diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/SimpleRoomHeader.js b/src/components/views/rooms/SimpleRoomHeader.js
index 40995d2a72..1559f7ef85 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/SimpleRoomHeader.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/SimpleRoomHeader.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher';
 import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
+import sdk from '../../../index';
 
 // cancel button which is shared between room header and simple room header
 export function CancelButton(props) {
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ export default React.createClass({
         title: React.PropTypes.string,
         onCancelClick: React.PropTypes.func,
 
-        // is the RightPanel collapsed?
-        collapsedRhs: React.PropTypes.bool,
+        // `src` to a TintableSvg. Optional.
+        icon: React.PropTypes.string,
     },
 
     onShowRhsClick: function(ev) {
@@ -53,9 +54,17 @@ export default React.createClass({
 
     render: function() {
         let cancelButton;
+        let icon;
         if (this.props.onCancelClick) {
             cancelButton = <CancelButton onClick={this.props.onCancelClick} />;
         }
+        if (this.props.icon) {
+            const TintableSvg = sdk.getComponent('elements.TintableSvg');
+            icon = <TintableSvg
+                className="mx_RoomHeader_icon" src={this.props.icon}
+                width="25" height="25"
+            />;
+        }
 
         let showRhsButton;
         /* // don't bother cluttering things up with this for now.
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
             <div className="mx_RoomHeader" >
                 <div className="mx_RoomHeader_wrapper">
                     <div className="mx_RoomHeader_simpleHeader">
+                        { icon }
                         { this.props.title }
                         { showRhsButton }
                         { cancelButton }