diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index eda03a8..86e542e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ plugindir = $(sharedir)/plugins
 gladedir = $(sharedir)/glade
 
 applicationsdir = @datadir@/applications
+iconsdir = @datadir@/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
 localedir = @datadir@/locale
 aclocaldir = @datadir@/aclocal
 
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@ pkgconfdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconf_DATA = config/sgpemv2.pc
 
 applications_DATA = data/sgpemv2.desktop
+icons_DATA = data/scc-sgpemv2.png
 
-EXTRA_DIST += $(applications_DATA)
+EXTRA_DIST += $(applications_DATA) $(icons_DATA)
 
 # ############################################################
 #
diff --git a/data/scc-sgpemv2.png b/data/scc-sgpemv2.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7814137
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/scc-sgpemv2.png differ
diff --git a/data/sgpemv2.desktop b/data/sgpemv2.desktop
index f59ab07..ec452b6 100644
--- a/data/sgpemv2.desktop
+++ b/data/sgpemv2.desktop
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+
 Type=Application
 Version=0.9
 Name=SGPEMv2