diff --git a/unix/image.c b/unix/image.c
index 522d6b66..a79e550f 100644
--- a/unix/image.c
+++ b/unix/image.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void uiImageAppend(uiImage *i, void *pixels, int pixelWidth, int pixelHeight, in
 	cstride = cairo_format_stride_for_width(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, pixelWidth);
 	buf = (unsigned char *) uiAlloc((cstride * pixelHeight * 4) * sizeof (unsigned char), "unsigned char[]");
 	p = buf;
-	for (y = 0; y < pixelWidth * pixelHeight; y += pixelStride) {
+	for (y = 0; y < pixelStride * pixelHeight; y += pixelStride) {
 		memmove(p, src + y, cstride);
 		p += cstride;
 	}
@@ -57,3 +57,64 @@ void uiImageAppend(uiImage *i, void *pixels, int pixelWidth, int pixelHeight, in
 	cairo_surface_flush(cs);
 	g_ptr_array_add(i->images, cs);
 }
+
+struct matcher {
+	cairo_surface_t *best;
+	int distX;
+	int distY;
+	int targetX;
+	int targetY;
+	gboolean foundLarger;
+};
+
+// TODO is this the right algorithm?
+static void match(gpointer surface, gpointer data)
+{
+	cairo_surface_t *cs = (cairo_surface_t *) surface;
+	struct matcher *m = (struct matcher *) data;
+	int x, y;
+	int x2, y2;
+
+	x = cairo_image_surface_get_width(cs);
+	y = cairo_image_surface_get_height(cs);
+	if (m->best == NULL)
+		goto writeMatch;
+
+	if (x < m->targetX && y < m->targetY)
+		if (m->foundLarger)
+			// always prefer larger ones
+			return;
+	if (x >= m->targetX && y >= m->targetY && !m->foundLarger)
+		// we set foundLarger below
+		goto writeMatch;
+
+	x2 = abs(m->targetX - x);
+	y2 = abs(m->targetY - y);
+	if (x2 < m->distX && y2 < m->distY)
+		goto writeMatch;
+
+	// TODO weight one dimension? threshhold?
+	return;
+
+writeMatch:
+	// must set this here too; otherwise the first image will never have ths set
+	if (x >= m->targetX && y >= m->targetY && !m->foundLarger)
+		m->foundLarger = TRUE;
+	m->best = cs;
+	m->distX = abs(m->targetX - x);
+	m->distY = abs(m->targetY - y);
+}
+
+cairo_surface_t *imageAppropriateSurface(uiImage *i, GtkWidget *w)
+{
+	struct matcher m;
+
+	m.best = NULL;
+	m.distX = G_MAXINT;
+	m.distY = G_MAXINT;
+	m.targetX = i->width * gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(w);
+	m.targetY = i->height * gtk_widget_get_scale_factor(w);
+	m.foundLarger = FALSE;
+	g_ptr_array_foreach(i->images, match, &m);
+	return m.best;
+}
diff --git a/unix/table.c b/unix/table.c
index 22deb9bf..e0c61eae 100644
--- a/unix/table.c
+++ b/unix/table.c
@@ -334,6 +334,25 @@ struct uiTable {
 	int backgroundColumn;
 };
 
+// use the same size as GtkFileChooserWidget's treeview
+// TODO refresh when icon theme changes
+// TODO doesn't work when scaled
+// TODO is this even necessary?
+static void setImageSize(GtkCellRenderer *r)
+{
+	gint size;
+	gint width, height;
+	gint xpad, ypad;
+
+	size = 16;		// fallback used by GtkFileChooserWidget
+	if (gtk_icon_size_lookup(GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU, &width, &height) != FALSE)
+		size = MAX(width, height);
+	gtk_cell_renderer_get_padding(r, &xpad, &ypad);
+	gtk_cell_renderer_set_fixed_size(r,
+		2 * xpad + size,
+		2 * ypad + size);
+}
+
 static void dataFunc(GtkTreeViewColumn *c, GtkCellRenderer *r, GtkTreeModel *mm, GtkTreeIter *iter, gpointer data)
 {
 	struct tablePart *part = (struct tablePart *) data;
@@ -352,9 +371,12 @@ static void dataFunc(GtkTreeViewColumn *c, GtkCellRenderer *r, GtkTreeModel *mm,
 			g_object_set(r, "mode", GTK_CELL_RENDERER_MODE_INERT, NULL);
 		break;
 	case partImage:
+//TODO		setImageSize(r);
 		gtk_tree_model_get_value(mm, iter, part->imageColumn, &value);
 		img = (uiImage *) g_value_get_pointer(&value);
-		// TODO
+		g_object_set(r, "surface",
+			imageAppropriateSurface(img, part->tv->treeWidget),
+			NULL);
 		g_object_set(r, "mode", GTK_CELL_RENDERER_MODE_INERT, NULL);
 		break;
 	case partButton:
diff --git a/unix/uipriv_unix.h b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
index 785c5824..d8d639dd 100644
--- a/unix/uipriv_unix.h
+++ b/unix/uipriv_unix.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <dlfcn.h>		// see drawtext.c
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "../ui.h"
 #include "../ui_unix.h"
 #include "../common/uipriv.h"
@@ -50,3 +51,6 @@ extern PangoFont *pangoDescToPangoFont(PangoFontDescription *pdesc);
 
 // graphemes.c
 extern ptrdiff_t *graphemes(const char *text, PangoContext *context);
+
+// image.c
+extern cairo_surface_t *imageAppropriateSurface(uiImage *i, GtkWidget *w);