diff --git a/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png b/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a239d0..0000000
--- a/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png b/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49522a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res-common/drawable-hdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png b/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 871212b..0000000
--- a/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png b/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfc57ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res-common/drawable-mdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png b/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a73a2e..0000000
--- a/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png b/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b506a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res-common/drawable-xhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png b/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 5665631..0000000
--- a/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_list_item_avatar.png
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png b/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..026b808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res-common/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_person_white_64dp.png
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diff --git a/res-common/drawable/ic_tile_letter_avatar_white.xml b/res-common/drawable/ic_tile_letter_avatar_white.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b0cde2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res-common/drawable/ic_tile_letter_avatar_white.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<!-- The avatar bitmap doesn't have a large enough border to look good inside the letter
+     tile drawable. <scale> reduces size of image bitmap in order to increase the perceived border
+     size. -->
+<scale xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:scaleGravity="center"
+    android:scaleHeight="@dimen/tile_letter_avatar_scale"
+    android:scaleWidth="@dimen/tile_letter_avatar_scale" >
+
+    <!-- Need to nest this inside <scale> as a separate item so that we can set the
+        "filter" value -->
+    <bitmap android:src="@drawable/ic_person_white_64dp"
+        android:filter="true"
+        android:dither="true"
+        android:tint="@color/actionbar_icon_color" />
+
+</scale>
+
diff --git a/res-common/values/dimens.xml b/res-common/values/dimens.xml
index 6624714..dbc9287 100644
--- a/res-common/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/res-common/values/dimens.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     <dimen name="tile_letter_font_size">40dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="tile_letter_font_size_small">20dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="tile_divider_width">1dp</dimen>
+    <item name="tile_letter_avatar_scale" type="dimen">14%</item>
     <item name="letter_to_tile_ratio" type="dimen">67%</item>
 
     <!-- Height of the floating action button -->