diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/desktop.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/desktop.yml
index 25a53ac..005e5c3 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/desktop.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/desktop.yml
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ jobs:
         run: npm ci && npm run build
         working-directory: frontend
 
+      # tauri-build generates a Windows Resource file and needs `icons/icon.ico`,
+      # which the repo doesn't carry — only the PNG set the Linux bundles use.
+      # Generating it from the committed 1024px source keeps one icon of record
+      # instead of a hand-made .ico that could silently drift from the brand art.
+      # Linux doesn't need this step, which is why it lives here and not in `build`.
+      - name: Generate the Windows icon set
+        run: cargo tauri icon app-icon.png
+        working-directory: desktop/src-tauri
+
       # --runner cargo-xwin swaps cargo for the cross-compiling driver (it supplies
       # the MSVC CRT/SDK, pre-warmed into the image, and links with lld-link).
       # Frontend already built above; skip the beforeBuildCommand rebuild.