diff --git a/rtgui/guiutils.cc b/rtgui/guiutils.cc
index f415d770f..52ad2d6d4 100644
--- a/rtgui/guiutils.cc
+++ b/rtgui/guiutils.cc
@@ -1466,13 +1466,28 @@ TextOrIcon::TextOrIcon (const Glib::ustring &fname, const Glib::ustring &labelTx
 }
 
 MyImageMenuItem::MyImageMenuItem(Glib::ustring label, Glib::ustring imageFileName)
+{
+    RTImage* itemImage = nullptr;
+
+    if (!imageFileName.empty()) {
+        itemImage = Gtk::manage(new RTImage(imageFileName));
+    }
+
+    construct(label, itemImage);
+}
+
+MyImageMenuItem::MyImageMenuItem(Glib::ustring label, RTImage* itemImage) {
+    construct(label, itemImage);
+}
+
+void MyImageMenuItem::construct(Glib::ustring label, RTImage* itemImage)
 {
     box = Gtk::manage (new Gtk::Grid());
     this->label = Gtk::manage( new Gtk::Label(label));
     box->set_orientation(Gtk::ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL);
 
-    if (!imageFileName.empty()) {
-        image = Gtk::manage( new RTImage(imageFileName) );
+    if (itemImage) {
+        image = itemImage;
         box->attach_next_to(*image, Gtk::POS_LEFT, 1, 1);
     } else {
         image = nullptr;
diff --git a/rtgui/guiutils.h b/rtgui/guiutils.h
index d90d45370..2077d505d 100644
--- a/rtgui/guiutils.h
+++ b/rtgui/guiutils.h
@@ -489,8 +489,11 @@ private:
     RTImage *image;
     Gtk::Label *label;
 
+    void construct(Glib::ustring label, RTImage* image);
+
 public:
     MyImageMenuItem (Glib::ustring label, Glib::ustring imageFileName);
+    MyImageMenuItem (Glib::ustring label, RTImage* image);
     const RTImage *getImage () const;
     const Gtk::Label* getLabel () const;
 };