diff --git a/src/patches/MemberListView-OCavatar.patch b/src/patches/MemberListView-OCavatar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fcac6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/MemberListView-OCavatar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/js/3rdparty/webodf/editor/MemberListView.js b/js/3rdparty/webodf/editor/MemberListView.js
+index cbab8ec..a6381aa 100644
+--- a/js/3rdparty/webodf/editor/MemberListView.js
++++ b/js/3rdparty/webodf/editor/MemberListView.js
+@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ define("webodf/editor/MemberListView",
+                             node.src = memberDetails.imageurl;
+                             // update border color
+                             node.style.borderColor = memberDetails.color;
++						} else if (node.localName === "span"){
++							node.style.display='block';
++							$(node).avatar(memberDetails.imageurl, 64);
++							node.style.borderColor = memberDetails.color;
+                         } else if (node.localName === "div") {
+                             node.setAttribute('fullname', memberDetails.fullname);
+                         }
+@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ define("webodf/editor/MemberListView",
+             var doc = memberListDiv.ownerDocument,
+                 htmlns = doc.documentElement.namespaceURI,
+                 avatarDiv = doc.createElementNS(htmlns, "div"),
+-                imageElement = doc.createElement("img"),
++                imageElement = doc.createElement("span"),
+                 fullnameNode = doc.createElement("div");
+ 
+             avatarDiv.className = "memberListButton";
diff --git a/src/updateWebODF.sh b/src/updateWebODF.sh
index 608888bd..8954ee51 100755
--- a/src/updateWebODF.sh
+++ b/src/updateWebODF.sh
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ cp "$WEBODF_BUILDDIR"/programs/editor/editor.css ./css/3rdparty/webodf
 # patches against upstream
 patch -p1 -i src/patches/fontsCssPath.patch
 patch -p1 -i src/patches/hideCaretAvatar.patch
+patch -p1 -i src/patches/MemberListView-OCavatar.patch