diff --git a/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/driver.php b/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/driver.php
index 5cebd1533d..d0f77d2094 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/driver.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/driver.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ abstract class phpbb_avatar_driver implements phpbb_avatar_driver_interface
 	/**
 	* @inheritdoc
 	*/
-	public function get_custom_html($row, $ignore_config = false)
+	public function get_custom_html($row, $ignore_config = false, $alt = '')
 	{
 		return '';
 	}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/interface.php b/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/interface.php
index 4f1c1f73cf..16fef58e7a 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/interface.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/avatar/driver/interface.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ interface phpbb_avatar_driver_interface
 	*        the avatar anyways. Useful for the ACP.
 	* @return string HTML
 	*/
-	public function get_custom_html($row, $ignore_config = false);
+	public function get_custom_html($row, $ignore_config = false, $alt = '');
 
 	/**
 	* @TODO
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_display.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_display.php
index f84652fc50..bf1611a5de 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_display.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_display.php
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ function get_avatar($row, $alt, $ignore_config = false)
 	{
 		if ($avatar->custom_html)
 		{
-			return $avatar->get_html($row, $ignore_config);
+			return $avatar->get_custom_html($row, $ignore_config, $alt);
 		}
 
 		$avatar_data = $avatar->get_data($row, $ignore_config);