diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.cpp
index 7139c1b2c..2ea09db61 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         getWidget(mRightPane, "RightPane");
         getWidget(mArmorRating, "ArmorRating");
 
-        mAvatar->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &InventoryWindow::onAvatarClicked);
+        mAvatarImage->eventMouseButtonClick += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &InventoryWindow::onAvatarClicked);
 
         getWidget(mItemView, "ItemView");
         mItemView->eventItemClicked += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &InventoryWindow::onItemSelected);
@@ -76,11 +76,12 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void InventoryWindow::adjustPanes()
     {
-        const float aspect = 0.5; // fixed aspect ratio for the left pane
-        mLeftPane->setSize( (mMainWidget->getSize().height-44) * aspect, mMainWidget->getSize().height-44 );
-        mRightPane->setCoord( mLeftPane->getPosition().left + (mMainWidget->getSize().height-44) * aspect + 4,
+        const float aspect = 0.5; // fixed aspect ratio for the avatar image
+        float leftPaneWidth = (mMainWidget->getSize().height-44-mArmorRating->getHeight()) * aspect;
+        mLeftPane->setSize( leftPaneWidth, mMainWidget->getSize().height-44 );
+        mRightPane->setCoord( mLeftPane->getPosition().left + leftPaneWidth + 4,
                               mRightPane->getPosition().top,
-                              mMainWidget->getSize().width - 12 - (mMainWidget->getSize().height-44) * aspect - 15,
+                              mMainWidget->getSize().width - 12 - leftPaneWidth - 15,
                               mMainWidget->getSize().height-44 );
     }
 
@@ -418,9 +419,9 @@ namespace MWGui
         else
         {
             MyGUI::IntPoint mousePos = MyGUI::InputManager::getInstance ().getLastPressedPosition (MyGUI::MouseButton::Left);
-            MyGUI::IntPoint relPos = mousePos - mAvatar->getAbsolutePosition ();
-            int realX = int(float(relPos.left) / float(mAvatar->getSize().width) * 512.f );
-            int realY = int(float(relPos.top) / float(mAvatar->getSize().height) * 1024.f );
+            MyGUI::IntPoint relPos = mousePos - mAvatarImage->getAbsolutePosition ();
+            int realX = int(float(relPos.left) / float(mAvatarImage->getSize().width) * 512.f );
+            int realY = int(float(relPos.top) / float(mAvatarImage->getSize().height) * 1024.f );
 
             MWWorld::Ptr itemSelected = getAvatarSelectedItem (realX, realY);
             if (itemSelected.isEmpty ())
@@ -487,11 +488,18 @@ namespace MWGui
         if (mPreviewDirty)
         {
             mPreviewDirty = false;
-            MyGUI::IntSize size = mAvatar->getSize();
+            MyGUI::IntSize size = mAvatarImage->getSize();
 
             mPreview.update (size.width, size.height);
-            mAvatarImage->setSize(MyGUI::IntSize(std::max(mAvatar->getSize().width, 512), std::max(mAvatar->getSize().height, 1024)));
+
             mAvatarImage->setImageTexture("CharacterPreview");
+            mAvatarImage->setImageCoord(MyGUI::IntCoord(0, 0, std::min(512, size.width), std::min(1024, size.height)));
+            mAvatarImage->setImageTile(MyGUI::IntSize(std::min(512, size.width), std::min(1024, size.height)));
+
+            mArmorRating->setCaptionWithReplacing ("#{sArmor}: "
+                + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(static_cast<int>(MWWorld::Class::get(mPtr).getArmorRating(mPtr))));
+            if (mArmorRating->getTextSize().width > mArmorRating->getSize().width)
+                mArmorRating->setCaptionWithReplacing (boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(static_cast<int>(MWWorld::Class::get(mPtr).getArmorRating(mPtr))));
         }
     }
 
@@ -502,9 +510,6 @@ namespace MWGui
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getSpellWindow()->updateSpells();
 
         mPreviewDirty = true;
-
-        mArmorRating->setCaptionWithReplacing ("#{sArmor}: "
-            + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(static_cast<int>(MWWorld::Class::get(mPtr).getArmorRating(mPtr))));
     }
 
     void InventoryWindow::pickUpObject (MWWorld::Ptr object)
@@ -551,9 +556,4 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         MWBase::Environment::get().getMechanicsManager()->itemTaken(player, newObject, count);
     }
-
-    MyGUI::IntCoord InventoryWindow::getAvatarScreenCoord ()
-    {
-        return mAvatar->getAbsoluteCoord ();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.hpp
index 7e5a0fe10..7ef168e98 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/inventorywindow.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
             void pickUpObject (MWWorld::Ptr object);
 
-            MyGUI::IntCoord getAvatarScreenCoord();
-
             MWWorld::Ptr getAvatarSelectedItem(int x, int y);
 
             void rebuildAvatar() {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
index 0fe500879..8716c4dea 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace MWGui
                 }
                 else if (type == "AvatarItemSelection")
                 {
-                    MyGUI::IntCoord avatarPos = MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getInventoryWindow ()->getAvatarScreenCoord ();
+                    MyGUI::IntCoord avatarPos = focus->getAbsoluteCoord();
                     MyGUI::IntPoint relMousePos = MyGUI::InputManager::getInstance ().getMousePosition () - MyGUI::IntPoint(avatarPos.left, avatarPos.top);
                     int realX = int(float(relMousePos.left) / float(avatarPos.width) * 512.f );
                     int realY = int(float(relMousePos.top) / float(avatarPos.height) * 1024.f );
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_inventory_window.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_inventory_window.layout
index ba6bf820e..09e5ed9c7 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_inventory_window.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_inventory_window.layout
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@
 
             <!-- Avatar -->
             <Widget type="Widget" skin="MW_Box" position="8 38 212 185" name="Avatar" align="Left Top Stretch">
-                <UserString key="ToolTipType" value="AvatarItemSelection"/>
-                <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="0 0 212 185" align="Stretch" name="AvatarImage">
-                    <Property key="NeedMouse" value="false"/>
+                <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="0 0 212 161" align="Stretch" name="AvatarImage">
+                    <UserString key="ToolTipType" value="AvatarItemSelection"/>
                 </Widget>
-                <Widget type="TextBox" skin="ProgressText" position="0 150 212 24" align="HCenter Bottom" name="ArmorRating">
+                <Widget type="TextBox" skin="ProgressText" position="0 161 212 24" align="HStretch Bottom" name="ArmorRating">
                     <Property key="NeedMouse" value="false"/>
                 </Widget>
             </Widget>