diff --git a/bridge/matrix/matrix.go b/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
index 16562c79..824870cf 100644
--- a/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
+++ b/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
@@ -172,10 +172,15 @@ func (b *Bmatrix) handleEvent(ev *matrix.Event) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		// TODO download avatar
-
 		// Create our message
-		rmsg := config.Message{Username: ev.Sender[1:], Channel: channel, Account: b.Account, UserID: ev.Sender, ID: ev.ID}
+		rmsg := config.Message{
+			Username: ev.Sender[1:],
+			Channel:  channel,
+			Account:  b.Account,
+			UserID:   ev.Sender,
+			ID:       ev.ID,
+			Avatar:   b.getAvatarURL(ev.Sender),
+		}
 
 		// Text must be a string
 		if rmsg.Text, ok = ev.Content["body"].(string); !ok {
@@ -358,3 +363,15 @@ func (b *Bmatrix) containsAttachment(content map[string]interface{}) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+// getAvatarURL returns the avatar URL of the specified sender
+func (b *Bmatrix) getAvatarURL(sender string) string {
+	mxcURL, err := b.mc.GetSenderAvatarURL(sender)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Log.Errorf("getAvatarURL failed: %s", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	url := strings.ReplaceAll(mxcURL, "mxc://", b.GetString("Server")+"/_matrix/media/r0/thumbnail/")
+	url += "?width=37&height=37&method=crop"
+	return url
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6e349924..2f19f2e1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matterbridge/Rocket.Chat.Go.SDK v0.0.0-20190210153444-cc9d05784d5d
 	github.com/matterbridge/emoji v2.1.1-0.20191117213217-af507f6b02db+incompatible
 	github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91
-	github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209221412-326bea8d866e
+	github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209224845-c2104d7936a6
 	github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18
 	github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61
 	github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server v5.5.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ce9b3bea..9232baaa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91 h1:KzDEcy8eDb
 github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91/go.mod h1:ECDRehsR9TYTKCAsRS8/wLeOk6UUqDydw47ln7wG41Q=
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209221412-326bea8d866e h1:i1wiGiwjRZ1Yy0JbERoDeikLzOnM6tkkQTT20b3Yy1E=
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209221412-326bea8d866e/go.mod h1:+jWeaaUtXQbBRdKYWfjW6JDDYiI2XXE+3NnTjW5kg8g=
+github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209224845-c2104d7936a6 h1:Kl65VJv38HjYFnnwH+MP6Z8hcJT5UHuSpHVU5vW1HH0=
+github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209224845-c2104d7936a6/go.mod h1:+jWeaaUtXQbBRdKYWfjW6JDDYiI2XXE+3NnTjW5kg8g=
 github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18 h1:fLhwXtWGtfTgZVxHG1lcKjv+re7dRwyyuYFNu69xdho=
 github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18/go.mod h1:yAjnZ34DuDyPHMPHHjOsTk/FefW4JJjoMMCGt/8uuQA=
 github.com/matterbridge/logrus-prefixed-formatter v0.0.0-20180806162718-01618749af61 h1:R/MgM/eUyRBQx2FiH6JVmXck8PaAuKfe2M1tWIzW7nE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix/client.go b/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix/client.go
index 09e62d24..6dda4bc4 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix/client.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix/client.go
@@ -475,6 +475,21 @@ func (cli *Client) GetAvatarURL() (string, error) {
 	return s.AvatarURL, nil
 }
 
+// GetAvatarURL gets the user's avatar URL. See http://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#get-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-avatar-url
+func (cli *Client) GetSenderAvatarURL(sender string) (string, error) {
+	urlPath := cli.BuildURL("profile", sender, "avatar_url")
+	s := struct {
+		AvatarURL string `json:"avatar_url"`
+	}{}
+
+	err := cli.MakeRequest("GET", urlPath, nil, &s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return s.AvatarURL, nil
+}
+
 // SetAvatarURL sets the user's avatar URL. See http://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.2.0.html#put-matrix-client-r0-profile-userid-avatar-url
 func (cli *Client) SetAvatarURL(url string) error {
 	urlPath := cli.BuildURL("profile", cli.UserID, "avatar_url")
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 85b7f089..1d3a2f21 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ github.com/matterbridge/Rocket.Chat.Go.SDK/rest
 github.com/matterbridge/emoji
 # github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp v0.0.0-20180529212104-cd19799fba91
 github.com/matterbridge/go-xmpp
-# github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209221412-326bea8d866e
+# github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200209224845-c2104d7936a6
 github.com/matterbridge/gomatrix
 # github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot v0.0.0-20190212232658-7aa251978a18
 github.com/matterbridge/gozulipbot