diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4bcaad932e5..68c64331662 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5306,6 +5306,7 @@ src/osd/windows/input.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/osd/windows/input.h svneol=native#text/plain
 src/osd/windows/ledutil.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/osd/windows/main.c svneol=native#text/plain
+src/osd/windows/mame.ico -text
 src/osd/windows/mame.man svneol=CRLF#text/plain eol=crlf
 src/osd/windows/mame.rc svneol=CRLF#text/plain eol=crlf
 src/osd/windows/multidef.h svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/mame.ico b/src/osd/windows/mame.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..586732b4a2f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/osd/windows/mame.ico differ
diff --git a/src/osd/windows/mame.rc b/src/osd/windows/mame.rc
index fa4d28920f5..d27e716d075 100644
--- a/src/osd/windows/mame.rc
+++ b/src/osd/windows/mame.rc
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@
 #include "mamevers.rc"
 
 1                       24      MOVEABLE PURE   "mame.man"
+
+IDI_ICON_MAME           ICON    DISCARDABLE     "mame.ico"
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