diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/AvatarDefs.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/AvatarDefs.h
index 42cf3e591..a92104be1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/AvatarDefs.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/AvatarDefs.h
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsifacetypes.h>
 
 #define AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE ":/icons/no_avatar.png"
+#define AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_SQUARE ":/icons/no_avatar_square.png"
 
 class QPixmap;
 
 class AvatarDefs
 {
 public:
-    static void getOwnAvatar(QPixmap &avatar, const QString& defaultImage = AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE);
+    static void getOwnAvatar(QPixmap &avatar, const QString& defaultImage = AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_SQUARE);
 
     static bool getAvatarFromSslId(const RsPeerId& sslId, QPixmap &avatar, const QString& defaultImage = AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE);
     static bool getAvatarFromGpgId(const RsPgpId & gpgId, QPixmap &avatar, const QString& defaultImage = AVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
index 08fc4c783..5d11f372b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
         <file>icons/person.png</file>
         <file>icons/wiki.png</file>
         <file>icons/no_avatar.png</file>
+        <file>icons/no_avatar_square.png</file>
         <file>icons/png/channel.png</file>
         <file>icons/png/circles-black.png</file>
         <file>icons/png/circles-gray.png</file>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/no_avatar_square.png b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/no_avatar_square.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..010db6da2
Binary files /dev/null and b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/no_avatar_square.png differ