diff --git a/seahub/templates/js/templates.html b/seahub/templates/js/templates.html
index a040bedf58..ea938905c2 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/js/templates.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/js/templates.html
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@
         <span class="checkbox"><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox-orig" /></span>
     </td>
     <td class="star"></td>
-    <td class="dirent-icon"><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/folder-icon-24.png" alt="{% trans "Directory icon" %}" /></td>
+    <% if (dirent.perm == 'rw') { %>
+        <td class="dirent-icon"><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/folder-24.png" alt="{% trans "Directory icon" %}" /></td>
+    <% } else { %>
+        <td class="dirent-icon"><img src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}img/folder-read-only-24.png" alt="{% trans "Directory icon" %}" /></td>
+    <% } %>
     <td>
         <% if (category) { %>
         <span class="dirent-name"><a href="#<%= category %>/lib/<%= repo_id %><%- encoded_path %>" class="dir-link normal"><%- dirent.obj_name %></a></span>
diff --git a/seahub/views/ajax.py b/seahub/views/ajax.py
index 3ed7881f1c..4c1462fb6c 100644
--- a/seahub/views/ajax.py
+++ b/seahub/views/ajax.py
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ def list_lib_dir(request, repo_id):
         d_['last_update'] = translate_seahub_time(d.last_modified)
         p_dpath = posixpath.join(path, d.obj_name)
         d_['p_dpath'] = p_dpath # for 'view_link' & 'dl_link'
+        d_['perm'] = d.permission
         dirent_list.append(d_)
 
     if not repo.encrypted and ENABLE_THUMBNAIL: