diff --git a/retroshare-service/src/logo.ico b/retroshare-service/src/logo.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc54cb4c0
Binary files /dev/null and b/retroshare-service/src/logo.ico differ
diff --git a/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service.pro b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service.pro
index c9c884cee..cbd1b9d13 100644
--- a/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service.pro
+++ b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service.pro
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ win32-g++|win32-clang-g++ {
 	} else {
 		QMAKE_PRE_LINK = $(CHK_DIR_EXISTS) lib || $(MKDIR) lib
 	}
+	
+	RC_FILE = retroshare-service_win.rc
 }
 
 ################################### COMMON stuff ##################################
diff --git a/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5e27dc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <winver.h>
+#include "retroshare-service_win.rc.h"
+
+IDI_ICON1               ICON    "logo.ico"
diff --git a/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc.h b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de5f9a46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-service/src/retroshare-service_win.rc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-service/retroshare-service_win.rc.h                              *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 by RetroShare team     <retroshare.project@gmail.com>    *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#define IDI_ICON1     101
+