/02.background.t
+++ b/p5-CSS-Prepare/t/02.background.t
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use Modern::Perl;
-use Test::More  tests => 11;
+use Test::More  tests => 12;
 
 use CSS::Prepare;
 use Data::Dumper;
@@ -226,6 +226,29 @@ CSS
     is_deeply( \@structure, \@parsed )
         or say "more shorthand was:\n" . Dumper \@parsed;
 }
+{
+    $css = <<CSS;
+div { background: url(foo.png) repeat-x; }
+CSS
+    @structure = (
+            {
+                original  => ' background: url(foo.png) repeat-x; ',
+                errors    => [],
+                selectors => [ 'div' ],
+                block     => {
+                    'background-attachment' => '',
+                    'background-color'      => '',
+                    'background-image'      => 'url(foo.png)',
+                    'background-position'   => '',
+                    'background-repeat'     => 'repeat-x',
+                },
+            },
+        );
+
+    @parsed = $preparer->parse_string( $css );
+    is_deeply( \@structure, \@parsed )
+        or say "more shorthand was:\n" . Dumper \@parsed;
+}
 
 # shorten url() values on input
 {