diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
index 66e794b2e48..6ffb1e89b7d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
@@ -369,6 +369,26 @@ IWizardFactory *NewDialog::currentWizardFactory() const
     return factoryOfItem(m_model->itemFromIndex(index));
 }
 
+static QIcon iconWithText(const QIcon &icon, const QString &text)
+{
+    if (text.isEmpty())
+        return icon;
+    QIcon iconWithText;
+    for (const QSize &pixmapSize : icon.availableSizes()) {
+        QPixmap pixmap = icon.pixmap(pixmapSize);
+        QFont font;
+        font.setPixelSize(qMin(pixmap.height(), pixmap.width()) / 5);
+        QPainter p(&pixmap);
+        p.setPen(qRgb(0x6b, 0x70, 0x80));
+        p.setFont(font);
+        QTextOption textOption(Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignBottom);
+        textOption.setWrapMode(QTextOption::WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere);
+        p.drawText(pixmap.rect().adjusted(9, 10, -9, -10), text, textOption);
+        iconWithText.addPixmap(pixmap);
+    }
+    return iconWithText;
+}
+
 void NewDialog::addItem(QStandardItem *topLevelCategoryItem, IWizardFactory *factory)
 {
     const QString categoryName = factory->category();
@@ -394,7 +414,7 @@ void NewDialog::addItem(QStandardItem *topLevelCategoryItem, IWizardFactory *fac
         wizardIcon = m_dummyIcon;
     else
         wizardIcon = factory->icon();
-    wizardItem->setIcon(wizardIcon);
+    wizardItem->setIcon(iconWithText(wizardIcon, factory->iconText()));
     wizardItem->setData(QVariant::fromValue(WizardFactoryContainer(factory, 0)), Qt::UserRole);
     wizardItem->setFlags(Qt::ItemIsEnabled|Qt::ItemIsSelectable);
     categoryItem->appendRow(wizardItem);
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iwizardfactory.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iwizardfactory.h
index 30b6cb164a2..d1f218c1334 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/iwizardfactory.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/iwizardfactory.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public:
     Id id() const { return m_id; }
     WizardKind kind() const { return m_supportedProjectTypes.isEmpty() ? FileWizard : ProjectWizard; }
     QIcon icon() const { return m_icon; }
+    QString iconText() const { return m_iconText; }
     QString description() const { return m_description; }
     QString displayName() const { return m_displayName; }
     QString category() const { return m_category; }
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public:
     void setId(const Id id) { m_id = id; }
     void setSupportedProjectTypes(const QSet<Id> &projectTypes) { m_supportedProjectTypes = projectTypes; }
     void setIcon(const QIcon &icon) { m_icon = icon; }
+    void setIconText(const QString &iconText) { m_iconText = iconText; }
     void setDescription(const QString &description) { m_description = description; }
     void setDisplayName(const QString &displayName) { m_displayName = displayName; }
     void setCategory(const QString &category) { m_category = category; }
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ private:
 
     QAction *m_action = 0;
     QIcon m_icon;
+    QString m_iconText;
     QString m_description;
     QString m_displayName;
     QString m_category;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
index 7856a08b28b..5faa25902da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfactory.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static const char CATEGORY_KEY[] = "category";
 static const char CATEGORY_NAME_KEY[] = "trDisplayCategory";
 static const char DISPLAY_NAME_KEY[] = "trDisplayName";
 static const char ICON_KEY[] = "icon";
+static const char ICON_TEXT_KEY[] = "iconText";
 static const char IMAGE_KEY[] = "image";
 static const char DESCRIPTION_KEY[] = "trDescription";
 static const char REQUIRED_FEATURES_KEY[] = "featuresRequired";
@@ -559,6 +560,10 @@ bool JsonWizardFactory::initialize(const QVariantMap &data, const QDir &baseDir,
         setIcon(QIcon(strVal));
     }
 
+    strVal = data.value(QLatin1String(ICON_TEXT_KEY)).toString();
+    if (!strVal.isEmpty())
+        setIconText(strVal);
+
     strVal = data.value(QLatin1String(IMAGE_KEY)).toString();
     if (!strVal.isEmpty()) {
         strVal = baseDir.absoluteFilePath(strVal);