diff --git a/chatterino.pro b/chatterino.pro
index 2cb069551..42df60d06 100644
--- a/chatterino.pro
+++ b/chatterino.pro
@@ -409,11 +409,13 @@ linux {
     desktop.files = resources/chatterino.desktop
     desktop.path = $$PREFIX/share/applications
 
-    # TODO: fix icon
-    # icon.files = resources/icon.png
-    # icon.path = $$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/chatterino.png
+    build_icons.path = .
+    build_icons.commands = @echo $$PWD  && mkdir -p $$PWD/resources/linuxinstall/icons/hicolor/256x256 && cp $$PWD/resources/icon.png $$PWD/resources/linuxinstall/icons/hicolor/256x256/chatterino.png
+
+    icon.files = $$PWD/resources/linuxinstall/icons/hicolor/256x256/chatterino.png
+    icon.path = $$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
 
     target.path = $$PREFIX/bin
 
-    INSTALLS += desktop target
+    INSTALLS += desktop build_icons icon target
 }
diff --git a/resources/.gitignore b/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d38bf357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+linuxinstall
diff --git a/resources/generate_resources.py b/resources/generate_resources.py
index 5239e64e8..e48795f72 100755
--- a/resources/generate_resources.py
+++ b/resources/generate_resources.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ignored_files = ['qt.conf', 'resources.qrc', 'resources_autogenerated.qrc', 'win
 
 # to ignore all files in a/b, add a/b to ignored_directories.
 # this will ignore a/b/c/d.txt and a/b/xd.txt
-ignored_directories = ['__pycache__']
+ignored_directories = ['__pycache__', 'linuxinstall']
 
 def isNotIgnored(file):
     # check if file exists in an ignored direcory