diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index 06b61f0fa6..49a2bdaadb 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ body { background:#fefefe; font:normal .8em/1.6em "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Ari
 	display: inline-block;
 }
 
+#header .avatardiv img {
+	opacity: 1;
+}
+
 /* INPUTS */
 input[type="text"], input[type="password"], input[type="search"], input[type="number"], input[type="email"], input[type="url"],
 textarea, select,
diff --git a/core/js/avatar.js b/core/js/avatar.js
index 57e6daa093..c54c406876 100644
--- a/core/js/avatar.js
+++ b/core/js/avatar.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $(document).ready(function(){
 	if (OC.currentUser) {
-		$('#header .avatardiv').avatar(OC.currentUser, 32);
+		$('#header .avatardiv').avatar(OC.currentUser, 32, undefined, true);
 		// Personal settings
 		$('#avatar .avatardiv').avatar(OC.currentUser, 128);
 	}
diff --git a/core/js/jquery.avatar.js b/core/js/jquery.avatar.js
index 88a4c25d1e..0006810172 100644
--- a/core/js/jquery.avatar.js
+++ b/core/js/jquery.avatar.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * You may use this on any <div></div>
  * Here I'm using <div class="avatardiv"></div> as an example.
  *
- * There are 4 ways to call this:
+ * There are 5 ways to call this:
  *
  * 1. $('.avatardiv').avatar('jdoe', 128);
  * This will make the div to jdoe's fitting avatar, with a size of 128px.
@@ -34,10 +34,15 @@
  * 4. $('.avatardiv').avatar('jdoe', 128, true);
  * This will behave like the first example, except it will also append random
  * hashes to the custom avatar images, to force image reloading in IE8.
+ *
+ * 5. $('.avatardiv').avatar('jdoe', 128, undefined, true);
+ * This will behave like the first example, but it will hide the avatardiv, if
+ * it will display the default placeholder. undefined is the ie8fix from
+ * example 4 and can be either true, or false/undefined, to be ignored.
  */
 
 (function ($) {
-	$.fn.avatar = function(user, size, ie8fix) {
+	$.fn.avatar = function(user, size, ie8fix, hidedefault) {
 		if (typeof(size) === 'undefined') {
 			if (this.height() > 0) {
 				size = this.height();
@@ -69,12 +74,17 @@
 			var url = OC.Router.generate('core_avatar_get', {user: user, size: size})+'?requesttoken='+oc_requesttoken;
 			$.get(url, function(result) {
 				if (typeof(result) === 'object') {
-					if (result.data && result.data.displayname) {
-						$div.placeholder(user, result.data.displayname);
+					if (!hidedefault) {
+						if (result.data && result.data.displayname) {
+							$div.placeholder(user, result.data.displayname);
+						} else {
+							$div.placeholder(user);
+						}
 					} else {
-						$div.placeholder(user);
+						$div.hide();
 					}
 				} else {
+					$div.show();
 					if (ie8fix === true) {
 						$div.html('<img src="'+url+'#'+Math.floor(Math.random()*1000)+'">');
 					} else {
diff --git a/settings/js/personal.js b/settings/js/personal.js
index a923b47573..3fdc2907c4 100644
--- a/settings/js/personal.js
+++ b/settings/js/personal.js
@@ -45,12 +45,16 @@ function changeDisplayName(){
     }
 }
 
-function updateAvatar () {
+function updateAvatar (hidedefault) {
 	$headerdiv = $('#header .avatardiv');
 	$displaydiv = $('#displayavatar .avatardiv');
 
-	$headerdiv.css({'background-color': ''});
-	$headerdiv.avatar(OC.currentUser, 32, true);
+	if(hidedefault) {
+		$headerdiv.hide();
+	} else {
+		$headerdiv.css({'background-color': ''});
+		$headerdiv.avatar(OC.currentUser, 32, true);
+	}
 	$displaydiv.css({'background-color': ''});
 	$displaydiv.avatar(OC.currentUser, 128, true);
 }
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 			type:	'DELETE',
 			url:	OC.Router.generate('core_avatar_delete'),
 			success: function(msg) {
-				updateAvatar();
+				updateAvatar(true);
 			}
 		});
 	});