diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ff9ebcf7..50d6b9de3 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ list(APPEND LIBS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OUTPUT/desktop/lib64/libbelcard.so")
 
 set(SOURCES
   src/app/App.cpp
+  src/app/AvatarProvider.cpp
   src/app/Database.cpp
   src/app/DefaultTranslator.cpp
   src/app/Logger.cpp
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ set(SOURCES
 
 set(HEADERS
   src/app/App.hpp
+  src/app/AvatarProvider.hpp
   src/app/Database.hpp
   src/app/DefaultTranslator.hpp
   src/app/Logger.hpp
diff --git a/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.cpp b/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a083e7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include "Database.hpp"
+#include "../utils.hpp"
+
+#include "AvatarProvider.hpp"
+
+// ===================================================================
+
+AvatarProvider::AvatarProvider () :
+  QQuickImageProvider(
+    QQmlImageProviderBase::Image,
+    QQmlImageProviderBase::ForceAsynchronousImageLoading
+  ) {
+  m_avatars_path = Utils::linphoneStringToQString(Database::getAvatarsPath());
+}
+
+QImage AvatarProvider::requestImage (
+  const QString &id,
+  QSize *size,
+  const QSize &requested_size
+) {
+  // TODO: use a shared image from contact.
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.hpp b/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c27840363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/app/AvatarProvider.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef AVATAR_PROVIDER_H_
+#define AVATAR_PROVIDER_H_
+
+#include <QQuickImageProvider>
+
+// ===================================================================
+
+class AvatarProvider : public QQuickImageProvider {
+public:
+  AvatarProvider ();
+  ~AvatarProvider () = default;
+
+  QImage requestImage (
+    const QString &id,
+    QSize *size,
+    const QSize &requested_size
+  ) override;
+
+private:
+  QString m_avatars_path;
+};
+
+#endif // AVATAR_PROVIDER_H_