diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platform/3ds/CMakeLists.txt
index 29da450fa..cec7d0bea 100644
--- a/src/platform/3ds/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platform/3ds/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ find_program(BANNERTOOL bannertool)
 find_program(MAKEROM makerom)
 find_program(PICASSO picasso)
 find_program(RAW2C raw2c)
+find_program(TEX3DS tex3ds)
 set(STRIP "${cross_prefix_path}strip" CACHE INTERNAL "symbol stripper")
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-format" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -65,9 +66,15 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${BINARY_NAME}.bnr
                    COMMAND ${BANNERTOOL} makebanner -ci ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/banner.cgfx -a ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bios.wav -o ${BINARY_NAME}.bnr
                    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/banner.cgfx ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bios.wav)
 
+# tex3ds binaries as of 2.0.1-3 crash if you try to do this
+#add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/icons.t3x
+#                   COMMAND ${TEX3DS} -f rgb5551 -o icons.t3x ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/res/icons.png
+#                   MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/res/icons.png
+#                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/icons.c
-                   COMMAND ${RAW2C} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/3ds/icons.raw
-                   DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/platform/3ds/icons.raw)
+                   COMMAND ${RAW2C} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/icons.t3x
+                   DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/icons.t3x)
 
 add_custom_command(
 	OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/uishader.shbin ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/uishader.shbin.h
diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/gui-font.c b/src/platform/3ds/gui-font.c
index 4d4a4f01e..7d073c709 100644
--- a/src/platform/3ds/gui-font.c
+++ b/src/platform/3ds/gui-font.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <mgba-util/vfs.h>
 #include "icons.h"
 
+#include <tex3ds.h>
 #include "ctr-gpu.h"
 
 #define FONT_SIZE 15.6f
@@ -44,12 +45,8 @@ struct GUIFont* GUIFontCreate(void) {
 		tex->param = GPU_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER(GPU_LINEAR) | GPU_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER(GPU_LINEAR) | GPU_TEXTURE_WRAP_S(GPU_CLAMP_TO_EDGE) | GPU_TEXTURE_WRAP_T(GPU_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
 	}
 
-	tex = &guiFont->icons;
-	C3D_TexInitVRAM(tex, 256, 64, GPU_RGBA5551);
-
-	GSPGPU_FlushDataCache(icons, icons_size);
-	GX_RequestDma((u32*) icons, tex->data, icons_size);
-	gspWaitForDMA();
+	Tex3DS_Texture t3x = Tex3DS_TextureImport(icons, icons_size, &guiFont->icons, NULL, true);
+	Tex3DS_TextureFree(t3x);
 
 	return guiFont;
 }
@@ -136,23 +133,28 @@ void GUIFontDrawIcon(const struct GUIFont* font, int x, int y, enum GUIAlignment
 		y -= metric.height;
 		break;
 	}
+	s16 origin = font->icons.height - metric.y - metric.height;
+
 	switch (orient) {
 	case GUI_ORIENT_HMIRROR:
-		ctrAddRectEx(color, x + metric.width, y,
-		             -metric.width, metric.height,
-		             metric.x, metric.y,
+		ctrAddRectEx(color, x + metric.width, y + metric.height,
+		             -metric.width, -metric.height,
+		             metric.x, origin,
 		             metric.width, metric.height, 0);
 		break;
 	case GUI_ORIENT_VMIRROR:
-		ctrAddRectEx(color, x, y + metric.height,
-		             metric.width, -metric.height,
-		             metric.x, metric.y,
+		ctrAddRectEx(color, x, y,
+		             metric.width, metric.height,
+		             metric.x, origin,
 		             metric.width, metric.height, 0);
 		break;
 	case GUI_ORIENT_0:
 	default:
 		// TODO: Rotation
-		ctrAddRect(color, x, y, metric.x, metric.y, metric.width, metric.height);
+		ctrAddRectEx(color, x, y + metric.height,
+		             metric.width, -metric.height,
+		             metric.x, origin,
+		             metric.width, metric.height, 0);
 		break;
 	}
 }
@@ -163,11 +165,10 @@ void GUIFontDrawIconSize(const struct GUIFont* font, int x, int y, int w, int h,
 	if (icon >= GUI_ICON_MAX) {
 		return;
 	}
-
 	struct GUIIconMetric metric = defaultIconMetrics[icon];
-	ctrAddRectEx(color, x, y,
+	ctrAddRectEx(color, x, y + (h ? h : metric.height),
 	             w ? w : metric.width,
-	             h ? h : metric.height,
-	             metric.x, metric.y,
+	             h ? -h : -metric.height,
+	             metric.x, font->icons.height - metric.y - metric.height,
 	             metric.width, metric.height, 0);
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/icons.raw b/src/platform/3ds/icons.raw
deleted file mode 100644
index d60815862..000000000
Binary files a/src/platform/3ds/icons.raw and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/platform/3ds/icons.t3x b/src/platform/3ds/icons.t3x
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..171b8bd01
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/platform/3ds/icons.t3x differ