diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 14a494d6d..53d63fddd 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const config = {
   PINNED_URI_2: process.env.PINNED_URI_2,
   PINNED_LABEL_2: process.env.PINNED_LABEL_2,
   KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS: process.env.KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS ? process.env.KNOWN_APP_DOMAINS.split(',') : [],
+  THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK: process.env.THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK,
 };
 
 config.URL_LOCAL = `http://localhost:${config.WEB_SERVER_PORT}`;
diff --git a/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx b/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
index ad818c19c..e5fd1b18e 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/fileThumbnail/view.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import type { Node } from 'react';
 import { getThumbnailCdnUrl } from 'util/thumbnail';
 import React from 'react';
+import { THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK } from 'config';
 import FreezeframeWrapper from './FreezeframeWrapper';
 import Placeholder from './placeholder.png';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ type Props = {
   claim: ?StreamClaim,
   doResolveUri: string => void,
   className?: string,
+  fallbackThumbnail?: string,
 };
 
 function FileThumbnail(props: Props) {
-  const { claim, uri, doResolveUri, thumbnail: rawThumbnail, children, allowGifs = false, className } = props;
+  const { claim, uri, doResolveUri, thumbnail: rawThumbnail, children, allowGifs = false, className, fallbackThumbnail = THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK } = props;
   const passedThumbnail = rawThumbnail && rawThumbnail.trim().replace(/^http:\/\//i, 'https://');
   const thumbnailFromClaim =
     uri && claim && claim.value && claim.value.thumbnail ? claim.value.thumbnail.url : undefined;
@@ -46,9 +48,11 @@ function FileThumbnail(props: Props) {
   }
   // @endif
 
+  const cleanUrl = url ? url.replace(/'/g, "\\'") : '';
+
   return (
     <div
-      style={{ backgroundImage: `url('${url ? url.replace(/'/g, "\\'") : ''}')` }}
+      style={{ backgroundImage: `url('${cleanUrl}'), url('${fallbackThumbnail}')` }}
       className={classnames('media__thumb', className, {
         'media__thumb--resolving': !hasResolvedClaim,
       })}