diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Icon.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Icon.js
index 7cb7b143fa..fe0a559db6 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Icon.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Icon.js
@@ -15,28 +15,30 @@ OpenLayers.Icon.prototype = {
     * @type OpenLayers.Pixel */
     offset: null,    
     
+    /** Function to calculate the offset (based on the size) 
+     * @type OpenLayers.Pixel */
+    calculateOffset: null,    
+    
     /** @type DOMElement */
-    image: null,
+    imageDiv: null,
+
+    /** @type OpenLayers.Pixel */
+    px: null,
     
     /** 
     * @constructor
     *
     * @param {String} url
     * @param {OpenLayers.Size} size
-    * @param {OpenLayers.Pixel} offset
+    * @param {Function} calculateOffset
     */
-    initialize: function(url, size, offset) {
-        this.size = size;
+    initialize: function(url, size, offset, calculateOffset) {
         this.url = url;
-        this.offset = (offset) ? offset 
-                               : new OpenLayers.Pixel(0,0); 
+        this.size = size;
+        this.offset = (offset) ? offset : new OpenLayers.Pixel(0,0);
+        this.calculateOffset = calculateOffset;
 
-        this.image = OpenLayers.Util.createAlphaImageDiv(null,
-                                                 null,
-                                                 this.size,
-                                                 this.url,
-                                                 "absolute"
-                                                );
+        this.imageDiv = OpenLayers.Util.createAlphaImageDiv();
     },
 
     /** 
@@ -47,6 +49,16 @@ OpenLayers.Icon.prototype = {
         return new OpenLayers.Icon(this.size, this.url, this.offset);
     },
     
+    /**
+     * @param {OpenLayers.Size} size
+     */
+    setSize: function(size) {
+        if (size != null) {
+            this.size = size;
+        }
+        this.draw();
+    },
+
     /** 
     * @param {OpenLayers.Pixel} px
     * 
@@ -54,18 +66,31 @@ OpenLayers.Icon.prototype = {
     * @type DOMElement
     */
     draw: function(px) {
+        OpenLayers.Util.modifyAlphaImageDiv(this.imageDiv, 
+                                            null, 
+                                            null, 
+                                            this.size, 
+                                            this.url, 
+                                            "absolute");
         this.moveTo(px);
-        return this.image;
+        return this.imageDiv;
     }, 
 
     /**
     * @param {OpenLayers.Pixel} px
     */
     moveTo: function (px) {
-        if ((px != null) && (this.image != null)) {
-            offsetPx = px.offset(this.offset);
-            this.image.style.left = offsetPx.x + "px"; 
-            this.image.style.top = offsetPx.y + "px"
+        //if no px passed in, use stored location
+        if (px != null) {
+            this.px = px;
+        }
+
+        if ((this.px != null) && (this.imageDiv != null)) {
+            if (this.calculateOffset) {
+                this.offset = this.calculateOffset(this.size);  
+            }
+            var offsetPx = this.px.offset(this.offset);
+            OpenLayers.Util.modifyAlphaImageDiv(this.imageDiv, null, offsetPx);
         }
     },
     
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
index cfc0b9237d..509c7a5fff 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OpenLayers.Marker.prototype = {
         this.lonlat = lonlat;
         this.icon = (icon) ? icon : OpenLayers.Marker.defaultIcon();
 
-        this.events = new OpenLayers.Events(this, this.icon.image, null);
+        this.events = new OpenLayers.Events(this, this.icon.imageDiv, null);
     },
     
     /** 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OpenLayers.Marker.prototype = {
             this.icon.moveTo(px);
         }            
     },
-
+    
     /** @final @type String */
     CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Marker"
 };
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ OpenLayers.Marker.prototype = {
 OpenLayers.Marker.defaultIcon = function() {
     var url = OpenLayers.Util.getImagesLocation() + "marker.png";
     var size = new OpenLayers.Size(21, 25);
-    var offset = new OpenLayers.Pixel(-(size.w/2), -size.h);
+    var offset = function(size) {
+                    return OpenLayers.Pixel(-(size.w/2), -size.h);
+                 };
 
     return new OpenLayers.Icon(url, size, offset);        
 };