diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.cpp
index 288789980..8dc09c41e 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include <qicon.h>
 
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 
@@ -39,8 +40,15 @@ ImageRegistry::ImageRegistry()
 }
 
 
+QIcon
+ImageRegistry::icon( const QString& image, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode )
+{
+    return pixmap( image, TomahawkUtils::defaultIconSize(), mode );
+}
+
+
 QPixmap
-ImageRegistry::getFromCache( const QString& image, const QSize& size, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode )
+ImageRegistry::pixmap( const QString& image, const QSize& size, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode )
 {
     QHash< int, QPixmap > subsubcache;
     QHash< int, QHash< int, QPixmap > > subcache;
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.h
index fca971f3d..ae12efdad 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/ImageRegistry.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ public:
 
     explicit ImageRegistry();
 
-    QPixmap getFromCache( const QString& image, const QSize& size, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode = TomahawkUtils::Original );
+    QIcon icon( const QString& image, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode = TomahawkUtils::Original );
+    QPixmap pixmap( const QString& image, const QSize& size, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode = TomahawkUtils::Original );
 
 private:
     void putInCache( const QString& image, const QSize& size, TomahawkUtils::ImageMode mode, const QPixmap& pixmap );