diff --git a/libresapi/src/api/ApiServerLocal.cpp b/libresapi/src/api/ApiServerLocal.cpp
index d55d1e5cc..5d89ed2d0 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/api/ApiServerLocal.cpp
+++ b/libresapi/src/api/ApiServerLocal.cpp
@@ -105,9 +105,17 @@ readPath:
 			resource_api::Request req(reqJson);
 			req.mMethod = reqMeth;
 			req.setPath(reqPath);
-			std::string resultString = mApiServer->handleRequest(req);
-			mLocalSocket->write(resultString.c_str(), resultString.length());
+
+			// Need this idiom because binary result may contains \0
+			std::string&& resultString = mApiServer->handleRequest(req);
+			QByteArray rB(resultString.data(), resultString.length());
+
+			// Dirty trick to support avatars answers
+			if(rB.contains("\n") || !rB.startsWith("{") || !rB.endsWith("}"))
+				mLocalSocket->write(rB.toBase64());
+			else mLocalSocket->write(rB);
 			mLocalSocket->write("\n\0");
+
 			mState = WAITING_PATH;
 
 			/* Because QLocalSocket is SOCK_STREAM some clients implementations
diff --git a/retroshare-qml-app/src/ApiImageExample.qml b/retroshare-qml-app/src/ApiImageExample.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc7bd724d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-qml-app/src/ApiImageExample.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * RetroShare Android QML App
+ * Copyright (C) 2017  Gioacchino Mazzurco <gio@eigenlab.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import QtQuick 2.7
+
+
+Rectangle
+{
+	color: "red"
+
+	Image
+	{
+		id: testImg
+		height: 300
+		width: 300
+	}
+
+	Component.onCompleted:
+	{
+		rsApi.request(
+					"/peers/d441e8890164a0f335ad75acc59b5a49/avatar_image",
+					"", setImgCallback )
+	}
+	function setImgCallback(par)
+	{
+		testImg.source = "data:image/png;base64," + par.response
+	}
+}