diff --git a/applet/contents/code/icon.js b/applet/contents/code/icon.js
--- a/applet/contents/code/icon.js
+++ b/applet/contents/code/icon.js
@@ -18,17 +18,20 @@
     License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-function name(volume, muted) {
+function name(volume, muted, prefix) {
+    if (!prefix) {
+        prefix = "audio-volume";
+    }
     var icon = null;
     var percent = volume / maxVolumeValue;
     if (percent <= 0.0 || muted) {
-        icon = "audio-volume-muted";
+        icon = prefix + "-muted";
     } else if (percent <= 0.25) {
-        icon = "audio-volume-low";
+        icon = prefix + "-low";
     } else if (percent <= 0.75) {
-        icon = "audio-volume-medium";
+        icon = prefix + "-medium";
     } else {
-        icon = "audio-volume-high";
+        icon = prefix + "-high";
     }
     return icon;
 }
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
--- a/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
+++ b/applet/contents/ui/ListItemBase.qml
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.extras 2.0 as PlasmaExtras
 import org.kde.draganddrop 2.0 as DragAndDrop
-
 import org.kde.plasma.private.volume 0.1
 
+import "../code/icon.js" as Icon
+
 PlasmaComponents.ListItem {
     id: item
 
@@ -117,11 +118,11 @@
                 }
 
                 RowLayout {
-                    VolumeIcon {
-                        Layout.maximumHeight: slider.height * 0.75
-                        Layout.maximumWidth: slider.height* 0.75
-                        volume: Volume
-                        muted: Muted
+                    PlasmaCore.IconItem {
+                        readonly property bool isPlayback: type.substring(0, 4) == "sink"
+                        Layout.maximumHeight: slider.height * 0.85
+                        Layout.maximumWidth: slider.height * 0.85
+                        source: Icon.name(Volume, Muted, isPlayback ? "audio-volume" : "microphone-sensitivity")
 
                         MouseArea {
                             anchors.fill: parent
diff --git a/applet/contents/ui/VolumeIcon.qml b/applet/contents/ui/VolumeIcon.qml
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/applet/contents/ui/VolumeIcon.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    Copyright 2014-2015 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
-
-    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
-    the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
-    accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
-    by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
-    defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-import QtQuick 2.0
-import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
-
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
-
-import org.kde.plasma.private.volume 0.1
-
-import "../code/icon.js" as Icon
-
-PlasmaCore.SvgItem {
-    property int volume
-    property bool muted
-
-    svg: PlasmaCore.Svg { imagePath: "icons/audio" }
-    elementId: Icon.name(volume, muted)
-}