diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e8f7ed..d2f4225 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ target_sources(filelight PRIVATE
     fileModel.h
     dropperItem.cpp
     dropperItem.h
+    hicolor.qrc
 )
 
 set(filelight_ICONS
diff --git a/src/hicolor.qrc b/src/hicolor.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..680af15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hicolor.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: none
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+This file is used to ensure that there is content in the hicolor theme. Without content the theme would be
+considered invalid by kiconthemes and we would end up without icons in some cases.
+-->
+<qresource>
+    <file alias="icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/filelight.png">../misc/128-apps-filelight.png</file>
+</qresource>
+</RCC>