diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_profile.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_profile.html.haml
index 69167edb1df2290aad529966a070ec98018b8dbf..1e3bb8f122438543469fc848b9a42635e5fa8b5d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_profile.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/sidebar/_profile.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     .context-header
       = link_to profile_path, title: _('Profile Settings') do
         .avatar-container.s40.settings-avatar
-          = sprite_icon('user', size: 24)
+          = image_tag avatar_icon_for_user(current_user, 40), class: "avatar s40 avatar-tile", alt: current_user.name
         .sidebar-context-title User Settings
     %ul.sidebar-top-level-items
       = nav_link(path: 'profiles#show', html_options: {class: 'home'}) do
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/yoginth-avatar-on-settings-sidebar.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/yoginth-avatar-on-settings-sidebar.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ec76f9ce024a18622fab7d90a256262fac28267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/yoginth-avatar-on-settings-sidebar.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Added Avatar in the settings sidebar
+merge_request: 24515
+author: Yoginth
+type: changed