diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Prod/Upload.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Prod/Upload.php
index 8e96e4b69c..4fa1653265 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Prod/Upload.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Prod/Upload.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\Prod;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Border\File;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Border\Attribute\Status;
+use DataURI;
+use DataURI\Exception\Exception as DataUriException;
 use Entities\LazaretSession;
 use Silex\Application;
 use Silex\ControllerProviderInterface;
@@ -243,6 +245,30 @@ class Upload implements ControllerProviderInterface
                 $element = 'record';
                 $message = _('The record was successfully created');
                 $app['phraseanet.SE']->addRecord($elementCreated);
+
+                // try to create thumbnail from data URI
+                if ('' !== $b64Image = $request->request->get('b64_image', '')) {
+                    try {
+                        $dataUri = DataURI\Parser::parse($b64Image);
+
+                        $fileName = sprintf('%s/tmp/%s.png', $app['root.path'], sprintf('base_64_thumb_%s', $id));
+                        file_put_contents($fileName, $dataUri->getData());
+
+                        $media = $app['mediavorus']->guess($fileName);
+                        $elementCreated->substitute_subdef('thumbnail', $media, $app);
+                        $app['phraseanet.logger']($elementCreated->get_databox())->log(
+                            $elementCreated,
+                            \Session_Logger::EVENT_SUBSTITUTE,
+                            'thumbnail',
+                            ''
+                        );
+
+                        unset($media);
+                        $app['filesystem']->remove($fileName);
+                    } catch (DataUriException $e) {
+
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 $params = array('lazaret_file' => $elementCreated);
 
diff --git a/templates/web/prod/upload/upload.html.twig b/templates/web/prod/upload/upload.html.twig
index f9cc5145fc..94c331a368 100644
--- a/templates/web/prod/upload/upload.html.twig
+++ b/templates/web/prod/upload/upload.html.twig
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
                     UploaderManager.Preview.render(file, function(img){
                         context.find('.thumbnail .canva-wrapper').prepend(img);
                         UploaderManager.addAttributeToData(uploadIndex, 'image', img);
+                        UploaderManager.addAttributeToData(uploadIndex, 'b64_image', img.toDataURL("image/png") || '');
                     });
                 }
             });
@@ -390,6 +391,11 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             $("select", UploaderManager.getSettingsBox()).serializeArray()
         );
 
+        data.formData.push({
+            "name": "b64_image",
+            "value": data["b64_image"]
+        });
+
         //remove current context
         data.context.remove();