diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.svg b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9d9d30f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="128" height="128" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
+ <linearGradient id="a" x1="0" x2="0" y1="2" y2="30" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+  <stop offset="0" stop-color="#f6f6fb"/>
+  <stop offset="1" stop-color="#8080c0"/>
+ </linearGradient>
+ <path fill="#000" d="M3 0 H 23 V 20 H 26 V 32 H 8 V 22 H 5 V 15 H 0 V 2 H 3 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M5 2 V 4 H 2 V 13 H 7 V 2 H 5 Z M4 5 H 5 V 12 H 4 V 5 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M9 2 H 14 v 1 h -3 v 1 h 3 V 5 h -3 v 7 h 1 V 6 h 2 V 13 H 9 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M16 2 h 5 v 1 h -3 v 1 h 3 v 9 H 16 V 6 h 2 v 6 h 1 V 5 h -3 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M7 14 h 8 v 6 h -2 v -5 h -1 v 5 H 10 V 15 H 9 v 5 H 7 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M16 14 h 2 v 5 h 1 v -5 h 2 v 6 h -5 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M19 22 h 5 v 1 h -3 v 1 h 3 v 1 h -3 v 4 h 1 v -3 h 2 v 4 h -5 Z"/>
+ <path fill="url(#a)" d="M10 22 h 8 v 8 h -2 v -7 h -1 v 7 h -2 v -7 h -1 v 7 H 10 Z"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.xpm b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.xpm
deleted file mode 100644
index d1ce27621..000000000
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/DeSmuME.xpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/* XPM */
-static const char * DeSmuME_xpm[] = {
-"32 32 15 1",
-" 	c None",
-".	c #000000",
-"+	c #F6F6FB",
-"@	c #ECECF6",
-"#	c #E2E2F1",
-"$	c #D8D8EC",
-"%	c #CFCFE7",
-"&	c #C5C5E2",
-"*	c #BBBBDE",
-"=	c #B1B1D9",
-"-	c #A8A8D4",
-";	c #9E9ECF",
-">	c #9494CA",
-",	c #8A8AC5",
-"'	c #8080C0",
-"   ....................         ",
-"   ....................         ",
-".....++..+++++..+++++..         ",
-".....++..++.....++.....         ",
-"..@@@@@..@@@@@..@@@@@..         ",
-"..@@.@@..@@........@@..         ",
-"..##.##..##.##..##.##..         ",
-"..##.##..##.##..##.##..         ",
-"..$$.$$..$$.$$..$$.$$..         ",
-"..$$.$$..$$.$$..$$.$$..         ",
-"..%%.%%..%%.%%..%%.%%..         ",
-"..%%.%%..%%.%%..%%.%%..         ",
-"..&&&&&..&&&&&..&&&&&..         ",
-".......................         ",
-".......********.**.**..         ",
-"     ..==.==.==.==.==..         ",
-"     ..==.==.==.==.==..         ",
-"     ..--.--.--.--.--..         ",
-"     ..--.--.--.--.--..         ",
-"     ..;;.;;.;;.;;;;;..         ",
-"     .....................      ",
-"     .....................      ",
-"        ..>>>>>>>>.>>>>>..      ",
-"        ..>>.>>.>>.>>.....      ",
-"        ..,,.,,.,,.,,,,,..      ",
-"        ..,,.,,.,,.,,.....      ",
-"        ..''.''.''.''.''..      ",
-"        ..''.''.''.''.''..      ",
-"        ..''.''.''.''.''..      ",
-"        ..''.''.''.'''''..      ",
-"        ..................      ",
-"        ..................      "};
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
index 76a206c15..75ecb9bea 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS += $(SDL_CFLAGS) $(GTK_CFLAGS) $(GTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(ALSA_CFLAGS) $(LI
 Applicationsdir = $(datadir)/applications
 Applications_DATA = desmume.desktop
 pixmapdir = $(datadir)/pixmaps
-pixmap_DATA = DeSmuME.xpm
-EXTRA_DIST = DeSmuME.xpm desmume.desktop
+pixmap_DATA = DeSmuME.svg
+EXTRA_DIST = DeSmuME.svg desmume.desktop
 bin_PROGRAMS = desmume
 desmume_SOURCES = \
 	avout.h \
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/main.cpp b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/main.cpp
index b2f00349f..2468a4be0 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/main.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/main.cpp
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#include "DeSmuME.xpm"
-
 #undef GPOINTER_TO_INT
 #define GPOINTER_TO_INT(p) ((gint)  (glong) (p))
 
@@ -1515,8 +1513,6 @@ static inline void UpdateStatusBar (const char *message)
 
 static void About(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *parameter, gpointer user_data)
 {
-    GdkPixbuf * pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_xpm_data(DeSmuME_xpm);
-
     static const gchar *authors[] = {
     	"yopyop (original author)",
     	"DeSmuME team",
@@ -1527,12 +1523,10 @@ static void About(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *parameter, gpointer user_data
             "program-name", "DeSmuME",
             "version", EMU_DESMUME_VERSION_STRING() + 1, // skip space
             "website", "http://desmume.org",
-            "logo", pixbuf,
+            "logo-icon-name", "DeSmuME",
             "comments", "Nintendo DS emulator based on work by Yopyop",
             "authors", authors,
             NULL);
-
-    g_object_unref(pixbuf);
 }
 
 static void ToggleMenuVisible(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant *parameter, gpointer user_data)
@@ -3918,7 +3912,7 @@ common_gtk_main(GApplication *app, gpointer user_data)
     pWindow = gtk_application_window_new(GTK_APPLICATION(app));
     gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(pWindow), "DeSmuME");
     gtk_window_set_resizable(GTK_WINDOW (pWindow), TRUE);
-    gtk_window_set_icon(GTK_WINDOW (pWindow), gdk_pixbuf_new_from_xpm_data(DeSmuME_xpm));
+    gtk_window_set_icon_name(GTK_WINDOW (pWindow), "DeSmuME");
 
     g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(pWindow), "destroy", G_CALLBACK(DoQuit), NULL);
     g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(pWindow), "key_press_event", G_CALLBACK(Key_Press), NULL);
diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
index 914c495cd..1433736b8 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/posix/gtk/meson.build
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ executable('desmume',
 )
 
 install_data('desmume.desktop', install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'applications')
-install_data('DeSmuME.xpm', install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'pixmaps')
+install_data('DeSmuME.svg', install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'pixmaps')