Index: binaries/data/mods/mod/art/textures/icons/textures.xml
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/mod/art/textures/icons/textures.xml	(nonexistent)
+++ binaries/data/mods/mod/art/textures/icons/textures.xml	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Textures>
+  <File pattern="*" mipmap="false" alpha="transparency"/>
+</Textures>
Index: source/ps/VideoMode.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/ps/VideoMode.cpp	(revision 21808)
+++ source/ps/VideoMode.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h"
 #include "lib/sysdep/gfx.h"
 #include "lib/tex/tex.h"
+#include "maths/MD5.h"
+#include "ps/CacheLoader.h"
 #include "ps/CConsole.h"
 #include "ps/CLogger.h"
 #include "ps/ConfigDB.h"
@@ -500,11 +502,33 @@
 
 void CVideoMode::SetWindowIcon()
 {
+	CCacheLoader cacheLoader(g_VFS, L".dds");
+	// We are using the cache in case the icon is in an archive, else we just use the source
+	// file, so the file version and initial hash are just arbitrary.
+	MD5 hash;
+	u32 version = 1;
+
+	VfsPath sourcePath = L"art/textures/icons/window.png";
+	VfsPath loadPath;
+	Status ret = cacheLoader.TryLoadingCached(sourcePath, hash, version, loadPath);
+
+	VfsPath iconPath;
+	if (ret == INFO::OK)
+		iconPath = loadPath;
+	else if (ret == INFO::SKIPPED)
+		iconPath = sourcePath;
+	else
+	{
+		ENSURE(ret < 0);
+		LOGWARNING("Window icon not found.");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	std::shared_ptr<u8> iconFile;
 	size_t iconFileSize;
-	if (g_VFS->LoadFile("art/textures/icons/window.png", iconFile, iconFileSize) != INFO::OK)
+	if (g_VFS->LoadFile(iconPath, iconFile, iconFileSize) != INFO::OK)
 	{
-		LOGWARNING("Window icon not found.");
+		LOGERROR("Cannot load file for the window icon.");
 		return;
 	}