diff --git a/html/html/redirect-templates/legacy/template.html b/html/html/redirect-templates/legacy/template.html
index b5fb61ebe..297561e3a 100644
--- a/html/html/redirect-templates/legacy/template.html
+++ b/html/html/redirect-templates/legacy/template.html
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 	<head>
 		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 
 		<title>ACCESS MESSAGE</title>
+		<style content="text/css">
+			td.image {
+				background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,IMAGEDATAPLACEHOLDER);
+			}
+		</style>
 	</head>
 	<body>
 		<table width="100%" height='100%' border="0">
 			<tr>
-				<td colspan='3' width='100%' height='130' align="center" background="<TMPL_VAR NAME="ADDRESS">/images/background.gif">
+				<td colspan='3' width='100%' height='152px' align="center" class="image">&nbsp;</td>
 			<tr>
 				<td width='10%'>
 				<td align='center' bgcolor='#CC000000' width='80%'>
diff --git a/lfs/web-user-interface b/lfs/web-user-interface
index 0c5688252..f3367713a 100644
--- a/lfs/web-user-interface
+++ b/lfs/web-user-interface
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	mkdir -p /var/updatecache/{download,metadata}
 	cp -aR $(DIR_SRC)/html/* /srv/web/ipfire
 
+	# Add base64 encoded background image to Squid content access page
+	basedata="$$( base64 $(DIR_SRC)/html/html/images/background.gif | tr -d '\n' )"; \
+		sed -i "s|IMAGEDATAPLACEHOLDER|$${basedata}|g" \
+		/srv/web/ipfire/html/redirect-templates/legacy/template.html
+
 	# Change CONFIG_ROOT in cgi-scripts
 	for i in /srv/web/ipfire/cgi-bin/{*,logs.cgi/*,vpn.cgi/*}; do \
 	    if [ -f $$i ]; then \
