diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
index 622693f51bd3..c83c0d9f0480 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ QgsLegend::QgsLegend( QgsMapCanvas *canvas, QWidget * parent, const char *name )
 
   connect( mMapCanvas, SIGNAL( layersChanged() ),
            this, SLOT( refreshCheckStates() ) );
+  connect( mMapCanvas, SIGNAL( extentsChanged() ),
+           this, SLOT( updateLegendItemSymbologies() ) );
 
   // Initialise the line indicator widget.
   mInsertionLine = new QWidget( viewport() );
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ QgsLegend::QgsLegend( QgsMapCanvas *canvas, QWidget * parent, const char *name )
 QgsLegend::~QgsLegend()
 {
   delete mInsertionLine;
+  delete mGetLegendGraphicPopup;
 }
 
 #ifdef QGISDEBUG
@@ -395,6 +398,24 @@ void QgsLegend::mousePressEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
 {
   if ( e->button() == Qt::LeftButton )
   {
+    // show WMS legend in case itemAt( e->pos() ) is a wms legend
+    // if it's not a legend later it return a null pixmap
+    QImage legend = getWmsLegendPixmap( itemAt( e->pos() ) );
+    if ( !legend.isNull() )
+    {
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup = new QFrame();
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box | QFrame::Raised);
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->setLineWidth(2);
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->setAutoFillBackground(true);
+      QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+      QLabel *label = new QLabel(mGetLegendGraphicPopup);
+      label->setPixmap( QPixmap::fromImage(legend) );
+      layout->addWidget(label);
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->setLayout(layout);
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->move(e->globalX(), e->globalY());
+      mGetLegendGraphicPopup->show();
+    }
+
     mMousePressedFlag = true;
     mDropTarget = itemAt( e->pos() );
     if ( !mDropTarget )
@@ -624,6 +645,11 @@ void QgsLegend::updateGroupCheckStates( QTreeWidgetItem *item )
 
 void QgsLegend::mouseReleaseEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
 {
+  if (mGetLegendGraphicPopup) {
+    delete mGetLegendGraphicPopup;
+    mGetLegendGraphicPopup = 0;
+  }
+  
   QStringList layersPriorToEvent = layerIDs();
   QTreeWidget::mouseReleaseEvent( e );
   mMousePressedFlag = false;
@@ -3208,3 +3234,43 @@ void QgsLegend::updateLegendItemSymbologies()
     ll->refreshSymbology( ll->layer()->id() );
   }
 }
+
+QImage QgsLegend::getWmsLegendPixmap( QTreeWidgetItem *item )
+{
+  if ( !item )
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+
+  QTreeWidgetItem *parent = item->parent();
+  if ( !parent ) 
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+
+  QgsLegendItem* li = dynamic_cast<QgsLegendItem *>( parent );
+  if ( !li )
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+
+  if ( li->type() != QgsLegendItem::LEGEND_LAYER )
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+
+  QgsLegendLayer *lyr = qobject_cast<QgsLegendLayer*>( li );
+  QgsRasterLayer *rasterLayer = dynamic_cast<QgsRasterLayer*>( lyr->layer() );
+  if ( !rasterLayer )
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+
+  if ( rasterLayer->providerType() != "wms" )
+  {
+    return QImage();
+  }
+  
+  return rasterLayer->dataProvider()->getLegendGraphic( canvas()->scale() );
+}
+
diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.h b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.h
index 0874bc1b09e8..8cd822316ddd 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.h
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.h
@@ -590,6 +590,16 @@ class QgsLegend : public QTreeWidget
 
     bool verifyDrawingOrder();
 
+    /*!
+     * Check if current LegendItem belogs to a WMS layer 
+     * @param item LegendItem to check if belongs to a WMS layer
+     * @return QImage A valid Legend image if belogs to WMS otherwise QImage()
+     */
+    QImage getWmsLegendPixmap( QTreeWidgetItem *item );
+
+    //! popup QFrame containing WMS getLegendGraphic pixmap
+    QFrame *mGetLegendGraphicPopup;
+
   signals:
     void itemAdded( QModelIndex index );
     void itemMoved( QModelIndex oldIndex, QModelIndex newIndex );
diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
index 5695c95de51a..c93837caf596 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,26 @@ void QgsLegendLayer::rasterLayerSymbology( QgsRasterLayer* layer )
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x40700
   itemList.reserve( rasterItemList.size() );
 #endif
+
+  // GetLegendGraphics in case of WMS service... pixmap can return null if GetLegendGraphics 
+  // is not supported by server
+  QgsDebugMsg( QString( "layer providertype:: %1" ).arg( layer->providerType() ) );
+  if ( layer->providerType() == "wms" )
+  {
+    double currentScale = legend()->canvas()->scale();
+
+    QImage legendGraphic = layer->dataProvider()->getLegendGraphic( currentScale );
+    if ( !legendGraphic.isNull() )
+    {
+      QgsDebugMsg( QString( "downloaded legend with dimension Width:" )+QString::number(legendGraphic.width())+QString(" and Height:")+QString::number(legendGraphic.height()) );
+      
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x40700
+      if ( rasterItemList.size() == 0) itemList.reserve( 1 );
+#endif
+      itemList.append( qMakePair( QString(""), legendGraphic ) );
+    }
+  }
+
   // Paletted raster may have many colors, for example UInt16 may have 65536 colors
   // and it is very slow, so we limit max count
   QSize iconSize = treeWidget()->iconSize();