diff --git a/src-tauri/build.rs b/src-tauri/build.rs
index d860e1e..1632868 100644
--- a/src-tauri/build.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
+    // tauri-build only watches tauri.conf.json and capabilities/; without this an incremental build keeps the old
+    // icon in the exe resource and the window icon after the files in icons/ change.
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=icons");
     tauri_build::build()
 }