diff --git a/images/images.qrc b/images/images.qrc
index 224d0091104d..562986a34b4b 100644
--- a/images/images.qrc
+++ b/images/images.qrc
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
         <file>themes/default/mIconDbSchema.png</file>
         <file>themes/default/mIconDelete.png</file>
         <file>themes/default/mIconEditable.png</file>
+        <file>themes/default/mIconEditableEdits.png</file>
         <file>themes/default/mIconExpand.png</file>
         <file>themes/default/mIconFavourites.png</file>
         <file>themes/default/mIconFirst.png</file>
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@
         <file>themes/gis/mActionZoomToSelected.png</file>
         <file>themes/gis/mIconClose.png</file>
         <file>themes/gis/mIconEditable.png</file>
+        <file>themes/gis/mIconEditableEdits.png</file>
         <file>themes/gis/mIconLineLayer.png</file>
         <file>themes/gis/mIconPointLayer.png</file>
         <file>themes/gis/mIconPolygonLayer.png</file>
diff --git a/images/themes/default/mIconEditableEdits.png b/images/themes/default/mIconEditableEdits.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08de7115efc5
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/themes/default/mIconEditableEdits.png differ
diff --git a/images/themes/gis/mIconEditableEdits.png b/images/themes/gis/mIconEditableEdits.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f694f33e6649
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/themes/gis/mIconEditableEdits.png differ
diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
index 77bb1d3d7feb..52f82fd6c7e7 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegendlayer.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,16 @@ void QgsLegendLayer::updateIcon()
   //editable
   if ( theLayer->isEditable() )
   {
-    QPixmap myPixmap = QgsApplication::getThemePixmap( "/mIconEditable.png" );
+    QPixmap myPixmap;
+    QgsVectorLayer* vlayer = qobject_cast<QgsVectorLayer *>( theLayer );
+    if ( vlayer->isModified() )
+    {
+      myPixmap = QgsApplication::getThemePixmap( "/mIconEditableEdits.png" );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      myPixmap = QgsApplication::getThemePixmap( "/mIconEditable.png" );
+    }
     // use editable icon instead of the layer's type icon
     newIcon = myPixmap;
 
@@ -606,6 +615,7 @@ void QgsLegendLayer::updateAfterLayerModification( bool onlyGeomChanged )
 
   if ( onlyGeomChanged )
   {
+    updateIcon();
     return;
   }