diff --git a/html/inc/forum.inc b/html/inc/forum.inc
index 4cbeb88500..5c44ad7f61 100644
--- a/html/inc/forum.inc
+++ b/html/inc/forum.inc
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ define('EMPHASIZE_IMAGE', 'img/emphasized_post.png');
 define('EMPHASIZE_IMAGE_HEIGHT','15');
 define('FILTER_IMAGE', 'img/filtered_post.png');
 define('FILTER_IMAGE_HEIGHT','15');
+define('RATE_POSITIVE_IMAGE', 'img/rate_positive.png');
+define('RATE_POSITIVE_IMAGE_HEIGHT','9');
+define('RATE_NEGATIVE_IMAGE', 'img/rate_negative.png');
+define('RATE_NEGATIVE_IMAGE_HEIGHT','9');
 
 define ('SOLUTION', 'This answered my question');
 define ('SUFFERER', 'I also have this question');
@@ -624,7 +628,7 @@ function show_post($post, $thread, $logged_in_user, $n, $controls=FORUM_CONTROLS
         } else if ($controls == HELPDESK_CONTROLS && !$separate) {
             echo " / Score: ", round(($post->score * $post->votes),0), "</i></font></td>";
         } else {
-            echo " / Rating: ", round(intval(($post->score * $post->votes)+0.01),0), "</i> - rate: <a href=\"forum_rate.php?post=".$post->id."&amp;choice=p\">+</a> / <a href=\"forum_rate.php?post=".$post->id."&amp;choice=n\">-</a></font></td>";
+            echo " / Rating: ", round(intval(($post->score * $post->votes)+0.01),0), "</i> - rate: <a href=\"forum_rate.php?post=".$post->id."&amp;choice=p\"><img src=\"".RATE_POSITIVE_IMAGE."\" alt=\"+\" height=\"".RATE_POSITIVE_IMAGE_HEIGHT."\" border=0></a> / <a href=\"forum_rate.php?post=".$post->id."&amp;choice=n\"><img src=\"".RATE_NEGATIVE_IMAGE."\" alt=\"-\" height=\"".RATE_NEGATIVE_IMAGE_HEIGHT."\" border=0></a></font></td>";
         }
 
         if ($controls == FORUM_CONTROLS) {
diff --git a/html/user/img/rate_negative.png b/html/user/img/rate_negative.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/html/user/img/rate_positive.png b/html/user/img/rate_positive.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b26163907c
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