diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index afe12a13..fa9e5382 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ include(GitCommands)
 # Set the project version
 include(K4AProjectVersion)
 
+# Default to not embed an icon in resources
+set(K4A_USE_ICON 0)
+set(K4A_ICON_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/kinect-viewer.ico)
+
 set(PROJ_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 set(INCLUDE_DIR ${PROJ_DIR}/include)
 
diff --git a/kinect-viewer.ico b/kinect-viewer.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf4dc0e1
Binary files /dev/null and b/kinect-viewer.ico differ
diff --git a/tools/k4aviewer/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/k4aviewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c272429..98578c03 100644
--- a/tools/k4aviewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/k4aviewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 # to embed version information
 set(K4A_FILEDESCRIPTION "Azure Kinect Viewer")
 set(K4A_ORIGINALFILENAME "k4aviewer.exe")
+set(K4A_USE_ICON 1)
 configure_file(
     ${K4A_VERSION_RC}
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc
diff --git a/version.rc.in b/version.rc.in
index 4ea707d2..a9f81445 100644
--- a/version.rc.in
+++ b/version.rc.in
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #define VER_PRIVATEBUILD            0
 #define VER_PRERELEASE              0
 
+#if @K4A_USE_ICON@
+APP_ICON ICON "@K4A_ICON_PATH@"
+#endif
+
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
 PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION