diff --git a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Domain/Model/FrontendUser.php b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Domain/Model/FrontendUser.php
index 3845d5d737bb3c3a9fe1b0745b621e652ba5f98e..195b4c005e62953c092df40a0a3b30eba4365528 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Domain/Model/FrontendUser.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Classes/Domain/Model/FrontendUser.php
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ class FrontendUser extends \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\DomainObject\AbstractEntity
     protected $company = '';
 
     /**
-     * @var string
+     * @var \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage<\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference>
      */
-    protected $image = '';
+    protected $image = null;
 
     /**
      * @var \DateTime|NULL
@@ -578,20 +578,19 @@ class FrontendUser extends \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\DomainObject\AbstractEntity
     /**
      * Sets the image value
      *
-     * @param string $image
-     * @return void
      * @api
+     * @param \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage $image
      */
-    public function setImage($image)
+    public function setImage(\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage $image)
     {
         $this->image = $image;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the image value
+     * Gets the image value
      *
-     * @return string
      * @api
+     * @return \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage
      */
     public function getImage()
     {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/FrontendUserTest.php b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/FrontendUserTest.php
index 8081bda1fb959f3b8ff14a6904440c32c29cc4c9..26f96a41771824ce57c11600af58c9077fa59ec3 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/FrontendUserTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/extbase/Tests/Unit/Domain/Model/FrontendUserTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Tests\Unit\Domain\Model;
  *
  * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
  */
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage;
 
 /**
  * Test case
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ class FrontendUserTest extends \TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase
      */
     public function getImageInitiallyReturnsEmptyString()
     {
-        $this->assertSame('', $this->subject->getImage());
+        $this->assertSame(null, $this->subject->getImage());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -382,9 +384,13 @@ class FrontendUserTest extends \TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase
      */
     public function setImageSetsImage()
     {
-        $image = 'foobar.gif';
-        $this->subject->setImage($image);
-        $this->assertSame($image, $this->subject->getImage());
+        $images = new ObjectStorage();
+        $reference = new FileReference();
+        $reference->setPid(123);
+        $images->attach($reference);
+
+        $this->subject->setImage($images);
+        $this->assertSame($images, $this->subject->getImage());
     }
 
     /**