diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f9a011..81f0001 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ compile:
 		/r:lib/ImageListView.dll \
 		/r:lib/log4net.dll \
 		/d:TRACE \
-		/target:winexe /out:$(OUTPUT)/asl-charts.exe
+		/target:winexe /out:$(OUTPUT)/asl-charts.exe \
+		/win32icon:src/app.ico
 	cp lib/*.dll $(OUTPUT)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/src/MainForm.ui.cs b/src/MainForm.ui.cs
index 29c4db3..c90a8f0 100644
--- a/src/MainForm.ui.cs
+++ b/src/MainForm.ui.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public partial class MainForm : Form
         // initialize the form
         this.Text = Program.APP_NAME ;
         this.MinimumSize = new Size( 800, 500 ) ;
+        this.Icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon( // nb: doesn't work on Linux
+            Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName
+        ) ;
 
         // initialize the main splitter
         this.mSplitter.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal ;
diff --git a/src/app.ico b/src/app.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2219fc4
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/app.ico differ