diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.cpp b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.cpp
index 4066f807fb..20472129df 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.cpp
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.cpp
@@ -143,3 +143,13 @@ image_from_hicon(void* hicon) {
     return QImage();
 #endif
 }
+
+QImage
+image_from_hbitmap(void* hbitmap) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    return QImage::fromHBITMAP((HBITMAP)hbitmap);
+#else
+    (void)hibitmap;
+    return QImage();
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.h b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.h
index 9817d4242a..41a609c8ff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.h
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.h
@@ -163,3 +163,4 @@ QMenu* menu_for_action(const QAction *ac);
 void set_image_allocation_limit(int megabytes);
 int get_image_allocation_limit();
 QImage image_from_hicon(void* hicon);
+QImage image_from_hbitmap(void* hbitmap);
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.sip b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.sip
index 209a038009..ef9a52e6af 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.sip
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/progress_indicator/QProgressIndicator.sip
@@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ QMenu* menu_for_action(const QAction *ac);
 void set_image_allocation_limit(int megabytes);
 int get_image_allocation_limit();
 QImage image_from_hicon(void*);
+QImage image_from_hbitmap(void*);