diff --git a/art/ic_received_indicator.svg b/art/ic_received_indicator.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 43689c267..000000000
--- a/art/ic_received_indicator.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
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-   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
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-   height="95"
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-   sodipodi:docname="ic_received_indicator.svg">
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-        <dc:title />
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-     fit-margin-left="0"
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diff --git a/art/open_pdf_black.svg b/art/open_pdf_black.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fa22285a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/art/open_pdf_black.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   version="1.1"
+   width="24"
+   height="24"
+   viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+   id="svg4"
+   sodipodi:docname="open_pdf_black.svg"
+   inkscape:version="0.92.4 5da689c313, 2019-01-14">
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata10">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title></dc:title>
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
+  <defs
+     id="defs8" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1"
+     objecttolerance="10"
+     gridtolerance="10"
+     guidetolerance="10"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:window-width="956"
+     inkscape:window-height="1560"
+     id="namedview6"
+     showgrid="false"
+     inkscape:zoom="9.8333333"
+     inkscape:cx="-6.1016949"
+     inkscape:cy="12"
+     inkscape:window-x="4800"
+     inkscape:window-y="18"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="0"
+     inkscape:current-layer="svg4" />
+  <path
+     d="M12,10.5H13V13.5H12V10.5M7,11.5H8V10.5H7V11.5M20,6V18A2,2 0 0,1 18,20H6A2,2 0 0,1 4,18V6A2,2 0 0,1 6,4H18A2,2 0 0,1 20,6M9.5,10.5A1.5,1.5 0 0,0 8,9H5.5V15H7V13H8A1.5,1.5 0 0,0 9.5,11.5V10.5M14.5,10.5A1.5,1.5 0 0,0 13,9H10.5V15H13A1.5,1.5 0 0,0 14.5,13.5V10.5M18.5,9H15.5V15H17V13H18.5V11.5H17V10.5H18.5V9Z"
+     id="path2"
+     style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:0.5411765" />
+</svg>
diff --git a/art/render.rb b/art/render.rb
index 898ddbaa0..a8f8a6243 100755
--- a/art/render.rb
+++ b/art/render.rb
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ images = {
 	'play_gif_white.svg' => ['play_gif_white', 128],
     'play_video_black.svg' => ['play_video_black', 128],
     'play_gif_black.svg' => ['play_gif_black', 128],
+    'open_pdf_black.svg' => ['open_pdf_black', 128],
 	'conversations_mono.svg' => ['conversations/ic_notification', 24],
     'quicksy_mono.svg' => ['quicksy/ic_notification', 24],
-	'ic_received_indicator.svg' => ['ic_received_indicator', 12],
 	'ic_send_text_offline.svg' => ['ic_send_text_offline', 36],
 	'ic_send_text_offline_white.svg' => ['ic_send_text_offline_white', 36],
 	'ic_send_text_online.svg' => ['ic_send_text_online', 36],
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index a7a5b470b..906277cea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ public class FileBackend {
             Dimensions dimensions = scalePdfDimensions(new Dimensions(page.getHeight(), page.getWidth()));
             final Bitmap rendered = Bitmap.createBitmap(dimensions.width, dimensions.height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
             page.render(rendered, null, null, PdfRenderer.Page.RENDER_MODE_FOR_DISPLAY);
+            drawOverlay(rendered, R.drawable.open_pdf_black, 0.75f);
             return rendered;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.d(Config.LOGTAG, "unable to render PDF document preview", e);
diff --git a/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/open_pdf_black.png b/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/open_pdf_black.png
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diff --git a/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/open_pdf_black.png b/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/open_pdf_black.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d7191603
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diff --git a/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/open_pdf_black.png b/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/open_pdf_black.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..755a14e85
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diff --git a/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/open_pdf_black.png b/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/open_pdf_black.png
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index 000000000..952dc0932
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diff --git a/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/open_pdf_black.png b/src/main/res/drawable-xxxhdpi/open_pdf_black.png
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