diff --git a/src/screens/Feeds/Creator/index.tsx b/src/screens/Feeds/Creator/index.tsx
index 6149382541..3c1380088e 100644
--- a/src/screens/Feeds/Creator/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Feeds/Creator/index.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
+import {Image as RNImage} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import {AtUri} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native'
 
+import {compressIfNeeded} from '#/lib/media/manip'
 import {NavigationProp} from '#/lib/routes/types'
 import {useCreateFeedMutation} from '#/state/queries/feed'
 import {useProfileQuery} from '#/state/queries/profile'
 import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
+import {EditableUserAvatar} from '#/view/com/util/UserAvatar'
 import {UserSelectButton} from '#/screens/Feeds/Creator/UserSelectButton'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {Admonition} from '#/components/Admonition'
@@ -47,10 +50,15 @@ export function Creator() {
   const [description, setDescription] = React.useState('')
   const [tags, setTags] = React.useState<string[]>([])
   const [actors, setActors] = React.useState<string[]>([])
+  const [avatar, setAvatar] = React.useState<string | undefined>()
+  const [avatarImage, setAvatarImage] = React.useState<
+    RNImage | undefined | null
+  >()
 
   const onSubmit = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       await createFeed({
+        avatar: avatarImage ?? undefined,
         name,
         description,
         actors,
@@ -60,7 +68,26 @@ export function Creator() {
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(e)
     }
-  }, [name, description, actors, tags, createFeed])
+  }, [name, description, actors, tags, createFeed, avatarImage])
+
+  const onSelectAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (image: RNImage | null) => {
+      //setImageError('')
+      if (image === null) {
+        setAvatar(undefined)
+        setAvatarImage(null)
+        return
+      }
+      try {
+        const finalImg = await compressIfNeeded(image, 1000000)
+        setAvatar(finalImg.path)
+        setAvatarImage(finalImg)
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        //setImageError(cleanError(e))
+      }
+    },
+    [setAvatar, setAvatarImage],
+  )
 
   return (
     <Layout.Screen>
@@ -85,6 +112,25 @@ export function Creator() {
                 </Trans>
               </Text>
 
+              <View style={[a.flex_row, a.align_center, a.gap_md]}>
+                <View>
+                  <EditableUserAvatar
+                    type="algo"
+                    size={60}
+                    avatar={avatar}
+                    onSelectNewAvatar={onSelectAvatar}
+                  />
+                </View>
+                <View>
+                  <TextField.LabelText>
+                    <Trans>Add an avatar</Trans>
+                  </TextField.LabelText>
+                  <Text>
+                    <Trans>Be creative!</Trans>
+                  </Text>
+                </View>
+              </View>
+
               <View>
                 <TextField.LabelText>
                   <Trans>Title</Trans>
diff --git a/src/state/queries/feed.ts b/src/state/queries/feed.ts
index 7fd4278c11..9fa77f305b 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/feed.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/feed.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef} from 'react'
+import {Image as RNImage} from 'react-native-image-crop-picker'
 import {
   AppBskyFeedGetFeedGenerator,
   AppBskyRichtextFacet,
   BskyAgent,
+  ComAtprotoRepoUploadBlob,
 } from '@atproto/api'
 import {
   AppBskyActorDefs,
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   useQueryClient,
 } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
+import {uploadBlob} from '#/lib/api'
 import {until} from '#/lib/async/until'
 import {DISCOVER_FEED_URI, DISCOVER_SAVED_FEED} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {sanitizeDisplayName} from '#/lib/strings/display-names'
@@ -653,6 +656,7 @@ export function precacheFeedFromGeneratorView(
 // --- feeds playground ---
 
 interface UseCreateFeedMutationParams {
+  avatar?: RNImage
   name: string
   description?: string
   actors: string[]
@@ -674,13 +678,30 @@ export function useCreateFeedMutation({
     Error,
     UseCreateFeedMutationParams
   >({
-    mutationFn: async ({name, description, actors, tags, handleSuffixes}) => {
+    mutationFn: async ({
+      avatar,
+      name,
+      description,
+      actors,
+      tags,
+      handleSuffixes,
+    }) => {
       let descriptionFacets: AppBskyRichtextFacet.Main[] | undefined
       if (description) {
         const rt = new RichText({text: description})
         await rt.detectFacets(agent)
         descriptionFacets = rt.facets
       }
+      let avatarBlob:
+        | ComAtprotoRepoUploadBlob.Response['data']['blob']
+        | undefined
+
+      if (avatar) {
+        const res = await uploadBlob(agent, avatar.path, avatar.mime)
+        if (res.data) {
+          avatarBlob = res.data.blob
+        }
+      }
 
       const res = await agent.api.com.atproto.repo.createRecord({
         repo: agent.session!.did,
@@ -689,6 +710,7 @@ export function useCreateFeedMutation({
           $type: 'app.bsky.feed.generator',
           createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
           did: 'did:web:feeed.club',
+          avatar: avatarBlob,
           displayName: name,
           description,
           descriptionFacets,