diff -rNaud Thunar-1.8.1/thunar/thunar-icon-factory.c Thunar-1.8.1-NEW/thunar/thunar-icon-factory.c
--- Thunar-1.8.1/thunar/thunar-icon-factory.c	2018-06-12 03:47:24.000000000 +0200
+++ Thunar-1.8.1-NEW/thunar/thunar-icon-factory.c	2018-08-03 14:19:18.523020404 +0200
@@ -820,7 +820,8 @@
   const gchar     *icon_name;
   const gchar     *custom_icon;
   ThunarIconStore *store;
-
+  const gchar 	  *path_folder_icon; 
+  
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_ICON_FACTORY (factory), NULL);
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file), NULL);
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (icon_size > 0, NULL);
@@ -836,8 +837,17 @@
       return g_object_ref (store->icon);
     }
 
-  /* check if we have a custom icon for this file */
+  /* check if we have a custom icon for this file */    
   custom_icon = thunar_file_get_custom_icon (file);
+  
+  
+  /* check if we have a "folder" icon for this file */ 
+  if (thunar_file_is_directory (file) && custom_icon == NULL) {
+	  path_folder_icon = g_strconcat (g_file_get_path (thunar_file_get_file (file)), "/", "folder.jpg", NULL);
+	  if ( g_file_test(path_folder_icon, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) 
+		custom_icon = path_folder_icon;
+  }
+
   if (custom_icon != NULL)
     {
       /* try to load the icon */