diff --git a/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/Paket.Bootstrapper.csproj b/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/Paket.Bootstrapper.csproj
index b8046f541b..623950d44e 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/Paket.Bootstrapper.csproj
+++ b/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/Paket.Bootstrapper.csproj
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ApplicationIcon>paket.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="paket.ico" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/paket.ico b/src/Paket.Bootstrapper/paket.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c88fb95069
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diff --git a/src/Paket/Paket.fsproj b/src/Paket/Paket.fsproj
index 2a457eeb0f..f7ae2e82d2 100644
--- a/src/Paket/Paket.fsproj
+++ b/src/Paket/Paket.fsproj
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />
     <SolutionDir Condition="$(SolutionDir) == '' Or $(SolutionDir) == '*Undefined*'">..\..\</SolutionDir>
     <RestorePackages>true</RestorePackages>
+    <Win32Resource>paket.res</Win32Resource>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
diff --git a/src/Paket/paket.res b/src/Paket/paket.res
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d568c2239c
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