diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/checkmark.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/checkmark.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5640da719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/checkmark.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+--[[--
+Widget that shows a checkmark (`✓`), an empty box (`□`)
+or nothing of the same size.
+
+Example:
+
+    local CheckMark = require("ui/widget/CheckMark")
+    local parent_widget = FrameContainer:new{}
+    table.insert(parent_widget, CheckMark:new{
+        checkable = false, -- shows nothing when false, defaults to true
+        checked = function() end, -- whether the box has a checkmark in it
+    })
+    UIManager:show(parent_widget)
+
+]]
+
+local Font = require("ui/font")
+local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
+local OverlapGroup = require("ui/widget/overlapgroup")
+local TextWidget = require("ui/widget/textwidget")
+
+local CheckMark = InputContainer:new{
+    checkable = true,
+    checked = false,
+    face = Font:getFace("smallinfofont"),
+    width = 0,
+    height = 0,
+}
+
+function CheckMark:init()
+    local checked_widget = TextWidget:new{
+        text = " ✓",
+        face = self.face,
+    }
+    local unchecked_widget = TextWidget:new{
+        text = "▢ ",
+        face = self.face,
+    }
+    local empty_widget = TextWidget:new{
+        text = "",
+        face = self.face,
+    }
+    self[1] = self.checkable and OverlapGroup:new{
+        (self.checked and checked_widget or empty_widget),
+        unchecked_widget
+    }
+    or empty_widget
+end
+
+return CheckMark
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index 204fd6db7..20a6d459d 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local Button = require("ui/widget/button")
 local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
+local CheckMark = require("ui/widget/checkmark")
 local Device = require("device")
 local Font = require("ui/font")
 local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
@@ -56,17 +57,20 @@ function TouchMenuItem:init()
     if self.item.enabled_func then
         item_enabled = self.item.enabled_func()
     end
+    local item_checkable = false
     local item_checked = self.item.checked
     if self.item.checked_func then
+        item_checkable = true
         item_checked = self.item.checked_func()
     end
-    local checked_widget = TextWidget:new{
-        text = "√ ",
-        face = self.face,
+    local checked_widget = CheckMark:new{
+        checked = true,
     }
-    local unchecked_widget = TextWidget:new{
-        text = "",
-        face = self.face,
+    local unchecked_widget = CheckMark:new{
+        checked = false,
+    }
+    local empty_widget = CheckMark:new{
+        checkable = false,
     }
     self.item_frame = FrameContainer:new{
         width = self.dimen.w,
@@ -76,7 +80,11 @@ function TouchMenuItem:init()
             align = "center",
             CenterContainer:new{
                 dimen = Geom:new{ w = checked_widget:getSize().w },
-                item_checked and checked_widget or unchecked_widget
+                item_checkable and (
+                    item_checked and checked_widget
+                    or unchecked_widget
+                )
+                or empty_widget
             },
             TextWidget:new{
                 text = getMenuText(self.item),