diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
index fa8383ace..87fca941e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     ItemWidget::ItemWidget()
         : mItem(NULL)
+        , mItemShadow(NULL)
         , mFrame(NULL)
         , mText(NULL)
     {
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ namespace MWGui
         assignWidget(mItem, "Item");
         if (mItem)
             mItem->setNeedMouseFocus(false);
+        assignWidget(mItemShadow, "ItemShadow");
+        if (mItemShadow)
+            mItemShadow->setNeedMouseFocus(false);
         assignWidget(mFrame, "Frame");
         if (mFrame)
             mFrame->setNeedMouseFocus(false);
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void ItemWidget::setIcon(const std::string &icon)
     {
+        if (mItemShadow)
+            mItemShadow->setImageTexture(icon);
         if (mItem)
             mItem->setImageTexture(icon);
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.hpp
index e7a902239..ce9f58f50 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         virtual void initialiseOverride();
 
         MyGUI::ImageBox* mItem;
+        MyGUI::ImageBox* mItemShadow;
         MyGUI::ImageBox* mFrame;
         MyGUI::TextBox* mText;
     };
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_resources.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_resources.xml
index ab6899341..d6a4f1b45 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_resources.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_resources.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@
                     <Property key="TextShadow" value="true"/>
                 </Widget>
                 <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="5 5 32 32" align="Stretch" name="Item"/>
+                <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="9 9 32 32" align="Stretch" name="ItemShadow">
+                    <Property key="Colour" value="0 0 0"/>
+                    <Property key="Alpha" value="0.5"/>
+                </Widget>
             </Widget>
         </Widget>
     </Resource>