diff --git a/data/item_fence.png b/data/item_fence.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76a461878
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/item_fence.png differ
diff --git a/src/mapnode.cpp b/src/mapnode.cpp
index ca36697ef..9a8a09a15 100644
--- a/src/mapnode.cpp
+++ b/src/mapnode.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ void init_mapnode()
 	f->dug_item = std::string("MaterialItem ")+itos(i)+" 1";
 	f->solidness = 0; // drawn separately, makes no faces
 	f->air_equivalent = true; // grass grows underneath
+	f->setInventoryTexture("item_fence.png");
 
 	// Deprecated
 	i = CONTENT_COALSTONE;