diff --git a/dist/icons/citra.png b/dist/icons/citra.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 83fa499dd..000000000
Binary files a/dist/icons/citra.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/dist/icons/icons.qrc b/dist/icons/icons.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index a25804907..000000000
--- a/dist/icons/icons.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-  <qresource prefix="icons">
-    <file>checked.png</file>
-    <file>failed.png</file>
-    <file>citra.png</file>
-  </qresource>
-</RCC>
diff --git a/dist/qt_themes/default/default.qrc b/dist/qt_themes/default/default.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3e21645a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/qt_themes/default/default.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="icons/default">
+        <file alias="index.theme">icons/index.theme</file>
+      
+        <file alias="16x16/checked.png">icons/16x16/checked.png</file>
+
+        <file alias="16x16/failed.png">icons/16x16/failed.png</file>
+      
+        <file alias="256x256/citra.png">icons/256x256/citra.png</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/dist/icons/checked.png b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/16x16/checked.png
similarity index 100%
rename from dist/icons/checked.png
rename to dist/qt_themes/default/icons/16x16/checked.png
diff --git a/dist/icons/failed.png b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/16x16/failed.png
similarity index 100%
rename from dist/icons/failed.png
rename to dist/qt_themes/default/icons/16x16/failed.png
diff --git a/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/256x256/citra.png b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/256x256/citra.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbbfa7473
Binary files /dev/null and b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/256x256/citra.png differ
diff --git a/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/index.theme b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/index.theme
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac67cb236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/qt_themes/default/icons/index.theme
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Icon Theme]
+Name=default
+Comment=default theme
+Directories=16x16,256x256
+ 
+[16x16]
+Size=16
+ 
+[256x256]
+Size=256
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/icons/index.theme b/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/icons/index.theme
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..558ece40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/icons/index.theme
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Icon Theme]
+Name=qdarkstyle
+Comment=dark theme
+Inherits=default
+Directories=16x16,256x256
+ 
+[16x16]
+Size=16
+ 
+[256x256]
+Size=256
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/style.qrc b/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/style.qrc
index ac14bc501..efbd0b9dc 100644
--- a/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/style.qrc
+++ b/dist/qt_themes/qdarkstyle/style.qrc
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <RCC>
+  <qresource prefix="icons/qdarkstyle">
+    <file alias="index.theme">icons/index.theme</file>
+  </qresource>
   <qresource prefix="qss_icons">
     <file>rc/up_arrow_disabled.png</file>
     <file>rc/Hmovetoolbar.png</file>
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/aboutdialog.cpp b/src/citra_qt/aboutdialog.cpp
index 9c11168ba..06587341a 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/aboutdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/aboutdialog.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include <QIcon>
 #include "aboutdialog.h"
 #include "common/scm_rev.h"
 #include "ui_aboutdialog.h"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget* parent)
     : QDialog(parent, Qt::WindowTitleHint | Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint | Qt::WindowSystemMenuHint),
       ui(new Ui::AboutDialog) {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    ui->labelLogo->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("citra").pixmap(200));
     ui->labelBuildInfo->setText(ui->labelBuildInfo->text().arg(
         Common::g_build_name, Common::g_scm_branch, Common::g_scm_desc));
 }
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_web.cpp b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_web.cpp
index 42f2c9991..22d01e9f8 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_web.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/configuration/configure_web.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include "citra_qt/configuration/configure_web.h"
 #include "core/settings.h"
@@ -67,12 +68,12 @@ void ConfigureWeb::RefreshTelemetryID() {
 void ConfigureWeb::OnLoginChanged() {
     if (ui->edit_username->text().isEmpty() && ui->edit_token->text().isEmpty()) {
         user_verified = true;
-        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/checked.png"));
-        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/checked.png"));
+        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("checked").pixmap(16));
+        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("checked").pixmap(16));
     } else {
         user_verified = false;
-        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/failed.png"));
-        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/failed.png"));
+        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("failed").pixmap(16));
+        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("failed").pixmap(16));
     }
 }
 
@@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ void ConfigureWeb::OnLoginVerified() {
     ui->button_verify_login->setText(tr("Verify"));
     if (verified.get()) {
         user_verified = true;
-        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/checked.png"));
-        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/checked.png"));
+        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("checked").pixmap(16));
+        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("checked").pixmap(16));
     } else {
-        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/failed.png"));
-        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/icons/failed.png"));
+        ui->label_username_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("failed").pixmap(16));
+        ui->label_token_verified->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme("failed").pixmap(16));
         QMessageBox::critical(
             this, tr("Verification failed"),
             tr("Verification failed. Check that you have entered your username and token "
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
index 9a2cb8368..9eac0f40d 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ GMainWindow::GMainWindow() : config(new Config()), emu_thread(nullptr) {
 
     game_list->PopulateAsync(UISettings::values.gamedir, UISettings::values.gamedir_deepscan);
 
+    default_theme_paths = QIcon::themeSearchPaths();
     UpdateUITheme();
 
     // Show one-time "callout" messages to the user
@@ -1226,7 +1227,9 @@ void GMainWindow::filterBarSetChecked(bool state) {
 }
 
 void GMainWindow::UpdateUITheme() {
-    if (UISettings::values.theme != UISettings::themes[0].second) {
+    QStringList theme_paths(default_theme_paths);
+    if (UISettings::values.theme != UISettings::themes[0].second &&
+        !UISettings::values.theme.isEmpty()) {
         QString theme_uri(":" + UISettings::values.theme + "/style.qss");
         QFile f(theme_uri);
         if (!f.exists()) {
@@ -1237,10 +1240,15 @@ void GMainWindow::UpdateUITheme() {
             qApp->setStyleSheet(ts.readAll());
             GMainWindow::setStyleSheet(ts.readAll());
         }
+        theme_paths.append(QStringList{":/icons/default", ":/icons/" + UISettings::values.theme});
+        QIcon::setThemeName(":/icons/" + UISettings::values.theme);
     } else {
         qApp->setStyleSheet("");
         GMainWindow::setStyleSheet("");
+        theme_paths.append(QStringList{":/icons/default"});
+        QIcon::setThemeName(":/icons/default");
     }
+    QIcon::setThemeSearchPaths(theme_paths);
 }
 
 void GMainWindow::LoadTranslation() {
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.h b/src/citra_qt/main.h
index 85fbc7d02..04fe742ea 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.h
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.h
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ private:
 
     QTranslator translator;
 
+    // stores default icon theme search paths for the platform
+    QStringList default_theme_paths;
+
 protected:
     void dropEvent(QDropEvent* event) override;
     void dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent* event) override;