diff --git a/resources/graphics/misc/image-placeholder.png b/resources/graphics/misc/image-placeholder.png
index fada9038b..2763f62e4 100644
Binary files a/resources/graphics/misc/image-placeholder.png and b/resources/graphics/misc/image-placeholder.png differ
diff --git a/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.cpp b/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.cpp
index 75a5da651..96b1bbe6f 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ void TextBrowserViewer::setHtmlPrivate(const QString& html, const QUrl& base_url
   emit pageUrlChanged(base_url);
 }
 
-TextBrowserDocument::TextBrowserDocument(QObject* parent) : QTextDocument(parent), m_reloadingWithResources(false) {}
+TextBrowserDocument::TextBrowserDocument(QObject* parent)
+  : QTextDocument(parent), m_reloadingWithResources(false),
+    m_placeholderImage(qApp->icons()->miscPixmap("image-placeholder")) {}
 
 QVariant TextBrowserDocument::loadResource(int type, const QUrl& name) {
   if (!m_reloadingWithResources) {
@@ -451,12 +453,12 @@ QVariant TextBrowserDocument::loadResource(int type, const QUrl& name) {
       m_neededResourcesForHtml.append(name);
     }
 
-    return {};
+    return m_placeholderImage;
   }
   else if (m_loadedResources.contains(name)) {
     return QImage::fromData(m_loadedResources.value(name));
   }
   else {
-    return {};
+    return m_placeholderImage;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.h b/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.h
index c1dc22c49..3cf175a7d 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.h
+++ b/src/librssguard/gui/webviewers/qtextbrowser/textbrowserviewer.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "network-web/adblock/adblockmanager.h"
 
+#include <QPixmap>
 #include <QPointer>
 
 class QContextMenuEvent;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class TextBrowserDocument : public QTextDocument {
     bool m_reloadingWithResources;
     QList<QUrl> m_neededResourcesForHtml;
     QMap<QUrl, QByteArray> m_loadedResources;
+    QPixmap m_placeholderImage;
 };
 
 class TextBrowserViewer : public QTextBrowser, public WebViewer {