diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index 9692c56284e6e4a53ccc509affd1f407380cc57b..1a6bee616a251c4e3455e498f22fc2dd3c941a28 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ static const DisplayChangeListenerOps dcl_ops = {
 void gtk_display_init(DisplayState *ds)
 {
     GtkDisplayState *s = g_malloc0(sizeof(*s));
+    char *filename;
 
     gtk_init(NULL, NULL);
 
@@ -1394,6 +1395,18 @@ void gtk_display_init(DisplayState *ds)
 
     gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(s->notebook), s->drawing_area, gtk_label_new("VGA"));
 
+    filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, "qemu-icon.bmp");
+    if (filename) {
+        GError *error = NULL;
+        GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(filename, &error);
+        if (pixbuf) {
+            gtk_window_set_icon(GTK_WINDOW(s->window), pixbuf);
+        } else {
+            g_error_free(error);
+        }
+        g_free(filename);
+    }
+
     gd_create_menus(s);
 
     gd_connect_signals(s);