diff --git a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
index 830911fdfb4..7295abfe7df 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/lib/functions.lib.php
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ function img_picto($titlealt, $picto, $options = '', $pictoisfullpath = false, $
 		$tmparray=array(0=>$titlealt);
 		if (preg_match('/:[^\s]/',$titlealt)) $tmparray=explode(':',$titlealt);		// We explode if we have TextA:TextB. Not if we have TextA: TextB
 		$title=$tmparray[0];
-		$alt=empty($tmparray[1])?'':$tmparray[1];
+		$alt=empty($tmparray[1])?$tmparray[0]:$tmparray[1]; // Use title for alt if no alt is provided
 		return '<img src="'.$fullpathpicto.'" border="0" alt="'.dol_escape_htmltag($alt).'"'.($notitle?'':' title="'.dol_escape_htmltag($title).'"').($options?' '.$options:'').'>';	// Alt is used for accessibility, title for popup
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php b/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
index dd3602ff8f7..88496680eec 100755
--- a/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/FunctionsLibTest.php
@@ -609,11 +609,11 @@ class FunctionsLibTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $s=img_picto('title','/fullpath/img.png','',1);
         print __METHOD__." s=".$s."\n";
-        $this->assertEquals('<img src="/fullpath/img.png" border="0" alt="" title="title">',$s,'testImgPicto3');
+        $this->assertEquals('<img src="/fullpath/img.png" border="0" alt="title" title="title">',$s,'testImgPicto3');
 
         $s=img_picto('title','/fullpath/img.png','',true);
         print __METHOD__." s=".$s."\n";
-        $this->assertEquals('<img src="/fullpath/img.png" border="0" alt="" title="title">',$s,'testImgPicto4');
+        $this->assertEquals('<img src="/fullpath/img.png" border="0" alt="title" title="title">',$s,'testImgPicto4');
 
         $s=img_picto('title:alt','/fullpath/img.png','',true);
         print __METHOD__." s=".$s."\n";