diff --git a/src/gui/settingsdialog.cpp b/src/gui/settingsdialog.cpp
index 3dfe1af40d8..41c234462dc 100644
--- a/src/gui/settingsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settingsdialog.cpp
@@ -73,14 +73,7 @@ class AvatarImageProvider : public QQuickImageProvider
     {
         const auto qmlIcon = OCC::Resources::QMLResources::parseIcon(id);
         const auto accountState = OCC::AccountManager::instance()->account(QUuid::fromString(qmlIcon.iconName));
-        QIcon icon = accountState->account()->avatar();
-        // the sourceSize of the Image must be provided
-        Q_ASSERT(requestedSize.isValid());
-        const QSize actualSize = requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : icon.availableSizes().constFirst();
-        if (size) {
-            *size = actualSize;
-        }
-        return icon.pixmap(actualSize, qmlIcon.enabled ? QIcon::Normal : QIcon::Disabled);
+        return OCC::Resources::pixmap(requestedSize, accountState->account()->avatar(), qmlIcon.enabled ? QIcon::Normal : QIcon::Disabled, size);
     }
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/spaces/spaceimageprovider.cpp b/src/gui/spaces/spaceimageprovider.cpp
index 36f36468612..ab752df44c3 100644
--- a/src/gui/spaces/spaceimageprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/spaces/spaceimageprovider.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 #include "spaceimageprovider.h"
 #include "libsync/graphapi/spacesmanager.h"
+#include "resources/qmlresources.h"
 #include "resources/resources.h"
 
 using namespace OCC;
@@ -36,11 +37,5 @@ QPixmap SpaceImageProvider::requestPixmap(const QString &id, QSize *size, const
             icon = space->image()->image();
         }
     }
-    // the sourceSize of the Image must be provided
-    Q_ASSERT(requestedSize.isValid());
-    const QSize actualSize = requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : icon.availableSizes().constFirst();
-    if (size) {
-        *size = actualSize;
-    }
-    return icon.pixmap(actualSize);
+    return Resources::pixmap(requestedSize, icon, QIcon::Normal, size);
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/qmlresources.cpp b/src/resources/qmlresources.cpp
index a1389e902e4..245bebe0baa 100644
--- a/src/resources/qmlresources.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/qmlresources.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 #include "resources/resources.h"
 
+namespace {
+constexpr QSize minIconSize{16, 16};
+}
+
 using namespace OCC;
 QUrl Resources::QMLResources::resourcePath2(const QString &provider, const QString &icon, bool enabled, const QVariantMap &properies)
 {
@@ -36,3 +40,13 @@ Resources::QMLResources::Icon Resources::QMLResources::parseIcon(const QString &
     const auto data = QJsonDocument::fromJson(QByteArray::fromBase64(id.toUtf8())).object();
     return Icon{data.value(QLatin1String("theme")).toString(), data.value(QLatin1String("icon")).toString(), data.value(QLatin1String("enabled")).toBool()};
 }
+
+QPixmap Resources::pixmap(const QSize &requestedSize, const QIcon &icon, QIcon::Mode mode, QSize *outSize)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(requestedSize.isValid());
+    QSize actualSize = requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : icon.availableSizes().constFirst();
+    if (outSize) {
+        *outSize = actualSize;
+    }
+    return icon.pixmap(actualSize.expandedTo(minIconSize), mode);
+}
diff --git a/src/resources/qmlresources.h b/src/resources/qmlresources.h
index 2400f9b77f6..1b5125d221b 100644
--- a/src/resources/qmlresources.h
+++ b/src/resources/qmlresources.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "resources/owncloudresources.h"
 
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QtQml/QtQml>
 
 namespace OCC {
@@ -38,5 +39,7 @@ namespace Resources {
 
         static Icon parseIcon(const QString &id);
     };
+
+    QPixmap OWNCLOUDRESOURCES_EXPORT pixmap(const QSize &requestedSize, const QIcon &icon, QIcon::Mode mode, QSize *outSize);
 } // Resources
 } // OCC
diff --git a/src/resources/resources.cpp b/src/resources/resources.cpp
index 7d6f722a043..6019d189020 100644
--- a/src/resources/resources.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/resources.cpp
@@ -195,12 +195,5 @@ QPixmap CoreImageProvider::requestPixmap(const QString &id, QSize *size, const Q
     } else {
         icon = themeIcon(qmlIcon.iconName);
     }
-
-    // the sourceSize of the Image must be provided
-    Q_ASSERT(requestedSize.isValid());
-    const QSize actualSize = requestedSize.isValid() ? requestedSize : icon.availableSizes().constFirst();
-    if (size) {
-        *size = actualSize;
-    }
-    return icon.pixmap(actualSize, qmlIcon.enabled ? QIcon::Normal : QIcon::Disabled);
+    return Resources::pixmap(requestedSize, icon, qmlIcon.enabled ? QIcon::Normal : QIcon::Disabled, size);
 }