diff --git a/data/art/icons.png b/data/art/icons.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..141d9f79f
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/art/icons.png differ
diff --git a/library/LuaApi.cpp b/library/LuaApi.cpp
index 90815708d..9f3d590dd 100644
--- a/library/LuaApi.cpp
+++ b/library/LuaApi.cpp
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@ static const LuaWrapper::FunctionReg dfhack_textures_module[] = {
     WRAPM(Textures, getDfhackLogoTexposStart),
     WRAPM(Textures, getGreenPinTexposStart),
     WRAPM(Textures, getRedPinTexposStart),
+    WRAPM(Textures, getIconsTexposStart),
     { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/library/include/modules/Textures.h b/library/include/modules/Textures.h
index e088ce477..e3e5a8ec0 100644
--- a/library/include/modules/Textures.h
+++ b/library/include/modules/Textures.h
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ void cleanup();
 DFHACK_EXPORT long getDfhackLogoTexposStart();
 
 /**
- * Get the texpos for the UI pin tiles. Each are 2x2 grids.
+ * Get the first texpos for the UI pin tiles. Each are 2x2 grids.
  */
 DFHACK_EXPORT long getGreenPinTexposStart();
 DFHACK_EXPORT long getRedPinTexposStart();
+
+/**
+ * Get the first texpos for the DFHack icons. It's a 5x2 grid.
+ */
+DFHACK_EXPORT long getIconsTexposStart();
+
 }
 }
diff --git a/library/lua/gui/widgets.lua b/library/lua/gui/widgets.lua
index 9293e737c..62f4d2beb 100644
--- a/library/lua/gui/widgets.lua
+++ b/library/lua/gui/widgets.lua
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ function List:onRenderBody(dc)
 
     local function paint_icon(icon, obj)
         if type(icon) ~= 'string' then
-            dc:char(nil,icon)
+            dc:tile(nil,icon)
         else
             if current then
                 dc:string(icon, obj.icon_pen or self.icon_pen or cur_pen)
diff --git a/library/modules/Textures.cpp b/library/modules/Textures.cpp
index 3ae8658c8..78ed53d97 100644
--- a/library/modules/Textures.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Textures.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long g_num_dfhack_textures = 0;
 static long g_dfhack_logo_texpos_start = -1;
 static long g_green_pin_texpos_start = -1;
 static long g_red_pin_texpos_start = -1;
+static long g_icons_texpos_start = -1;
 
 // Converts an arbitrary Surface to something like the display format
 // (32-bit RGBA), and converts magenta to transparency if convert_magenta is set
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ void Textures::init(color_ostream &out) {
                                           &g_green_pin_texpos_start);
     g_num_dfhack_textures += load_textures(out, "hack/data/art/red-pin.png",
                                           &g_red_pin_texpos_start);
+    g_num_dfhack_textures += load_textures(out, "hack/data/art/icons.png",
+                                          &g_icons_texpos_start);
 
     DEBUG(textures,out).print("loaded %ld textures\n", g_num_dfhack_textures);
 
@@ -160,3 +163,7 @@ long Textures::getGreenPinTexposStart() {
 long Textures::getRedPinTexposStart() {
     return g_red_pin_texpos_start;
 }
+
+long Textures::getIconsTexposStart() {
+    return g_icons_texpos_start;
+}