diff --git a/js/jquery/plugins/jqzoom/jquery.jqzoom.js b/js/jquery/plugins/jqzoom/jquery.jqzoom.js
index 2e03940a7..d74f8dc1c 100755
--- a/js/jquery/plugins/jqzoom/jquery.jqzoom.js
+++ b/js/jquery/plugins/jqzoom/jquery.jqzoom.js
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 				var imageWidth = $(this).get(0).offsetWidth;
 				var imageHeight = $(this).get(0).offsetHeight;
 
-				noalt = $(this).attr("alt");
+				attr = typeof($(this).attr("rel")) != 'undefined' ? "rel" : "alt";
+				noalt = $(this).attr(attr);
 				var bigimage = noalt;
-				$(this).attr("alt", '');
+				$(this).attr(attr, '');
 
 				if($("div.zoomdiv").get().length == 0)
 					$(this).after("<div class='zoomdiv'><img class='bigimg' src='"+bigimage+"'/></div>");
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 					$("div.zoomdiv").get(0).scrollLeft = (scrollx) * scalex ;
 				});
 			}, function() {
-				$(this).attr("alt", noalt);
+				$(this).attr(attr, noalt);
 				$("div.zoomdiv").hide();
 				$(document.body).unbind("mousemove");
 				$(".lenszoom").remove();
diff --git a/themes/default/js/product.js b/themes/default/js/product.js
index 4c71eaef4..7bae47cc0 100644
--- a/themes/default/js/product.js
+++ b/themes/default/js/product.js
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ function displayImage(domAAroundImgThumb, no_animation)
 		{
 			$('#bigpic').attr('src', newSrc);
 			if (typeof(jqZoomEnabled) != 'undefined' && jqZoomEnabled)
-				$(this).attr('alt', domAAroundImgThumb.attr('href'));
+				$('#bigpic').attr('rel', domAAroundImgThumb.attr('href'));
 		}
 		$('#views_block li a').removeClass('shown');
 		$(domAAroundImgThumb).addClass('shown');
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ $(document).ready(function()
 	//set jqZoom parameters if needed
 	if (typeof(jqZoomEnabled) != 'undefined' && jqZoomEnabled)
 	{
+		$('#bigpic').attr('rel', $('#bigpic').attr('src').replace('thickbox', 'large'));
 		$('img.jqzoom').jqueryzoom({
 			xzoom: 200, //zooming div default width(default width value is 200)
 			yzoom: 200, //zooming div default width(default height value is 200)
diff --git a/themes/default/product.tpl b/themes/default/product.tpl
index 388f57834..905f8f50a 100644
--- a/themes/default/product.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/product.tpl
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ var fieldRequired = '{l s='Please fill in all the required fields before saving
 		<div id="image-block">
 		{if $have_image}
 			<span id="view_full_size">
-				<img src="{$link->getImageLink($product->link_rewrite, $cover.id_image, 'large_default')}" {if $jqZoomEnabled}class="jqzoom" alt="{$link->getImageLink($product->link_rewrite, $cover.id_image, 'thickbox_default')}"{else} title="{$product->name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" alt="{$product->name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {/if} id="bigpic" width="{$largeSize.width}" height="{$largeSize.height}" />
+				<img src="{$link->getImageLink($product->link_rewrite, $cover.id_image, 'large_default')}"{if $jqZoomEnabled} class="jqzoom"{/if} title="{$product->name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" alt="{$product->name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" id="bigpic" width="{$largeSize.width}" height="{$largeSize.height}"/>
 				<span class="span_link">{l s='Maximize'}</span>
 			</span>
 		{else}