diff --git a/imagelist_unix.go b/imagelist_unix.go
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+// +build !windows,!darwin
+
+// 16 august 2014
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include "gtk_unix.h"
+import "C"
+
+type imagelist struct {
+	list []*C.GdkPixbuf
+}
+
+func newImageList() ImageList {
+	return new(imagelist)
+}
+
+// this is what GtkFileChooserWidget uses
+// technically it uses max(width from that, height from that) if the call below fails and 16x16 otherwise, but we won't worry about that here (yet?)
+const scaleTo = C.GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU
+
+func (i *imagelist) Append(img *image.RGBA) {
+	var width, height C.gint
+
+	surface := C.cairo_image_surface_create(C.CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32,
+		C.int(img.Rect.Dx()),
+		C.int(img.Rect.Dy()))
+	if status := C.cairo_surface_status(surface); status != C.CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("cairo_create_image_surface() failed in ImageList.Append(): %s\n",
+			C.GoString(C.cairo_status_to_string(status))))
+	}
+	C.cairo_surface_flush(surface)
+	toARGB(img, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(C.cairo_image_surface_get_data(surface))),
+		int(C.cairo_image_surface_get_stride(surface)), false) // not NRGBA
+	C.cairo_surface_mark_dirty(surface)
+	basepixbuf := C.gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface(surface, 0, 0, C.gint(img.Rect.Dx()), C.gint(img.Rect.Dy()))
+	if basepixbuf == nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("gdk_pixbuf_get_from_surface() failed in ImageList.Append() (no reason available)"))
+	}
+
+	if C.gtk_icon_size_lookup(scaleTo, &width, &height) == C.FALSE {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("gtk_icon_size_lookup() failed in ImageList.Append() (no reason available)"))
+	}
+	if int(width) == img.Rect.Dx() && int(height) == img.Rect.Dy() {
+		// just add the base pixbuf; we're good
+		i.list = append(i.list, basepixbuf)
+		C.cairo_surface_destroy(surface)
+		return
+	}
+	// else scale
+	pixbuf := C.gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple(basepixbuf, C.int(width), C.int(height), C.GDK_INTERP_NEAREST)
+	if pixbuf == nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("gdk_pixbuf_scale_simple() failed in ImageList.Append() (no reason available)"))
+	}
+
+	i.list = append(i.list, pixbuf)
+	C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(basepixbuf)))
+	C.cairo_surface_destroy(surface)
+}
+
+func (i *imagelist) Len() ImageIndex {
+	return ImageIndex(len(i.list))
+}
+
+type imageListApply interface {
+	apply(*[]*C.GdkPixbuf)
+}
+
+func (i *imagelist) apply(out *[]*C.GdkPixbuf) {
+	*out = make([]*C.GdkPixbuf, len(i.list))
+	copy(*out, i.list)
+}