diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e66f322..d57cb1f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 MANDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 APPDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/applications
+ICODIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share/icons/hicolor/
 
 PACKAGES = x11 xcomposite xfixes xdamage xrender xext xrandr
 LIBS = -lm -lrt
@@ -155,6 +156,8 @@ install: $(BINS) docs
 ifneq "$(MANPAGES)" ""
 	@install -m644 $(MANPAGES) "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)"/
 endif
+	@install -m644 media/compton.svg "$(DESTDIR)$(ICODIR)/scalable/apps"/
+	@install -m644 media/icons/48x48/compton.png "$(DESTDIR)$(ICODIR)/48x48/apps"/
 	@install -m644 compton.desktop "$(DESTDIR)$(APPDIR)"/
 ifneq "$(DOCDIR)" ""
 	@install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)"
diff --git a/compton.desktop b/compton.desktop
index 4a2875f..cd15ca3 100644
--- a/compton.desktop
+++ b/compton.desktop
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ Comment=A X compositor
 Categories=Utility;
 TryExec=compton
 Exec=compton
-# Icon=xcompmgr
+Icon=compton
 # Thanks to quequotion for providing this file!
diff --git a/media/compton.svg b/media/compton.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfe1842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/compton.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
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diff --git a/media/icons/48x48/compton.png b/media/icons/48x48/compton.png
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