diff --git a/core/Controller/AvatarController.php b/core/Controller/AvatarController.php
index 0625265dd052c..03efe4d1e52f8 100644
--- a/core/Controller/AvatarController.php
+++ b/core/Controller/AvatarController.php
@@ -132,12 +132,13 @@ public function getAvatar($userId, $size) {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			$avatar = $this->avatarManager->getAvatar($userId)->getFile($size);
+			$avatar = $this->avatarManager->getAvatar($userId);
+			$avatarFile = $avatar->getFile($size);
 			$resp = new FileDisplayResponse(
-				$avatar,
-				Http::STATUS_OK,
-				['Content-Type' => $avatar->getMimeType()
-			]);
+				$avatarFile,
+				$avatar->isCustomAvatar() ? Http::STATUS_OK : Http::STATUS_CREATED,
+				['Content-Type' => $avatarFile->getMimeType()]
+			);
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			$resp = new Http\Response();
 			$resp->setStatus(Http::STATUS_NOT_FOUND);
diff --git a/lib/private/Avatar.php b/lib/private/Avatar.php
index 9dbeb4ac7455a..116f8368e710f 100644
--- a/lib/private/Avatar.php
+++ b/lib/private/Avatar.php
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ public function exists() {
 		return $this->folder->fileExists('avatar.jpg') || $this->folder->fileExists('avatar.png');
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if the avatar of a user is a custom uploaded one
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function isCustomAvatar(): bool {
+		return !$this->folder->fileExists('generated');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * sets the users avatar
 	 * @param IImage|resource|string $data An image object, imagedata or path to set a new avatar
@@ -362,7 +371,7 @@ private function generateAvatar($userDisplayName, $size) {
 	 * @param string $font font path
 	 * @param int $size font size
 	 * @param int $angle
-	 * @return Array
+	 * @return array
 	 */
 	protected function imageTTFCenter($image, string $text, string $font, int $size, $angle = 0): array {
 		// Image width & height
diff --git a/lib/public/IAvatar.php b/lib/public/IAvatar.php
index 858633570696e..448d5dfc02f6c 100644
--- a/lib/public/IAvatar.php
+++ b/lib/public/IAvatar.php
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ public function get($size = 64);
 	 */
 	public function exists();
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if the avatar of a user is a custom uploaded one
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @since 14.0.0
+	 */
+	public function isCustomAvatar(): bool;
+
 	/**
 	 * sets the users avatar
 	 * @param \OCP\IImage|resource|string $data An image object, imagedata or path to set a new avatar
diff --git a/tests/Core/Controller/AvatarControllerTest.php b/tests/Core/Controller/AvatarControllerTest.php
index 3194d671908ac..3369fa882c8cf 100644
--- a/tests/Core/Controller/AvatarControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Core/Controller/AvatarControllerTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function is_uploaded_file($filename) {
 use OC\AppFramework\Utility\TimeFactory;
 use OC\Core\Controller\AvatarController;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http;
-use OCP\Files\Cache\ICache;
+use OCP\ICache;
 use OCP\Files\File;
 use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
 use OCP\Files\NotFoundException;
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ public function testGetAvatarNoAvatar() {
 	public function testGetAvatar() {
 		$this->avatarMock->method('getFile')->willReturn($this->avatarFile);
 		$this->avatarManager->method('getAvatar')->with('userId')->willReturn($this->avatarMock);
+		$this->avatarMock->expects($this->once())
+			->method('isCustomAvatar')
+			->willReturn(true);
 
 		$response = $this->avatarController->getAvatar('userId', 32);
 
@@ -153,6 +156,22 @@ public function testGetAvatar() {
 		$this->assertEquals('my etag', $response->getETag());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Fetch the user's avatar
+	 */
+	public function testGetGeneratedAvatar() {
+		$this->avatarMock->method('getFile')->willReturn($this->avatarFile);
+		$this->avatarManager->method('getAvatar')->with('userId')->willReturn($this->avatarMock);
+
+		$response = $this->avatarController->getAvatar('userId', 32);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(Http::STATUS_CREATED, $response->getStatus());
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey('Content-Type', $response->getHeaders());
+		$this->assertEquals('image type', $response->getHeaders()['Content-Type']);
+
+		$this->assertEquals('my etag', $response->getETag());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Fetch the avatar of a non-existing user
 	 */