diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale.py b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale.py
index 37b5eaa4e8e..7c4740be19a 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale.py
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 import pdb
+import io
+import addons
 
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -1133,6 +1135,8 @@ class pos_order_line(osv.osv):
 pos_order_line()
 
 class pos_category(osv.osv):
+    PHOTO_SIZE_HEIGHT = 540
+    PHOTO_SIZE_WIDTH = 450
     _name = 'pos.category'
     _description = "Point of Sale Category"
     _order = "sequence, name"
@@ -1150,6 +1154,38 @@ class pos_category(osv.osv):
         (_check_recursion, 'Error ! You cannot create recursive categories.', ['parent_id'])
     ]
 
+    def onchange_photo(self, cr, uid, ids, value, context=None):
+        if not value:
+            return {'value': {'photo_big': value, 'photo': value} }
+        return {
+            'value': {
+                'photo_big': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value, self.PHOTO_SIZE_HEIGHT, self.PHOTO_SIZE_WIDTH, context=context), 
+                'photo': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value, context=context)
+            } 
+        }
+    
+    def _set_photo(self, cr, uid, id, name, value, args, context=None):
+        if not value:
+            vals = {'photo_big': value}
+        else:
+            vals = {'photo_big': self._photo_resize(cr, uid, value, self.PHOTO_SIZE_HEIGHT, self.PHOTO_SIZE_WIDTH, context=context)}
+        return self.write(cr, uid, [id], vals, context=context)
+    
+    def _photo_resize(self, cr, uid, photo, heigth=180, width=150, context=None):
+        image_stream = io.BytesIO(photo.decode('base64'))
+        img = Image.open(image_stream)
+        img.thumbnail((heigth, width), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+        img_stream = StringIO.StringIO()
+        img.save(img_stream, "JPEG")
+        return img_stream.getvalue().encode('base64')
+    
+    def _get_photo(self, cr, uid, ids, name, args, context=None):
+        result = dict.fromkeys(ids, False)
+        for category in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            if category.photo_big:
+                result[category.id] = self._photo_resize(cr, uid, category.photo_big, context=context)
+        return result
+
     def name_get(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         if not len(ids):
             return []
@@ -1172,7 +1208,22 @@ class pos_category(osv.osv):
         'parent_id': fields.many2one('pos.category','Parent Category', select=True),
         'child_id': fields.one2many('pos.category', 'parent_id', string='Children Categories'),
         'sequence': fields.integer('Sequence', help="Gives the sequence order when displaying a list of product categories."),
+        'photo_big': fields.binary('Big-sized employee photo', help="This field holds the photo of the employee. The photo field is used as an interface to access this field. The image is base64 encoded, and PIL-supported. Full-sized photo are however resized to 540x450 px."),
+        'photo': fields.function(_get_photo, fnct_inv=_set_photo, string='Employee photo', type="binary",
+            store = {
+                'hr.employee': (lambda self, cr, uid, ids, c={}: ids, ['photo_big'], 10),
+            }, help="Image used as photo for the employee. It is automatically resized as a 180x150 px image. A larger photo is stored inside the photo_big field."),
     }
+
+    def _default_photo(self, cr, uid, context=None):
+        photo_path = addons.get_module_resource('point_of_sale','images','default_category_photo.png')
+        return self._photo_resize(cr, uid, open(photo_path, 'rb').read().encode('base64'), context=context)
+
+
+    _defaults = {
+        'photo' : _default_photo,
+    }
+
 pos_category()
 
 import io, StringIO
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
index a320c547353..527635f2452 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
@@ -648,6 +648,9 @@
                         <field name="parent_id"/>
                         <field name="sequence"/>
                     </group>
+                    <group colspan="2" col="1">
+                      <field name="photo" widget='image' nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_photo(photo)"/>
+                    </group>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>