diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a0336dc337..7b2e0b513b 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@ web.config
 #libraries
 library/jpgraph
 library/FirePHPCore
+
+images/logo.png
diff --git a/core.php b/core.php
index a02be8b71e..216a69c52e 100644
--- a/core.php
+++ b/core.php
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 	require_once( $g_config_path . 'config_inc.php' );
 }
 
+require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'mantishub_config_inc.php' );
 
 /**
  * Define an API inclusion function to replace require_once
diff --git a/images/mantishub_logo.png b/images/mantishub_logo.png
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..77f7daeee9
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/mantishub_logo.png differ
diff --git a/mantishub_config_inc.php b/mantishub_config_inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e5302940a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mantishub_config_inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+# If the instance has a logo.png file specific to the instant, then use it to override MantisHub logo
+$t_instance_logo = dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'images' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'logo.png';
+
+if ( file_exists( $t_instance_logo ) ) {
+	$g_logo_image = 'images/logo.png'; 
+} else {
+	$g_logo_image = 'images/mantishub_logo.png'; 
+}