diff --git a/src/qcam/assets/feathericons/feathericons.qrc b/src/qcam/assets/feathericons/feathericons.qrc
index 6ca3a846803c..c4eb7a0be688 100644
--- a/src/qcam/assets/feathericons/feathericons.qrc
+++ b/src/qcam/assets/feathericons/feathericons.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
 <qresource>
+<file>./camera-off.svg</file>
 <file>./play-circle.svg</file>
 <file>./save.svg</file>
 <file>./stop-circle.svg</file>
diff --git a/src/qcam/viewfinder.cpp b/src/qcam/viewfinder.cpp
index 3f984efbf434..45e226b58135 100644
--- a/src/qcam/viewfinder.cpp
+++ b/src/qcam/viewfinder.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ViewFinder::ViewFinder(QWidget *parent)
 	: QWidget(parent), buffer_(nullptr)
 {
+	icon_ = QIcon(":camera-off.svg");
 }
 
 ViewFinder::~ViewFinder()
@@ -114,7 +115,36 @@ QImage ViewFinder::getCurrentImage()
 void ViewFinder::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
 {
 	QPainter painter(this);
-	painter.drawImage(rect(), image_, image_.rect());
+
+	/* If we have an image, draw it. */
+	if (!image_.isNull()) {
+		painter.drawImage(rect(), image_, image_.rect());
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise, draw the camera stopped icon. Render it to the pixmap if
+	 * the size has changed.
+	 */
+	constexpr int margin = 20;
+
+	if (vfSize_ != size() || pixmap_.isNull()) {
+		QSize vfSize = size() - QSize{ 2 * margin, 2 * margin };
+		QSize pixmapSize{ 1, 1 };
+		pixmapSize.scale(vfSize, Qt::KeepAspectRatio);
+		pixmap_ = icon_.pixmap(pixmapSize);
+
+		vfSize_ = size();
+	}
+
+	QPoint point{ margin, margin };
+	if (pixmap_.width() < width() - 2 * margin)
+		point.setX((width() - pixmap_.width()) / 2);
+	else
+		point.setY((height() - pixmap_.height()) / 2);
+
+	painter.setBackgroundMode(Qt::OpaqueMode);
+	painter.drawPixmap(point, pixmap_);
 }
 
 QSize ViewFinder::sizeHint() const
diff --git a/src/qcam/viewfinder.h b/src/qcam/viewfinder.h
index 4d0622a8e4ea..1a27f99ea202 100644
--- a/src/qcam/viewfinder.h
+++ b/src/qcam/viewfinder.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QSize>
@@ -53,6 +54,12 @@ private:
 	libcamera::PixelFormat format_;
 	QSize size_;
 
+	/* Camera stopped icon */
+	QSize vfSize_;
+	QIcon icon_;
+	QPixmap pixmap_;
+
+	/* Buffer and render image */
 	libcamera::FrameBuffer *buffer_;
 	QImage image_;
 	QMutex mutex_; /* Prevent concurrent access to image_ */