diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
index 4f0b8251b0..244b811cbd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/look_feel.ui
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
+      <attribute name="icon">
+       <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+        <normaloff>:/images/lt.png</normaloff>:/images/lt.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Main Interface</string>
       </attribute>
@@ -180,6 +184,10 @@
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_4">
+      <attribute name="icon">
+       <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+        <normaloff>:/images/book.png</normaloff>:/images/book.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Book Details</string>
       </attribute>
@@ -258,6 +266,10 @@
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
+      <attribute name="icon">
+       <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+        <normaloff>:/images/tags.png</normaloff>:/images/tags.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Tag Browser</string>
       </attribute>
@@ -352,6 +364,10 @@ then the tags will be displayed each on their own line.</string>
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_3">
+      <attribute name="icon">
+       <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+        <normaloff>:/images/cover_flow.png</normaloff>:/images/cover_flow.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Cover Browser</string>
       </attribute>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py
index e760aa018a..c5f9a11d16 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/main.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Category(QWidget): # {{{
         self.bar = QToolBar(self)
         self.bar.setStyleSheet(
                 'QToolBar { border: none; background: none }')
-        self.bar.setIconSize(QSize(48, 48))
+        self.bar.setIconSize(QSize(32, 32))
         self.bar.setMovable(False)
         self.bar.setFloatable(False)
         self.bar.setToolButtonStyle(Qt.ToolButtonTextUnderIcon)