diff --git a/kitty/data-types.h b/kitty/data-types.h
index e6bcda186..42287b00e 100644
--- a/kitty/data-types.h
+++ b/kitty/data-types.h
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ typedef enum MouseTrackingProtocols { NORMAL_PROTOCOL, UTF8_PROTOCOL, SGR_PROTOC
 typedef enum MouseShapes { BEAM, HAND, ARROW } MouseShape;
 typedef enum { NONE, MENUBAR, WINDOW, ALL } WindowTitleIn;
 typedef enum { TILING, SCALED, MIRRORED, CLAMPED } BackgroundImageLayout;
-typedef struct {
-    float x, y;
-} BackgroundImageAnchor;
+typedef struct ImageAnchorPosition {
+    float canvas_x, canvas_y, image_x, image_y;
+} ImageAnchorPosition;
 
 #define MAX_CHILDREN 512
 #define BLANK_CHAR 0
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 84b545d5a..df0187067 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ make_os_window_context_current(OSWindow *w) {
     GLFWwindow *current_context = glfwGetCurrentContext();
     if (w->handle != current_context) {
         glfwMakeContextCurrent(w->handle);
+        global_state.current_opengl_context_id = w->id;
     }
 }
 
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@ create_os_window(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
     w->cursor_blink_zero_time = now;
     w->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
     w->is_semi_transparent = is_semi_transparent;
+    global_state.current_opengl_context_id = w->id;
     if (want_semi_transparent && !w->is_semi_transparent) {
         static bool warned = false;
         if (!warned) {
diff --git a/kitty/options/to-c.h b/kitty/options/to-c.h
index 1208df6bc..d568a1b32 100644
--- a/kitty/options/to-c.h
+++ b/kitty/options/to-c.h
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ bglayout(PyObject *layout_name) {
     return TILING;
 }
 
-static BackgroundImageAnchor
+static ImageAnchorPosition
 bganchor(PyObject *anchor_name) {
     const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(anchor_name);
-    BackgroundImageAnchor anchor = { .x = 0.5f, .y = 0.5f };
+    ImageAnchorPosition anchor = {0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f};
     if (strstr(name, "top") != NULL) {
-        anchor.y = 0.0f;
+        anchor.canvas_y = 0.f; anchor.image_y = 0.f;
     } else if (strstr(name, "bottom") != NULL) {
-        anchor.y = 1.0f;
+        anchor.canvas_y = 1.f; anchor.image_y = 1.f;
     }
     if (strstr(name, "left") != NULL) {
-        anchor.x = 0.0f;
+        anchor.canvas_x = 0.f; anchor.image_x = 0.f;
     } else if (strstr(name, "right") != NULL) {
-        anchor.x = 1.0f;
+        anchor.canvas_x = 1.f; anchor.image_x = 1.f;
     }
     return anchor;
 }
diff --git a/kitty/shaders.c b/kitty/shaders.c
index b417eb5aa..ff7e3c0a1 100644
--- a/kitty/shaders.c
+++ b/kitty/shaders.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "gl.h"
 #include "colors.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include "window_logo.h"
 
 #define BLEND_ONTO_OPAQUE  glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);  // blending onto opaque colors
 #define BLEND_PREMULT glBlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);  // blending of pre-multiplied colors
@@ -578,6 +579,19 @@ render_window_title(OSWindow *os_window, Screen *screen UNUSED, GLfloat xstart,
     return 2.f * (GLfloat)bar_height / (GLfloat)os_window->viewport_height;
 }
 
+static void
+draw_window_logo(int program, OSWindow *os_window, const WindowLogoRenderData *wl, GLfloat window_left_gl, GLfloat window_top_gl, GLfloat window_width_gl, GLfloat window_height_gl) {
+    GLfloat logo_width_gl = 2.f * ((float)wl->instance->width) / os_window->viewport_width;
+    GLfloat logo_height_gl = 2.f * ((float)wl->instance->height) / os_window->viewport_height;
+    GLfloat logo_left_gl = window_left_gl + window_width_gl * wl->position.canvas_x - logo_width_gl * wl->position.image_x;
+    GLfloat logo_top_gl = window_top_gl - window_height_gl * wl->position.canvas_y + logo_height_gl * wl->position.image_y;
+    static ImageRenderData ird = {.group_count=1};
+    ird.texture_id = wl->instance->texture_id;
+    gpu_data_for_image(&ird, logo_left_gl, logo_top_gl, logo_left_gl + logo_width_gl, logo_top_gl - logo_height_gl);
+    send_graphics_data_to_gpu(1, os_window->gvao_idx, &ird);
+    draw_graphics(program, 0, os_window->gvao_idx, &ird, 0, 1);
+}
+
 static void
 draw_window_number(OSWindow *os_window, Screen *screen, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloat width, GLfloat height, Window *window, GLfloat dx, GLfloat dy) {
     GLfloat left = os_window->viewport_width * (xstart + 1.f) / 2.f;
@@ -652,7 +666,7 @@ draw_visual_bell_flash(GLfloat intensity, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloa
 }
 
 static void
-draw_cells_interleaved(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWindow *w, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloat width, GLfloat height) {
+draw_cells_interleaved(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWindow *w, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloat width, GLfloat height, const WindowLogoRenderData *wl) {
     glEnable(GL_BLEND);
     BLEND_ONTO_OPAQUE;
 
@@ -667,10 +681,11 @@ draw_cells_interleaved(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWind
         BLEND_ONTO_OPAQUE;
     }
 
-    if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_bgimage(w)) {
+    if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_bgimage(w) || wl) {
+        if (wl) draw_window_logo(GRAPHICS_PROGRAM, w, wl, xstart, ystart, width, height);
+        bind_program(CELL_BG_PROGRAM);
         if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs) draw_graphics(
                 GRAPHICS_PROGRAM, vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen->grman->render_data, 0, screen->grman->num_of_below_refs);
-        bind_program(CELL_BG_PROGRAM);
         // draw background for non-default bg cells
         glUniform1ui(cell_program_layouts[CELL_BG_PROGRAM].draw_bg_bitfield_location, 2);
         glDrawArraysInstanced(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, 4, screen->lines * screen->columns);
@@ -692,7 +707,7 @@ draw_cells_interleaved(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWind
 }
 
 static void
-draw_cells_interleaved_premult(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWindow *os_window, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloat width, GLfloat height) {
+draw_cells_interleaved_premult(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen, OSWindow *os_window, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GLfloat width, GLfloat height, const WindowLogoRenderData *wl) {
     if (OPT(background_tint) > 0.f) {
         glEnable(GL_BLEND);
         BLEND_PREMULT;
@@ -722,7 +737,8 @@ draw_cells_interleaved_premult(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, Screen *screen
     glEnable(GL_BLEND);
     BLEND_PREMULT;
 
-    if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_bgimage(os_window)) {
+    if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_bgimage(os_window) || wl) {
+        if (wl) draw_window_logo(GRAPHICS_PREMULT_PROGRAM, os_window, wl, xstart, ystart, width, height);
         if (screen->grman->num_of_below_refs) draw_graphics(
             GRAPHICS_PREMULT_PROGRAM, vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen->grman->render_data, 0, screen->grman->num_of_below_refs);
         bind_program(CELL_BG_PROGRAM);
@@ -841,13 +857,19 @@ draw_cells(ssize_t vao_idx, ssize_t gvao_idx, GLfloat xstart, GLfloat ystart, GL
         (GLsizei)roundf(SCALE(height, h / 2.f)) // height
     );
 #undef SCALE
+    bool has_underlying_image = has_bgimage(os_window);
+    WindowLogoRenderData *wl = &window->window_logo;
+    if (wl->instance && wl->instance->load_from_disk_ok) {
+        has_underlying_image = true;
+        set_on_gpu_state(window->window_logo.instance, true);
+    } else wl = NULL;
     if (os_window->is_semi_transparent) {
-        if (screen->grman->count || has_bgimage(os_window)) draw_cells_interleaved_premult(
-                vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen, os_window, xstart, ystart, w, h);
+        if (screen->grman->count || has_underlying_image) draw_cells_interleaved_premult(
+                vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen, os_window, xstart, ystart, w, h, wl);
         else draw_cells_simple(vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen);
     } else {
-        if (screen->grman->num_of_negative_refs || screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_bgimage(os_window)) draw_cells_interleaved(
-                vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen, os_window, xstart, ystart, w, h);
+        if (screen->grman->num_of_negative_refs || screen->grman->num_of_below_refs || has_underlying_image) draw_cells_interleaved(
+                vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen, os_window, xstart, ystart, w, h, wl);
         else draw_cells_simple(vao_idx, gvao_idx, screen);
     }
 
diff --git a/kitty/state.c b/kitty/state.c
index 11574e2de..195e05c8e 100644
--- a/kitty/state.c
+++ b/kitty/state.c
@@ -224,12 +224,30 @@ release_gpu_resources_for_window(Window *w) {
     w->render_data.gvao_idx = -1;
 }
 
+static void
+set_default_window_logo(Window *w) {
+    if (OPT(default_window_logo)) {
+        WindowLogo *wl = find_or_create_window_logo(&global_state.all_window_logos, OPT(default_window_logo));
+        if (wl) {
+            w->window_logo.instance = wl;
+            w->window_logo.position = OPT(window_logo_position);
+        } else if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            log_error("Failed to load default window logo: %s", OPT(default_window_logo));
+            PyErr_Print();
+        }
+    } else {
+        decref_window_logo(&global_state.all_window_logos, &w->window_logo.instance);
+    }
+    w->window_logo.using_default = true;
+}
+
 static void
 initialize_window(Window *w, PyObject *title, bool init_gpu_resources) {
     w->id = ++global_state.window_id_counter;
     w->visible = true;
     w->title = title;
     Py_XINCREF(title);
+    set_default_window_logo(w);
     if (init_gpu_resources) create_gpu_resources_for_window(w);
     else {
         w->render_data.vao_idx = -1;
@@ -290,6 +308,7 @@ destroy_window(Window *w) {
     Py_CLEAR(w->render_data.screen); Py_CLEAR(w->title);
     free(w->title_bar_data.buf); w->title_bar_data.buf = NULL;
     release_gpu_resources_for_window(w);
+    decref_window_logo(&global_state.all_window_logos, &w->window_logo.instance);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/kitty/state.h b/kitty/state.h
index 42f9c8b4a..b84eb5950 100644
--- a/kitty/state.h
+++ b/kitty/state.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "data-types.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "monotonic.h"
+#include "window_logo.h"
 
 #define OPT(name) global_state.opts.name
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
     char *background_image, *default_window_logo;
     BackgroundImageLayout background_image_layout;
-    BackgroundImageAnchor window_logo_position;
+    ImageAnchorPosition window_logo_position;
     bool background_image_linear;
     float background_tint;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ typedef struct {
     } tab_bar_margin_height;
 } Options;
 
+typedef struct WindowLogoRenderData {
+    WindowLogo *instance;
+    ImageAnchorPosition position;
+    bool using_default;
+} WindowLogoRenderData;
+
 typedef struct {
     ssize_t vao_idx, gvao_idx;
     float xstart, ystart, dx, dy;
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@ typedef struct {
     CursorShape last_cursor_shape;
     PyObject *title;
     ScreenRenderData render_data;
+    WindowLogoRenderData window_logo;
     MousePosition mouse_pos;
     struct {
         unsigned int left, top, right, bottom;
@@ -205,7 +213,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
     Options opts;
 
-    id_type os_window_id_counter, tab_id_counter, window_id_counter;
+    id_type os_window_id_counter, tab_id_counter, window_id_counter, current_opengl_context_id;
     PyObject *boss;
     BackgroundImage *bgimage;
     OSWindow *os_windows;
@@ -222,6 +230,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int active_drag_button;
     CloseRequest quit_request;
     bool redirect_mouse_handling;
+    WindowLogo *all_window_logos;
 } GlobalState;
 
 extern GlobalState global_state;
diff --git a/kitty/window_logo.c b/kitty/window_logo.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0d24e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/window_logo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * window_logo.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+ *
+ * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
+ */
+
+#include "window_logo.h"
+#include "state.h"
+
+
+typedef struct WindowLogoItem {
+    WindowLogoHead
+    unsigned int refcnt;
+    char *path;
+    UT_hash_handle hh;
+} WindowLogoItem;
+
+
+static void
+free_window_logo(WindowLogoItem **head, WindowLogoItem **itemref) {
+    WindowLogoItem *item = *itemref;
+    free(item->path);
+    free(item->bitmap);
+    if (item->texture_id) free_texture(&item->texture_id);
+    HASH_DEL(*head, item);
+    free(item); itemref = NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+send_logo_to_gpu(WindowLogoItem *s) {
+    send_image_to_gpu(&s->texture_id, s->bitmap, s->width, s->height, false, true, true, REPEAT_CLAMP);
+}
+
+
+void
+set_on_gpu_state(WindowLogo *x, bool on_gpu) {
+    WindowLogoItem *s = (WindowLogoItem*)x;
+    if (s->load_from_disk_ok) {
+        if (on_gpu) { if (!s->texture_id) send_logo_to_gpu(s); }
+        else if (s->texture_id) free_texture(&s->texture_id);
+    }
+}
+
+WindowLogo*
+find_or_create_window_logo(WindowLogo **head_, const char *path) {
+    WindowLogoItem **head = (WindowLogoItem**)head_;
+    WindowLogoItem *s = NULL;
+    HASH_FIND_STR(*head, path, s);
+    if (s) return (WindowLogo*)s;
+    s = calloc(1, sizeof *s);
+    size_t size;
+    if (!s) { PyErr_NoMemory(); return NULL; }
+    s->path = strdup(path);
+    if (!s->path) { free(s->bitmap); free(s); PyErr_NoMemory(); return NULL; }
+    if (png_path_to_bitmap(path, &s->bitmap, &s->width, &s->height, &size)) s->load_from_disk_ok = true;
+    s->refcnt++;
+    HASH_ADD_KEYPTR(hh, *head, s->path, strlen(s->path), s);
+    return (WindowLogo*)s;
+}
+
+void
+decref_window_logo(WindowLogo **head_, WindowLogo** logo) {
+    WindowLogoItem **head = (WindowLogoItem**)head_;
+    WindowLogoItem **s = (WindowLogoItem**)logo;
+    if (*s) { if ((*s)->refcnt < 2) free_window_logo(head, s); else (*s)->refcnt--; }
+}
diff --git a/kitty/window_logo.h b/kitty/window_logo.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..686307399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/window_logo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+ *
+ * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "kitty-uthash.h"
+
+#define WindowLogoHead \
+    unsigned int height, width; \
+    bool load_from_disk_ok; \
+    uint32_t texture_id; \
+    uint8_t* bitmap;
+
+
+typedef struct WindowLogo {
+    WindowLogoHead
+} WindowLogo;
+
+WindowLogo*
+find_or_create_window_logo(WindowLogo **head, const char *path);
+
+void
+decref_window_logo(WindowLogo **head, WindowLogo** logo);
+
+void
+set_on_gpu_state(WindowLogo *logo, bool on_gpu);