diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/flags.jsp b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/flags.jsp
index 2e87c2ccd8..49cd0deb36 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/flags.jsp
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/flags.jsp
@@ -11,21 +11,34 @@
  *  flags.jsp?c=de => icons/flags/de.png
  *  flags.jsp?c=de&s=48 => icons/flags48x48/de.png
  *  with headers set so the browser caches.
+ *
+ *  As of 0.9.36:
+ *  All new and changed flags must go in the flags16x11/ dir,
+ *  which will be checked first by flags.jsp.
+ *  The flags/ dir is the original set from famfamfam,
+ *  which may be symlinked in package installs.
+ *
  */
 String c = request.getParameter("c");
 if (c != null &&
     (c.length() == 2 || c.length() == 7) &&
     c.replaceAll("[a-z0-9_]", "").length() == 0) {
-    String flagSet = "flags";
+    String flagSet = "flags16x11";
     String s = request.getParameter("s");
     if ("48".equals(s)) {
         flagSet = "flags48x48";
     }
     java.io.OutputStream cout = response.getOutputStream();
-    String base = net.i2p.I2PAppContext.getGlobalContext().getBaseDir().getAbsolutePath();
-    String file = "docs" + java.io.File.separatorChar + "icons" + java.io.File.separatorChar +
-                  flagSet + java.io.File.separatorChar + c + ".png";
+    String base = net.i2p.I2PAppContext.getGlobalContext().getBaseDir().getAbsolutePath() +
+                  java.io.File.separatorChar +
+                  "docs" + java.io.File.separatorChar + "icons";
+    String file = flagSet + java.io.File.separatorChar + c + ".png";
     java.io.File ffile = new java.io.File(base, file);
+    if (!ffile.exists()) {
+        // fallback to flags dir, which will be symlinked to /usr/share/flags/countries/16x11 for package builds
+        file = "flags" + java.io.File.separatorChar + c + ".png";
+        ffile = new java.io.File(base, file);
+    }
     long lastmod = ffile.lastModified();
     if (lastmod > 0) {
         long iflast = request.getDateHeader("If-Modified-Since");
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index bc667218bc..e4cca1a23d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1330,11 +1330,9 @@
         </copy>
         <copy file="installer/resources/themes/console/images/favicon.ico" tofile="pkg-temp/eepsite/docroot/favicon.ico" />
         <copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/icons/flags" >
+          <!-- base flags/ dir only. flags16x11/ and flags48x48/ dirs already copied by prepConsoleDocs target -->
           <fileset dir="installer/resources/icons/flags" />
         </copy>
-        <copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/icons/flags48x48" >
-          <fileset dir="installer/resources/icons/flags48x48" />
-        </copy>
     </target>
 
     <target name="copyjetty" depends="copyjetty-unlesspkg" >
@@ -1496,10 +1494,14 @@
         <copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/" >
           <fileset dir="installer/resources/readme/" includes="readme*.html" />
           <fileset dir="installer/resources/proxy/" includes="*.ht" />
-          <!-- lang_ar.png added in 0.8.4; a1,a2,je, and eu.png added in 0.8.9; gg.png added in 0.8.10;
-               im.png added in 0.8.12; cw.png added in 0.9.5; ap,bl,bq,ss,sx added in 0.9.21;
-               lang_gl added in 0.9.28; a0.png added in 0.9.31 -->
-          <fileset dir="installer/resources/" includes="icons/flags/lang_ar.png icons/flags/gg.png icons/flags/je.png icons/flags/eu.png icons/flags/im.png icons/flags/a1.png icons/flags/a2.png icons/flags/cw.png icons/flags/ap.png icons/flags/bl.png icons/flags/bq.png icons/flags/ss.png icons/flags/sx.png icons/flags/lang_gl.png icons/flags/a0.png" />
+          <!--
+               As of 0.9.36:
+               All new and changed flags must go in the flags16x11/ dir,
+               which will be checked first by flags.jsp.
+               The flags/ dir is the original set from famfamfam,
+               which may be symlinked in package installs.
+           -->
+          <fileset dir="installer/resources/" includes="icons/flags16x11/*" />
           <!-- flags48x48 added in 0.9.32 -->
           <fileset dir="installer/resources/" includes="icons/flags48x48/*" />
         </copy>
@@ -2726,11 +2728,8 @@
 				<fileset dir="installer/resources/themes/console/images/" />
 			</copy>
 			<!-- FLAGs for language icon (not for ip)-->
-			<copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/icons/flags" >
-				<fileset dir="installer/resources/icons/flags/" includes="cn.png,de.png,fr.png,nl.png,ru.png,se.png,us.png" />
-			</copy>
-			<copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/icons/flags48x48" >
-				<fileset dir="installer/resources/icons/flags48x48" />
+			<copy todir="pkg-temp/docs/icons" >
+				<fileset dir="installer/resources/icons" />
 			</copy>
 		<mkdir dir="pkg-temp/webapps" />
 			<copy todir="pkg-temp/webapps/">
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/a0.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a0.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/a0.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a0.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/a1.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a1.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/a1.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a1.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/a2.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a2.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/a2.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/a2.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/ap.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ap.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/ap.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ap.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/bl.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/bl.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/bl.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/bl.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/bq.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/bq.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/bq.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/bq.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/ch.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ch.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/ch.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ch.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/cw.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/cw.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/cw.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/cw.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/eu.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/eu.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/eu.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/eu.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/gg.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/gg.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/gg.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/gg.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/im.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/im.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/im.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/im.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/je.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/je.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/je.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/je.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/lang_ar.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/lang_ar.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/lang_ar.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/lang_ar.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/lang_gl.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/lang_gl.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/lang_gl.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/lang_gl.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/np.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/np.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/np.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/np.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/ss.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ss.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/ss.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/ss.png
diff --git a/installer/resources/icons/flags/sx.png b/installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/sx.png
similarity index 100%
rename from installer/resources/icons/flags/sx.png
rename to installer/resources/icons/flags16x11/sx.png