diff --git a/VideoCalls/CallParticipantViewCell.m b/VideoCalls/CallParticipantViewCell.m
index b40add7a..c4ffad8c 100644
--- a/VideoCalls/CallParticipantViewCell.m
+++ b/VideoCalls/CallParticipantViewCell.m
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #import "DBImageColorPicker.h"
 #import "CallViewController.h"
 #import "NCAPIController.h"
+#import "NCUtils.h"
 #import "UIImageView+AFNetworking.h"
 #import "UIImageView+Letters.h"
 
@@ -71,21 +72,20 @@ NSString *const kCallParticipantCellNibName = @"CallParticipantViewCell";
         self.backgroundView = _backgroundImageView;
         [_backgroundImageView setImageWithURLRequest:[[NCAPIController sharedInstance] createAvatarRequestForUser:userId andSize:96 usingAccount:[[NCDatabaseManager sharedInstance] activeAccount]]
                                     placeholderImage:nil success:^(NSURLRequest * _Nonnull request, NSHTTPURLResponse * _Nullable response, UIImage * _Nonnull image) {
-                                        if ([response statusCode] == 200) {
-                                            CGFloat inputRadius = 8.0f;
-                                            CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];
-                                            CIImage *inputImage = [[CIImage alloc] initWithImage:image];
-                                            CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIGaussianBlur"];
-                                            [filter setValue:inputImage forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
-                                            [filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:inputRadius] forKey:@"inputRadius"];
-                                            CIImage *result = [filter valueForKey:kCIOutputImageKey];
-                                            CGRect imageRect = [inputImage extent];
-                                            CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(imageRect.origin.x + inputRadius, imageRect.origin.y + inputRadius, imageRect.size.width - inputRadius * 2, imageRect.size.height - inputRadius * 2);
-                                            CGImageRef cgImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:imageRect];
-                                            UIImage *finalImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(cgImage, cropRect)];
-                                            [weakBGView setImage:finalImage];
-                                            weakBGView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
+                                        NSDictionary *headers = [response allHeaderFields];
+                                        id customAvatarHeader = [headers objectForKey:@"X-NC-IsCustomAvatar"];
+                                        BOOL shouldShowBlurBackground = YES;
+                                        if (customAvatarHeader) {
+                                            shouldShowBlurBackground = [customAvatarHeader boolValue];
                                         } else if ([response statusCode] == 201) {
+                                            shouldShowBlurBackground = NO;
+                                        }
+                                        
+                                        if (shouldShowBlurBackground) {
+                                            UIImage *blurImage = [NCUtils blurImageFromImage:image];
+                                            [weakBGView setImage:blurImage];
+                                            weakBGView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
+                                        } else {
                                             DBImageColorPicker *colorPicker = [[DBImageColorPicker alloc] initFromImage:image withBackgroundType:DBImageColorPickerBackgroundTypeDefault];
                                             [weakBGView setBackgroundColor:colorPicker.backgroundColor];
                                             weakBGView.backgroundColor = [weakBGView.backgroundColor colorWithAlphaComponent:0.8];
diff --git a/VideoCalls/CallViewController.m b/VideoCalls/CallViewController.m
index b7aca7c5..89b4bfda 100644
--- a/VideoCalls/CallViewController.m
+++ b/VideoCalls/CallViewController.m
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #import "NCRoomsManager.h"
 #import "NCSettingsController.h"
 #import "NCSignalingMessage.h"
+#import "NCUtils.h"
 #import "UIImageView+AFNetworking.h"
 #import "CallKitManager.h"
 #import "UIView+Toast.h"
@@ -361,21 +362,20 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, CallState) {
         __weak AvatarBackgroundImageView *weakBGView = self.avatarBackgroundImageView;
         [self.avatarBackgroundImageView setImageWithURLRequest:[[NCAPIController sharedInstance] createAvatarRequestForUser:_room.name andSize:96 usingAccount:[[NCDatabaseManager sharedInstance] activeAccount]]
                                               placeholderImage:nil success:^(NSURLRequest * _Nonnull request, NSHTTPURLResponse * _Nullable response, UIImage * _Nonnull image) {
-                                                  if ([response statusCode] == 200) {
-                                                      CGFloat inputRadius = 8.0f;
-                                                      CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];
-                                                      CIImage *inputImage = [[CIImage alloc] initWithImage:image];
-                                                      CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIGaussianBlur"];
-                                                      [filter setValue:inputImage forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
-                                                      [filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:inputRadius] forKey:@"inputRadius"];
-                                                      CIImage *result = [filter valueForKey:kCIOutputImageKey];
-                                                      CGRect imageRect = [inputImage extent];
-                                                      CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(imageRect.origin.x + inputRadius, imageRect.origin.y + inputRadius, imageRect.size.width - inputRadius * 2, imageRect.size.height - inputRadius * 2);
-                                                      CGImageRef cgImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:imageRect];
-                                                      UIImage *finalImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(cgImage, cropRect)];
-                                                      [weakBGView setImage:finalImage];
-                                                      weakBGView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
+                                                  NSDictionary *headers = [response allHeaderFields];
+                                                  id customAvatarHeader = [headers objectForKey:@"X-NC-IsCustomAvatar"];
+                                                  BOOL shouldShowBlurBackground = YES;
+                                                  if (customAvatarHeader) {
+                                                      shouldShowBlurBackground = [customAvatarHeader boolValue];
                                                   } else if ([response statusCode] == 201) {
+                                                      shouldShowBlurBackground = NO;
+                                                  }
+                                                  
+                                                  if (shouldShowBlurBackground) {
+                                                      UIImage *blurImage = [NCUtils blurImageFromImage:image];
+                                                      [weakBGView setImage:blurImage];
+                                                      weakBGView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
+                                                  } else {
                                                       DBImageColorPicker *colorPicker = [[DBImageColorPicker alloc] initFromImage:image withBackgroundType:DBImageColorPickerBackgroundTypeDefault];
                                                       [weakBGView setBackgroundColor:colorPicker.backgroundColor];
                                                       weakBGView.backgroundColor = [weakBGView.backgroundColor colorWithAlphaComponent:0.8];
diff --git a/VideoCalls/NCUtils.h b/VideoCalls/NCUtils.h
index 0aaad957..bdfaedd7 100644
--- a/VideoCalls/NCUtils.h
+++ b/VideoCalls/NCUtils.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 + (NSString *)sha1FromString:(NSString *)string;
 
++ (UIImage *)blurImageFromImage:(UIImage *)image;
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/VideoCalls/NCUtils.m b/VideoCalls/NCUtils.m
index ed723c85..0784c2ad 100644
--- a/VideoCalls/NCUtils.m
+++ b/VideoCalls/NCUtils.m
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 #import "NCUtils.h"
 
-#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>
 #import <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
 
@@ -114,4 +113,19 @@ static NSString *const nextcloudScheme = @"nextcloud:";
     return output;
 }
 
++ (UIImage *)blurImageFromImage:(UIImage *)image
+{
+    CGFloat inputRadius = 8.0f;
+    CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];
+    CIImage *inputImage = [[CIImage alloc] initWithImage:image];
+    CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIGaussianBlur"];
+    [filter setValue:inputImage forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
+    [filter setValue:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:inputRadius] forKey:@"inputRadius"];
+    CIImage *result = [filter valueForKey:kCIOutputImageKey];
+    CGRect imageRect = [inputImage extent];
+    CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(imageRect.origin.x + inputRadius, imageRect.origin.y + inputRadius, imageRect.size.width - inputRadius * 2, imageRect.size.height - inputRadius * 2);
+    CGImageRef cgImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:imageRect];
+    return [UIImage imageWithCGImage:CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(cgImage, cropRect)];
+}
+
 @end