diff --git a/src/citra_qt/citra-qt.rc b/src/citra_qt/citra-qt.rc
index c490ef302cc7aab0e664987fd39411e8bd038698..a48a9440dc466149c03962fc2aec810b8e632789 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/citra-qt.rc
+++ b/src/citra_qt/citra-qt.rc
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 // Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
 // remains consistent on all systems.
-CITRA_ICON              ICON                    "../../dist/citra.ico"
+// QT requires that the default application icon is named IDI_ICON1
+
+IDI_ICON1               ICON                    "../../dist/citra.ico"
 
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////