diff --git a/etc/images/gnus/gnus-pointer.svg b/etc/images/gnus/gnus-pointer.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67a631cdcf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/images/gnus/gnus-pointer.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Gnu Emacs Logo
+
+   Copyright (C) 2008-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Author: Francesc Rocher <f.rocher@member.fsf.org>
+
+   This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+   GNU Emacs 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 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+-->
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+<svg
+   width="23.6206187542"
+   height="16"
+   version="1.0"
+   style="display:inline"
+   id="svg1"
+   sodipodi:docname="gnus-pointer.svg"
+   inkscape:version="1.3 (0e150ed6c4, 2023-07-21)"
+   viewBox="0 0 167.68044 113.58242"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
+  <defs
+     id="defs1" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview1"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1.0"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     inkscape:zoom="2.7948886"
+     inkscape:cx="128.09097"
+     inkscape:cy="123.26073"
+     inkscape:current-layer="layer1" />
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata2166">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <cc:license
+           rdf:resource="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" />
+        <dc:title>gnus</dc:title>
+        <dc:date>2008/06/28</dc:date>
+        <dc:creator>
+          <cc:Agent>
+            <dc:title>Francesc Rocher</dc:title>
+          </cc:Agent>
+        </dc:creator>
+        <dc:rights>
+          <cc:Agent>
+            <dc:title>GPL</dc:title>
+          </cc:Agent>
+        </dc:rights>
+        <dc:description>gnus icon image</dc:description>
+        <cc:license
+           rdf:resource="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" />
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+    </rdf:RDF>
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
index fc8518512ee..ffe81e5c585 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus.el
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ be set in `.emacs' instead."
 	 0 5
 	 (list 'display
 	       (find-image
-		'((:type xpm :file "gnus-pointer.xpm"
-			 :ascent center)
+		'((:type svg :file "gnus-pointer.svg"
+                         :ascent center)
+                  (:type xpm :file "gnus-pointer.xpm"
+			    :ascent center)
 		  (:type xbm :file "gnus-pointer.xbm"
 			 :ascent center))
 		t)