diff --git a/rsrc/media/stage/portal_arrows.png b/rsrc/media/stage/portal_arrows.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e829a8e3
Binary files /dev/null and b/rsrc/media/stage/portal_arrows.png differ
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/stage/client/StageScenePanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/stage/client/StageScenePanel.java
index 130a70485..7e11ecf42 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/stage/client/StageScenePanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/stage/client/StageScenePanel.java
@@ -568,8 +568,9 @@ public class StageScenePanel extends MisoScenePanel
      */
     protected UniformTileSet loadPortalTileSet ()
     {
-        // TODO: load some sort of portal tileset
-        return null;
+        return _ctx.getTileManager().loadTileSet(
+            "media/stage/portal_arrows.png",
+            PORTAL_ICON_WIDTH, PORTAL_ICON_HEIGHT);
     }
 
     /** Used to render portals as objects in a scene. */