diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index d8129ecfc67..0a2bf63a89e 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 					<?php if ($_['enableAvatars']): ?>
 					<div class="avatardiv<?php if ($_['userAvatarSet']) { print_unescaped(' avatardiv-shown"'); } else { print_unescaped('" style="display: none"'); } ?>>
 						<?php if ($_['userAvatarSet']): ?>
-							<img src="<?php p(link_to('', 'index.php').'/avatar/'.$_['user_uid'].'/32?requesttoken='.$_['requesttoken']); ?>">
+							<img src="<?php p(link_to('', 'index.php').'/avatar/'.$_['user_uid'].'/32?requesttoken='.$_['requesttoken']); ?>"
+								alt="" />
 						<?php endif; ?>
 					</div>
 					<?php endif; ?>