diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index fa1bc88dc..fcb3a19e9 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dioxus-html = { path = "../html", features = ["serialize"], version = "^0.1.6" }
 webbrowser = "0.5.5"
 mime_guess = "2.0.3"
 dioxus-interpreter-js = { path = "../interpreter", version = "^0.0.0" }
+image = "0.24.0"
 
 
 [features]
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
index 25e280a0f..a177c8a4b 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/cfg.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use image::io::Reader as ImageReader;
+use image::ImageFormat;
+use std::io::Cursor;
 use wry::application::window::Icon;
 use wry::{
     application::{
@@ -86,6 +89,19 @@ impl DesktopConfig {
     }
 }
 
+impl DesktopConfig {
+    pub(crate) fn with_default_icon(mut self) -> Self {
+        let png: &[u8] = include_bytes!("default_icon.png");
+        let mut reader = ImageReader::new(Cursor::new(png));
+        reader.set_format(ImageFormat::Png);
+        let icon = reader.decode().expect("image parse failed");
+        let rgba = Icon::from_rgba(icon.as_bytes().to_owned(), icon.width(), icon.height())
+            .expect("image parse failed");
+        self.window.window.window_icon = Some(rgba);
+        self
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for DesktopConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new()