diff --git a/resources/images/mimetypes/docx.png b/resources/images/mimetypes/docx.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4bf9a16b
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/images/mimetypes/docx.png differ
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 1ddc4743d2..f0f069639a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ class FileIconProvider(QFileIconProvider):
              'djvu'    : 'djvu',
              'xps'     : 'xps',
              'oxps'    : 'xps',
+             'docx'    : 'docx',
              }
 
     def __init__(self):