diff --git a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/display-item.jsp b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/display-item.jsp
index 16493612df..50a4fc561b 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/display-item.jsp
+++ b/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/display-item.jsp
@@ -221,9 +221,14 @@
 <%
     if (ConfigurationManager.getProperty("sfx.server.url") != null)
     {
+        String sfximage = ConfigurationManager.getProperty("sfx.server.image_url");
+        if (sfximage == null)
+        {
+            sfximage = request.getContextPath() + "/image/sfx-link.gif";
+        }
 %>
     <p align="center">
-        <a href="<dspace:sfxlink item="<%= item %>"/>" /><img src="<%= request.getContextPath() %>/image/sfx-link.gif" border="0" alt="SFX Query" /></a>
+        <a href="<dspace:sfxlink item="<%= item %>"/>" /><img src="<%= sfximage %>" border="0" alt="SFX Query" /></a>
     </p>
 <%
     }
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/artifactbrowser/ItemViewer.java b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/artifactbrowser/ItemViewer.java
index 57d57f8cec..eaa44f957c 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/artifactbrowser/ItemViewer.java
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/artifactbrowser/ItemViewer.java
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ public class ItemViewer extends AbstractDSpaceTransformer implements CacheablePr
             sfxserverUrl = sfxserverUrl.trim() +"&" + sfxQuery.trim();
             pageMeta.addMetadata("sfx","server").addContent(sfxserverUrl);
         }
+        
+        String sfxserverImg = ConfigurationManager.getProperty("sfx.server.image_url");
+        if (sfxserverImg != null && sfxserverImg.length() > 0)
+        {
+            pageMeta.addMetadata("sfx","image_url").addContent(sfxserverImg);
+        }
 
         boolean googleEnabled = ConfigurationManager.getBooleanProperty(
             "google-metadata.enable", false);
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/Mirage/lib/xsl/aspect/artifactbrowser/item-view.xsl b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/Mirage/lib/xsl/aspect/artifactbrowser/item-view.xsl
index c1d5e4f206..5da08e2c04 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/Mirage/lib/xsl/aspect/artifactbrowser/item-view.xsl
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/Mirage/lib/xsl/aspect/artifactbrowser/item-view.xsl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         <xsl:apply-templates select="./mets:dmdSec/mets:mdWrap[@OTHERMDTYPE='DIM']/mets:xmlData/dim:dim"
         mode="itemSummaryView-DIM"/>
 
+        <xsl:copy-of select="$SFXLink" />
         <!-- Generate the bitstream information from the file section -->
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="./mets:fileSec/mets:fileGrp[@USE='CONTENT' or @USE='ORIGINAL']">
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@
             </xsl:attribute>
             &#xFEFF; <!-- non-breaking space to force separating the end tag -->
         </span>
+        <xsl:copy-of select="$SFXLink" />
     </xsl:template>
 
     <xsl:template match="dim:field" mode="itemDetailView-DIM">
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml-alt/core/page-structure.xsl b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml-alt/core/page-structure.xsl
index 0d528c4a16..2d3160adc5 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml-alt/core/page-structure.xsl
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml-alt/core/page-structure.xsl
@@ -547,4 +547,34 @@
     <xsl:template match="dri:objectMeta" />
     <xsl:template match="dri:repositoryMeta" />
     -->
+
+    <!--
+        This variable contains a link to SFX or a SFX button (link with an image).
+        Relies on sfx.server.url and sfx.server.image_url in the config file, which are transferred in dri:pageMeta.
+    -->
+    <xsl:variable name="SFXLink">
+        <xsl:if test="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']">
+            <a>
+                <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                    <xsl:value-of select="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']"/>
+                </xsl:attribute>
+                <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='image_url']">
+                        <img>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="src">
+                                <xsl:value-of select="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='image_url']"/>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="alt">
+                                <xsl:text>Find Full text</xsl:text>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
+                        </img>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:otherwise>
+                        <xsl:text>Find Full text</xsl:text>
+                    </xsl:otherwise>
+                </xsl:choose>
+            </a>
+        </xsl:if>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    
 </xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml/structural.xsl b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml/structural.xsl
index 616f5a1c7b..3c1a854012 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml/structural.xsl
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml/structural.xsl
@@ -568,17 +568,39 @@
             </xsl:choose>
 
 
-              	<xsl:if test="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']">
-	 			<a>
-                   <xsl:attribute name="href">
-                    	<xsl:value-of select="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']"/>
-                    </xsl:attribute>
-                    <xsl:text>Find Full text</xsl:text>
-                </a>
-			</xsl:if>
+            <xsl:copy-of select="$SFXLink"/>
         </div>
     </xsl:template>
 
+    <!--
+        This variable contains a link to SFX or a SFX button (link with an image).
+        Relies on sfx.server.url and sfx.server.image_url in the config file, which are transferred in dri:pageMeta.
+    -->
+    <xsl:variable name="SFXLink">
+        <xsl:if test="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']">
+            <a>
+                <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                    <xsl:value-of select="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='server']"/>
+                </xsl:attribute>
+                <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='image_url']">
+                        <img>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="src">
+                                <xsl:value-of select="/dri:document/dri:meta/dri:pageMeta/dri:metadata[@element='sfx'][@qualifier='image_url']"/>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="alt">
+                                <xsl:text>Find Full text</xsl:text>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
+                        </img>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:otherwise>
+                        <xsl:text>Find Full text</xsl:text>
+                    </xsl:otherwise>
+                </xsl:choose>
+            </a>
+        </xsl:if>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    
     <!--
         The template to handle dri:options. Since it contains only dri:list tags (which carry the actual
         information), the only things than need to be done is creating the ds-options div and applying
diff --git a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
index 50d826bcd1..1b9fbe642d 100644
--- a/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
@@ -1528,6 +1528,10 @@ itemmap.author.index = author
 # omitted, SFX support is switched off.
 # sfx.server.url = http://sfx.myu.edu:8888/sfx?
 
+# This image will be displayed in the SFX link. If commented out, the SFX link will be only a text link.
+# This customization usually contains an institution-branded SFX button.
+# sfx.server.image_url = http://sfx.my.edu:8888/sfx.gif
+
 
 #### Item Recommendation Settings #####