You need to enable navigation and edit navigationText: Assuming this is version 1.3.2 $(“#owl-example”).owlCarousel({ navigation: true, navigationText: [“<img src=’myprevimage.png’>”,”<img src=’mynextimage.png’>”] }); Assuming it’s version 2: $(“#owl-example”).owlCarousel({ nav: true, navText: [“<img src=’myprevimage.png’>”,”<img src=’mynextimage.png’>”] });