diff --git a/kbarcode/Makefile.am b/kbarcode/Makefile.am
index 81e8894..58aae3b 100644
--- a/kbarcode/Makefile.am
+++ b/kbarcode/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/src $(all_includes)
 
 # let automoc handle all of the meta source files (moc)
 METASOURCES = AUTO
-KDE_ICON = AUTO
+KDE_ICON = kbarcode
 
 messages: rc.cpp
 	$(XGETTEXT) *.cpp -o $(podir)/kdedcoptest.pot