diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
index caa5b5c..14de1a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-action.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with: 
         projectPath: ./example
+        iconPath: ./icon.png
         tagName: example-v__VERSION__
         releaseName: "Release example app v__VERSION__"
         releaseBody: "See the assets to download this version and install."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 473baa8..bde5c50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 | `releaseDraft`     |  false   | Whether the release to create is a draft or not                                             | bool   | false                 |
 | `prerelease`       |  false   | Whether the release to create is a prerelease or not                                        | bool   | false                 |
 | `releaseCommitish` |  false   | Any branch or commit SHA the Git tag is created from, unused if the Git tag already exists  | string | SHA of current commit |
+| `iconPath`         |  false   | path to the PNG icon to use as app icon, relative to the projectPath                        | string |                       |
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 213720c..3a84e98 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ inputs:
     default: 'tauri.conf.json'
   distPath:
     description: 'path to the distributable folder with your index.html and JS/CSS'
+  iconPath:
+    description: 'path to the PNG icon to use as app icon, relative to the projectPath'
 outputs:
   releaseId:
     description: 'The ID of the created release'
diff --git a/example/icon.png b/example/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f44bd7
Binary files /dev/null and b/example/icon.png differ
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e26b30c..a134c38 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ interface Application {
   version: string
 }
 
-async function buildProject(root: string, debug: boolean, { configPath, distPath }: { configPath: string | null, distPath: string | null }): Promise<string[]> {
+interface BuildOptions {
+  configPath: string | null
+  distPath: string | null
+  iconPath: string | null
+}
+
+async function buildProject(root: string, debug: boolean, { configPath, distPath, iconPath }: BuildOptions): Promise<string[]> {
   return new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
     if (hasTauriDependency(root)) {
       const runner = usesYarn(root) ? 'yarn tauri' : 'npx tauri'
@@ -76,11 +82,16 @@ async function buildProject(root: string, debug: boolean, { configPath, distPath
           cargoManifest.package.version = version
           writeFileSync(manifestPath, toml.stringify(cargoManifest as any))
 
-          return {
+          const app = {
             runner,
             name: appName,
             version
           }
+          if (iconPath) {
+            return execCommand(`${runner} icon --icon ${join(root, iconPath)}`, { cwd: root }).then(() => app)
+          }
+
+          return app
         })
       }
     })
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const projectPath = resolve(process.cwd(), core.getInput('projectPath') || process.argv[2])
     const configPath = join(projectPath, core.getInput('configPath') || 'tauri.conf.json')
     const distPath = core.getInput('distPath')
+    const iconPath = core.getInput('iconPath')
 
     let tagName = core.getInput('tagName').replace('refs/tags/', '');
     let releaseName = core.getInput('releaseName').replace('refs/tags/', '');
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       throw new Error('`tag` is required along with `releaseName` when creating a release.')
     }
 
-    const artifacts = await buildProject(projectPath, false, { configPath: existsSync(configPath) ? configPath : null, distPath })
+    const artifacts = await buildProject(projectPath, false, { configPath: existsSync(configPath) ? configPath : null, distPath, iconPath })
 
     let uploadUrl: string
     if (tagName) {