diff --git a/src/qtgui/images/recoll.png b/src/qtgui/images/recoll.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42e78483
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/qtgui/images/recoll.png differ
diff --git a/src/qtgui/main.cpp b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
index 8f1b0fc1..d5ba8a44 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!prefs.stylesheetFile.isEmpty()) {
 	applyStyleSheet(prefs.stylesheetFile);
     }
+    QIcon icon;
+    icon.addFile(QString::fromUtf8(":/images/recoll.png"));
+    app.setWindowIcon(icon);
 
     // Create main window and set its size to previous session's
     RclMain w;
diff --git a/src/qtgui/recoll.qrc b/src/qtgui/recoll.qrc
index b55ba775..2cf7c28d 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/recoll.qrc
+++ b/src/qtgui/recoll.qrc
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   <file>images/table.png</file>
   <file>images/up.png</file>
   <file>images/down.png</file>
+  <file>images/recoll.png</file>
  </qresource>
 </RCC>