Login screen wallpaper on 2nd monitor

I have 2 monitors connected to my Mac. When I have the login screen up, only one monitor displays anything (grey effect background, login box, etc). The second monitor just appears bright white. Is there a way to have the second monitor display something, even if it's only the same wallpaper as the login monitor? This isn't really a showstopper, more of an annoyance.

Looks as though this very minor issue has been sorted out in the 10.7.2 update. Thanks Apple.

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