diff --git a/res/css/views/dialogs/_RoomSettingsDialog.scss b/res/css/views/dialogs/_RoomSettingsDialog.scss
index 723eb237ad..08839d8493 100644
--- a/res/css/views/dialogs/_RoomSettingsDialog.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/dialogs/_RoomSettingsDialog.scss
@@ -42,3 +42,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     padding-left: 40px;
     padding-right: 80px;
 }
+
+// show a different AvatarSetting placeholder for RoomProfileSettings which is basically a clone of ProfileSettings
+.mx_RoomSettingsDialog .mx_AvatarSetting_avatar .mx_AvatarSetting_avatarPlaceholder::before {
+    mask: url("$(res)/img/feather-customised/image.svg");
+    mask-repeat: no-repeat;
+    mask-size: 36px;
+    mask-position: center;
+}
diff --git a/res/img/feather-customised/image.svg b/res/img/feather-customised/image.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9690aecf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/img/feather-customised/image.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svg width="48" height="48" viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M6 8C6 6.89543 6.89543 6 8 6H40C41.1046 6 42 6.89543 42 8V40C42 41.1046 41.1046 42 40 42H8C6.89543 42 6 41.1046 6 40V8Z" stroke="#61708B" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+<path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M17 20C18.6569 20 20 18.6569 20 17C20 15.3431 18.6569 14 17 14C15.3431 14 14 15.3431 14 17C14 18.6569 15.3431 20 17 20Z" stroke="#61708B" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+<path d="M42 30L32 20L10 42" stroke="#61708B" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+</svg>