diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
index 75436e797..fa8383ace 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/itemwidget.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void ItemWidget::setIcon(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr)
     {
-        setIcon(MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->correctIconPath(ptr.getClass().getInventoryIcon(ptr)));
+        std::string invIcon = ptr.getClass().getInventoryIcon(ptr);
+        if (invIcon.empty())
+            invIcon = "default icon.tga";
+        setIcon(MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->correctIconPath(invIcon));
     }