diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminAssertCategoryGridPageDetailsActionGroup.xml b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminAssertCategoryGridPageDetailsActionGroup.xml
index 0788bbd60291a..7507b96cde407 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminAssertCategoryGridPageDetailsActionGroup.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/ActionGroup/AdminAssertCategoryGridPageDetailsActionGroup.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
             <description>Assert category grid page basic columns values for default category</description>
         </annotations>
 
+        <seeElement selector="{{AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.image('1','image')}}" stepKey="assertImageColumn"/>
         <seeElement selector="{{AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.path('1')}}" stepKey="assertPathColumn"/>
         <seeElement selector="{{AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.name('1', 'Default Category')}}" stepKey="assertNameColumn"/>
         <seeElement selector="{{AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.displayMode('1', 'PRODUCTS')}}" stepKey="assertDisplayModeColumn"/>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/Section/AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.xml b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/Section/AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.xml
index 5267a215c8edd..88e44b1cbd556 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/Section/AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Test/Mftf/Section/AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 <sections xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
           xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:mftf:Page/etc/SectionObject.xsd">
     <section name="AdminMediaGalleryCatalogUiCategoryGridSection">
+        <element name="image" type="text" selector="//tr[{{row}}]//td[count(//div[@data-role='grid-wrapper']//tr//th[contains(., 'Image')]/preceding-sibling::th) +1]//img[contains(@src, '{{imageName}}')]" parameterized="true"/>
         <element name="path" type="text" selector="//tr[{{row}}]//td[count(//div[@data-role='grid-wrapper']//tr//th[contains(., 'Path')]/preceding-sibling::th)]" parameterized="true"/>
         <element name="name" type="text" selector="//tr[{{row}}]//td[count(//div[@data-role='grid-wrapper']//tr//th[contains(., 'Name')]/preceding-sibling::th) +1 ]//*[text()='{{categoryName}}']" parameterized="true"/>
         <element name="displayMode" type="text" selector="//tr[{{row}}]//td[count(//div[@data-role='grid-wrapper']//tr//th[contains(., 'Display Mode')]/preceding-sibling::th) +1 ]//*[text()='{{productsText}}']" parameterized="true"/>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Ui/Component/Listing/Columns/Thumbnail.php b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Ui/Component/Listing/Columns/Thumbnail.php
index efb2ad2f8dae5..dada8ee7acc19 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Ui/Component/Listing/Columns/Thumbnail.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/Ui/Component/Listing/Columns/Thumbnail.php
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  */
 namespace Magento\MediaGalleryCatalogUi\Ui\Component\Listing\Columns;
 
-use Magento\Catalog\Helper\Image;
-use Magento\Framework\DataObject;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category\Image;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryRepository;
+use Magento\Framework\View\Asset\Repository as AssetRepository;
 use Magento\Framework\View\Element\UiComponent\ContextInterface;
 use Magento\Framework\View\Element\UiComponentFactory;
 use Magento\Store\Model\Store;
@@ -27,13 +28,32 @@ class Thumbnail extends Column
     /**
      * @var Image
      */
-    private $imageHelper;
+    private $categoryImage;
 
     /**
+     * @var CategoryRepository
+     */
+    private $categoryRepository;
+
+    /**
+     * @var AssetRepository
+     */
+    private $assetRepository;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private $defaultPlaceholder;
+
+    /**
+     * Thumbnail constructor.
      * @param ContextInterface $context
      * @param UiComponentFactory $uiComponentFactory
      * @param StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
-     * @param Image $image
+     * @param Image $categoryImage
+     * @param CategoryRepository $categoryRepository
+     * @param AssetRepository $assetRepository
+     * @param array $defaultPlaceholder
      * @param array $components
      * @param array $data
      */
@@ -41,13 +61,19 @@ public function __construct(
         ContextInterface $context,
         UiComponentFactory $uiComponentFactory,
         StoreManagerInterface $storeManager,
-        Image $image,
+        Image $categoryImage,
+        CategoryRepository $categoryRepository,
+        AssetRepository $assetRepository,
+        array $defaultPlaceholder = [],
         array $components = [],
         array $data = []
     ) {
         parent::__construct($context, $uiComponentFactory, $components, $data);
-        $this->imageHelper = $image;
         $this->storeManager = $storeManager;
+        $this->categoryImage = $categoryImage;
+        $this->categoryRepository = $categoryRepository;
+        $this->assetRepository = $assetRepository;
+        $this->defaultPlaceholder = $defaultPlaceholder;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -55,20 +81,34 @@ public function __construct(
      *
      * @param array $dataSource
      * @return array
+     * @throws \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException
+     * @throws \Magento\Framework\Exception\NoSuchEntityException
      */
     public function prepareDataSource(array $dataSource)
     {
-        if (isset($dataSource['data']['items'])) {
-            $fieldName = $this->getData('name');
-            foreach ($dataSource['data']['items'] as & $item) {
-                if (isset($item[$fieldName])) {
-                    $item[$fieldName . '_src'] = $this->getUrl($item[$fieldName]);
-                } else {
-                    $category = new DataObject($item);
-                    $imageHelper = $this->imageHelper->init($category, 'product_listing_thumbnail');
-                    $item[$fieldName . '_src'] = $imageHelper->getUrl();
+        if (!isset($dataSource['data']['items'])) {
+            return $dataSource;
+        }
+
+        $fieldName = $this->getData('name');
+        foreach ($dataSource['data']['items'] as & $item) {
+            if (isset($item[$fieldName])) {
+                $item[$fieldName . '_src'] = $this->getUrl($item[$fieldName]);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (isset($item['entity_id'])) {
+                $src = $this->categoryImage->getUrl(
+                    $this->categoryRepository->get($item['entity_id'])
+                );
+
+                if (!empty($src)) {
+                    $item[$fieldName . '_src'] = $src;
+                    continue;
                 }
             }
+
+            $item[$fieldName . '_src'] = $this->assetRepository->getUrl($this->defaultPlaceholder['image']);
         }
 
         return $dataSource;
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/etc/adminhtml/di.xml b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/etc/adminhtml/di.xml
index 500ac10f4745a..222cfde1385f7 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/etc/adminhtml/di.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/etc/adminhtml/di.xml
@@ -38,4 +38,11 @@
             </argument>
         </arguments>
     </type>
+    <type name="Magento\MediaGalleryCatalogUi\Ui\Component\Listing\Columns\Thumbnail">
+        <arguments>
+            <argument name="defaultPlaceholder" xsi:type="array">
+                <item name="image" xsi:type="string">Magento_MediaGalleryCatalogUi::images/category/placeholder/image.jpg</item>
+            </argument>
+        </arguments>
+    </type>
 </config>
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/view/adminhtml/web/images/category/placeholder/image.jpg b/app/code/Magento/MediaGalleryCatalogUi/view/adminhtml/web/images/category/placeholder/image.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0d5ef7e1bd412
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