diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/freecadabout.png b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadabout.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfec76c2cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Gui/Icons/freecadabout.png differ
diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc b/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc
index 28d9c0b170..9269f819ed 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc
+++ b/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/icons">
         <file>freecadsplash.png</file>
+        <file>freecadabout.png</file>
         <file>background.png</file>
         <file>mouse_pointer.svg</file>
         <file>Document.svg</file>
diff --git a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 73956a16f3..0be1e91e8d 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1456,6 +1456,28 @@ void MainWindow::stopSplasher(void)
     }
 }
 
+QPixmap MainWindow::aboutImage() const
+{
+    // See if we have a custom About screen image set
+    QPixmap about_image;
+    std::string about_path = App::Application::Config()["AboutImage"];
+    if (!about_path.empty()) {
+        QString path = QString::fromUtf8(about_path.c_str());
+        if (QDir(path).isRelative()) {
+            QString home = QString::fromUtf8(App::GetApplication().getHomePath());
+            path = QFileInfo(QDir(home), path).absoluteFilePath();
+        }
+        about_image.load(path);
+
+        // Now try the icon paths
+        if (about_image.isNull()) {
+            about_image = Gui::BitmapFactory().pixmap(about_path.c_str());
+        }
+    }
+
+    return about_image;
+}
+
 QPixmap MainWindow::splashImage() const
 {
     // search in the UserAppData dir as very first
diff --git a/src/Gui/MainWindow.h b/src/Gui/MainWindow.h
index 17d0eb2b94..3c864eeaf1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/Gui/MainWindow.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public:
     void startSplasher(void);
     /** Stops the splasher after startup. */
     void stopSplasher(void);
+    /* The image of the About dialog, it might be empty. */
+    QPixmap aboutImage() const;
     /* The image of the splash screen of the application. */
     QPixmap splashImage() const;
     /** Shows the online documentation. */
diff --git a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
index 00e0913052..6a635f03e7 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Splashscreen.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,14 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(bool showLic, QWidget* parent)
     ui->setupUi(this);
     layout()->setSizeConstraint(QLayout::SetFixedSize);
     QRect rect = QApplication::primaryScreen()->availableGeometry();
-    QPixmap image = getMainWindow()->splashImage();
+
+    // See if we have a custom About screen image set
+    QPixmap image = getMainWindow()->aboutImage();
+
+    // Fallback to the splashscreen image
+    if (image.isNull()) {
+        image = getMainWindow()->splashImage();
+    }
 
     // Make sure the image is not too big
     int denom = 2;
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index ebdfe64f7d..47e2e53a3d 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
     App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = sBanner;
     App::Application::Config()["AppIcon"] = "freecad";
     App::Application::Config()["SplashScreen"] = "freecadsplash";
+    App::Application::Config()["AboutImage"] = "freecadabout";
     App::Application::Config()["StartWorkbench"] = "StartWorkbench";
     //App::Application::Config()["HiddenDockWindow"] = "Property editor";
     App::Application::Config()["SplashAlignment" ] = "Bottom|Left";