diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/publishing/channel-type-icon.get.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/publishing/channel-type-icon.get.desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcfea9ab2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/publishing/channel-type-icon.get.desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<webscript>
+   <shortname>Get channel type icon</shortname>
+   <description><![CDATA[
+   Create a new publishing channel using the supplied information.
+   <br />
+   <dl>
+   <dt>channelType</dt><dd>mandatory - the channel type for which the icon is required</dd>
+   <dt>iconSize</dt> <dd>mandatory - the size of the icon required. Must be either "16" or "32"</dd>
+   </dl>
+   Streams the requested icon if it can be found, otherwise returns a 404 status code. If either channelType or iconSize
+   are missing then a 400 status code is returned.
+   ]]></description>
+   <description></description>
+   <url>/api/publishing/channel-type/{channelType}/icon/{iconSize}</url>
+   <format default="json"/>
+   <authentication>user</authentication>
+   <transaction>required</transaction>
+   <lifecycle>public_api</lifecycle>
+   <args>
+      <arg>
+         <shortname>channelType</shortname>
+         <description>The identifier of the channel type whose icon is wanted.</description>
+      </arg>
+      <arg>
+         <shortname>iconSize</shortname>
+         <description>The size (in pixels) of the required icon. Must be either "16" or "32".</description>
+      </arg>
+   </args>
+</webscript>
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
index 460a80d191..42b28d68c4 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
@@ -1161,6 +1161,13 @@
         <property name="channelService" ref="channelService" />
     </bean>
 
+    <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.repository.publishing.channel-type-icon.get" 
+            class="org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.publishing.ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript"
+            parent="webscript">
+        <property name="channelService" ref="channelService" />
+        <property name="mimetypeService" ref="mimetypeService" />
+    </bean>
+
     <!--                                   -->
     <!--      Audit Service REST API    -->
     <!--                                   -->
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/publishing/ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/publishing/ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b89e038c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/publishing/ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.publishing;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.publishing.channels.ChannelService;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.publishing.channels.ChannelType;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.MimetypeService;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.AbstractWebScript;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptResponse;
+import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
+
+public class ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript extends AbstractWebScript
+{
+    private final static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ChannelTypeIconGetWebScript.class);
+    private ChannelService channelService;
+    private MimetypeService mimetypeService;
+
+    public void setChannelService(ChannelService channelService)
+    {
+        this.channelService = channelService;
+    }
+
+    public void setMimetypeService(MimetypeService mimetypeService)
+    {
+        this.mimetypeService = mimetypeService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(WebScriptRequest req, WebScriptResponse res) throws IOException
+    {
+        res.setContentType("text/html");
+        res.setContentEncoding("UTF-8");
+        
+        Map<String, String> templateVars = req.getServiceMatch().getTemplateVars();
+        String channelTypeId = templateVars.get("channelType");
+        String iconSize = templateVars.get("iconSize");
+        
+        if (channelTypeId == null || iconSize == null)
+        {
+            res.setStatus(400);  //Bad request
+            return;
+        }
+        ChannelType channelType = channelService.getChannelType(channelTypeId);
+        if (channelType == null)
+        {
+            res.setStatus(404);  // Not found
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        Resource iconFile = null;
+        if (iconSize.equals("16"))
+        {
+            iconFile = channelType.getIcon16();
+        }
+        else if (iconSize.equals("32"))
+        {
+            iconFile = channelType.getIcon32();
+        }
+        if (iconFile == null || !iconFile.exists())
+        {
+            res.setStatus(404);  //Not found
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        res.setHeader("Content-Length", "" + iconFile.contentLength());
+        String mimeType = mimetypeService.getMimetype(channelType.getIconFileExtension());
+        res.setContentType(mimeType);
+        OutputStream out = res.getOutputStream();
+        InputStream in = iconFile.getInputStream();  
+        FileCopyUtils.copy(in, out);
+        in.close();
+    }
+
+}