diff --git a/midori/main.c b/midori/main.c
index 2ec5599..9360a13 100644
--- a/midori/main.c
+++ b/midori/main.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,7 @@ main (int    argc,
     gchar** uris;
     gchar* block_uris;
     gint inactivity_reset;
+    const gchar* icon_path;
     MidoriApp* app;
     gboolean result;
     GError* error;
@@ -2352,6 +2353,12 @@ main (int    argc,
         return 0;
     }
 
+    if ((icon_path = g_getenv ("MIDORI_ICON_PATH")))
+    {
+        GtkIconTheme* icon_theme = gtk_icon_theme_get_default ();
+        gtk_icon_theme_append_search_path (icon_theme, icon_path);
+    }
+
     /* FIXME: Inactivity reset is only supported for app mode */
     if (inactivity_reset > 0)
         g_error ("--inactivity-reset is currently only supported with --app.");
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index c7a0c87..96871ca 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ def shutdown ():
         try:
             ext = 'MIDORI_EXTENSION_PATH=' + relfolder + os.sep + 'extensions'
             nls = 'MIDORI_NLSPATH=' + relfolder + os.sep + 'po'
+            icon = 'MIDORI_ICON_PATH=' + os.path.join (srcdir, 'icons', 'scalable')
             lang = os.environ['LANG']
             try:
                 for lang in os.listdir (folder + os.sep + 'po'):
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ def shutdown ():
                         'LC_MESSAGES' + os.sep + APPNAME + '.mo')
             except:
                 pass
-            command = ext + ' ' + nls + ' '
+            command = ' '.join ([ext, nls, icon]) + ' '
             if is_mingw (Build.bld.env):
                 # This works only if everything is installed to that prefix
                 os.chdir (Build.bld.env['PREFIX'] + os.sep + 'bin')