diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageChooserPage.cpp b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageChooserPage.cpp
index 020365a7f..246f59ec9 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageChooserPage.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageChooserPage.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ smartClip( const QPixmap& pixmap, QSize size )
         return pixmap.copy( x, y, new_width, new_height );
     }
 
-    return pixmap.scaled( size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio );
+    return pixmap.scaled( size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation );
 }
 
 void
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ PackageChooserPage::currentChanged( const QModelIndex& index )
     if ( !index.isValid() || !ui->products->selectionModel()->hasSelection() )
     {
         ui->productName->setText( m_introduction.name.get() );
-        ui->productScreenshot->setPixmap( m_introduction.screenshot );
+        ui->productScreenshot->setPixmap( smartClip( m_introduction.screenshot, ui->productScreenshot->size() ) );
         ui->productDescription->setText( m_introduction.description.get() );
     }
     else
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ PackageChooserPage::currentChanged( const QModelIndex& index )
         QPixmap currentScreenshot = model->data( index, PackageListModel::ScreenshotRole ).value< QPixmap >();
         if ( currentScreenshot.isNull() )
         {
-            ui->productScreenshot->setPixmap( m_introduction.screenshot );
+            ui->productScreenshot->setPixmap( smartClip( m_introduction.screenshot, ui->productScreenshot->size() ) );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ PackageChooserPage::setSelection( const QModelIndex& index )
     if ( index.isValid() )
     {
         ui->products->selectionModel()->select( index, QItemSelectionModel::Select );
-        currentChanged( index );
     }
+    currentChanged( index );
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
index 239705490..8a0b13e51 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/PackageModel.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,28 @@
 
 #include "PackageModel.h"
 
+#include "Branding.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "utils/Variant.h"
 
+#include <QFileInfo>
+
+static QPixmap
+loadScreenshot( const QString& path )
+{
+    if ( QFileInfo::exists( path ) )
+    {
+        return QPixmap( path );
+    }
+
+    const auto* branding = Calamares::Branding::instance();
+    if ( !branding )
+    {
+        return QPixmap();
+    }
+    return QPixmap( branding->componentDirectory() + QStringLiteral( "/" ) + path );
+}
+
 PackageItem::PackageItem() {}
 
 PackageItem::PackageItem( const QString& a_id, const QString& a_name, const QString& a_description )
@@ -36,7 +55,7 @@ PackageItem::PackageItem::PackageItem( const QVariantMap& item_map )
     : id( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "id" ) )
     , name( CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString( item_map, "name" ) )
     , description( CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString( item_map, "description" ) )
-    , screenshot( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "screenshot" ) )
+    , screenshot( loadScreenshot( CalamaresUtils::getString( item_map, "screenshot" ) ) )
     , packageNames( CalamaresUtils::getStringList( item_map, "packages" ) )
 {
     if ( name.isEmpty() && id.isEmpty() )
diff --git a/src/modules/packagechooser/packagechooser.conf b/src/modules/packagechooser/packagechooser.conf
index 231826cd3..bb982916e 100644
--- a/src/modules/packagechooser/packagechooser.conf
+++ b/src/modules/packagechooser/packagechooser.conf
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ labels:
 #       Human-readable description. These can be translated as well.
 #  - *screenshot*
 #       Path to a single screenshot of the product. May be a filesystem
-#       path or a QRC path, e.g. ":/images/no-selection.png".
+#       path or a QRC path, e.g. ":/images/no-selection.png". If the path
+#       is not found (e.g. is a non-existent absolute path, or is a relative
+#       path that does not exist in the current working directory) then
+#       an additional attempt is made to load the image from the **branding**
+#       directory.
 #
 # The following field is **optional** for an item:
 #