diff --git a/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp b/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
index a422ff9a71..2e33b9adf8 100644
--- a/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/overviewpage.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ OverviewPage::OverviewPage(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
+    // use a SingleColorIcon for the "out of sync warning" icon
+    QIcon icon = SingleColorIcon(":/icons/warning");
+    icon.addPixmap(icon.pixmap(QSize(64,64), QIcon::Normal), QIcon::Disabled); // also set the disabled icon because we are using a disabled QPushButton to work around missing HiDPI support of QLabel (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-42503)
+    ui->labelTransactionsStatus->setIcon(icon);
+    ui->labelWalletStatus->setIcon(icon);
+
     // Recent transactions
     ui->listTransactions->setItemDelegate(txdelegate);
     ui->listTransactions->setIconSize(QSize(DECORATION_SIZE, DECORATION_SIZE));