diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js b/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
index 63a25a992a..a34d0df40d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ helpers.getBaseUser = function(userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 			results.user.showHidden = results.user.isSelf || results.isAdmin;
 			results.user.profile_links = results.profile_links;
 
-			results['cover:url'] = results['cover:url'] || nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/cover-default.png';
+			results['cover:url'] = results['cover:url'] || require('../../coverPhoto').getDefaultProfileCover(results.user.uid);
 			results['cover:position'] = results['cover:position'] || '50% 50%';
 
 			next(null, results.user);
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js b/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
index e55ee0d157..40d7fe5367 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ profileController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 			userData.isFollowing = results.isFollowing;
 			userData.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: userData.username}]);
 			userData.title = userData.username;
+
+			userData['cover:url'] = userData['cover:url'] || require('../../coverPhoto').getDefaultProfileCover(userData.uid);
+			userData['cover:position'] = userData['cover:position'] || '50% 50%';
+			console.log(userData['cover:url']);
+
 			if (!userData.profileviews) {
 				userData.profileviews = 1;
 			}
diff --git a/src/coverPhoto.js b/src/coverPhoto.js
index 137d0e0078..d699ace785 100644
--- a/src/coverPhoto.js
+++ b/src/coverPhoto.js
@@ -5,20 +5,28 @@ var meta = require('./meta');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 
 
-coverPhoto.getDefaultCover = function(groupName) {
+coverPhoto.getDefaultGroupCover = function(groupName) {
 	return getCover('groups', groupName);
 };
 
+coverPhoto.getDefaultProfileCover = function(uid) {
+	return getCover('profile', parseInt(uid, 10));
+};
+
 function getCover(type, id) {
-	var covers = meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers'].split(/\s*?,\s*?/g);
-	
-	if (typeof id === 'string') {
-		id = (id.charCodeAt(0) + id.charCodeAt(1)) % covers.length;
-	} else {
-		id = id % covers.length;
+	if (meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers']) {		
+		var covers = meta.config[type + ':defaultCovers'].split(/\s*?,\s*?/g);
+		
+		if (typeof id === 'string') {
+			id = (id.charCodeAt(0) + id.charCodeAt(1)) % covers.length;
+		} else {
+			id = id % covers.length;
+		}
+
+		return covers[id];
 	}
 
-	return covers && covers.length ? covers[id] : (nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/cover-default.png');
+	return nconf.get('relative_path') + '/images/cover-default.png';
 }
 
 module.exports = coverPhoto;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/groups.js b/src/groups.js
index 246ca618eb..ab0be677a9 100644
--- a/src/groups.js
+++ b/src/groups.js
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				return callback(new Error('[[error:no-group]]'));
 			}
 
-			results.base['cover:url'] = results.base['cover:url'] || require('./coverPhoto').getDefaultCover(groupName);
+			results.base['cover:url'] = results.base['cover:url'] || require('./coverPhoto').getDefaultGroupCover(groupName);
 			results.base['cover:position'] = results.base['cover:position'] || '50% 50%';
 
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.raw', results.base.description, function(err, descriptionParsed) {
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
index f5cc3884ee..dab4ea1196 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@
 	</div>
 </div>
 
+<div class="row">
+	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">Profile Cover</div>
+	<div class="col-sm-10 col-xs-12">
+		<form>
+			<label for="profile:defaultCovers"><strong>Default Cover Images</strong></label>
+			<p class="help-block">
+				Add comma-separated default cover images for accounts that don't have an uploaded cover image
+			</p>
+			<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="profile:defaultCovers" data-field="profile:defaultCovers" value="{config.relative_path}/images/cover-default.png" placeholder="https://example.com/group1.png, https://example.com/group2.png" />
+		</form>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
 <div class="row">
 	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">Themes</div>
 	<div class="col-sm-10 col-xs-12">