diff -r a58b23d20442 projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java
--- a/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java	Fri Sep 04 09:26:30 2009 +0200
+++ b/projectui/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/ProjectsRootNode.java	Fri Sep 04 11:12:16 2009 +0200
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.api.project.ProjectUtils;
 import org.netbeans.api.project.SourceGroup;
 import org.netbeans.api.project.Sources;
+import org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.ProjectAnnotator;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.ActionProvider;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.ui.LogicalViewProvider;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileChangeAdapter;
@@ -742,6 +743,12 @@
                 } catch (FileStateInvalidException e) {
                     LOG.log(Level.INFO, null, e);
                 }
+                Project p = getLookup().lookup(Project.class);
+                if (p != null) {
+                    for (ProjectAnnotator pa : Lookup.getDefault().lookupAll(ProjectAnnotator.class)) {
+                        img = pa.annotateIcon(p, img);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             return img;
diff -r a58b23d20442 projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/ui/ProjectAnnotator.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/spi/project/ui/ProjectAnnotator.java	Fri Sep 04 11:12:16 2009 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
+ * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
+ * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the
+ * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
+ * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.  When distributing the software, include this License Header
+ * Notice in each file and include the License file at
+ * nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that
+ * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the
+ * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
+ * your own identifying information:
+ * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
+ *
+ * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL
+ * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding
+ * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution
+ * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a
+ * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute
+ * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or
+ * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above.
+ * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL
+ * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is
+ * made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Portions Copyrighted 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ */
+
+package org.netbeans.spi.project.ui;
+
+import java.awt.Image;
+import org.netbeans.api.project.Project;
+
+/**
+ * TBD: Some documentation, example use and test
+ */
+public interface ProjectAnnotator {
+    public Image annotateIcon(Project p, Image original);
+}