diff --git a/compile_min.sh b/compile_min.sh
index 4b4825bd1..1390a840c 100755
--- a/compile_min.sh
+++ b/compile_min.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ echo "cleaning (see make_clean.log)"
 make clean 2>&1 -j8 | tee make_clean.log
 exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
 if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "make clean failed"; exit 1 ; fi
+echo "compiling the icon"
+windres ../src/ngicon.rc -O coff -o ./src/ngicon.o
+exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+if [ $exitcode -ne 0 ]; then  echo "compiling the icon failed"; exit 1 ; fi
 echo "compiling (see make.log)"
 make 2>&1 -j8 | tee make.log
 exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8364bb000..6412bbeae 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ ngspice_LDADD += frontend/help/libhlp.la
 endif
 endif
 
+if WINGUI
+ngspice_LDADD += ngicon.o
+endif
+
 if OLDAPPS
 ## nutmeg:
 
diff --git a/src/ngicon.rc b/src/ngicon.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d2206e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ngicon.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+101 ICON ngspice.ico
diff --git a/src/ngspice.ico b/src/ngspice.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74d3f39fb
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/ngspice.ico differ