diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b23c21..26c487e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2023-03-30
+### Added
+- on native target, you can set the window icon with AppConfig.icon
+
 ## [0.4.1] - 2023-02-17
 ### Fixed
 - scancodes for F11 and F12 (windows & linux)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1030ae4..c3f944e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "uni-app"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors = [
     "Edwin Cheng <edwin0cheng@gmail.com>",
     "jice <jice.nospam@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c21636..cd7b838 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ fn main() {
         headless: false,
         resizable: true,
         fullscreen: false,
+        intercept_close_request: false,
+        icon: None,
     });
     // start game loop
     app.run(move |app: &mut uni_app::App| {
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index ffc9da3..ef6c97c 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "uni-app-example"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/unrust/uni-app"
diff --git a/examples/basic.rs b/examples/basic.rs
index 1e3a8fd..c25853e 100644
--- a/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/examples/basic.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fn main() {
         resizable: true,
         fullscreen: false,
         intercept_close_request: false,
+        icon: None,
     });
     // loading a file
     // if the "http" feature is enabled, this would also work with an url like "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unrust/uni-app/master/www/test.txt"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index df38671..d2cc760 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ pub struct AppConfig {
     pub title: String,
     /// the window/canvas size in pixels
     pub size: (u32, u32),
+    /// The window icon : width,height,pixel data in rgba format.
+    /// winit recommends using a 32x32 image.
+    /// You can use the image crate to embed the icon in your executable at build time :
+    ///
+    /// pub static ICON: &[u8] = include_bytes!("my_icon.png");
+    /// let icon=image::load_from_memory(ICON).unwrap();
+    /// app_config.icon = Some((icon.width(),icon.height(),icon.as_bytes().to_vec()))
+    pub icon: Option<(u32,u32,Vec<u8>)>,
     /// sync frames with screen frequency (can only be disabled on native target)
     pub vsync: bool,
     /// start the program without actually creating a window, for test purposes
@@ -70,6 +78,7 @@ impl AppConfig {
             resizable: true,
             show_cursor: true,
             intercept_close_request: false,
+            icon : None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/native_app.rs b/src/native_app.rs
index 0a26ee5..eac46f6 100644
--- a/src/native_app.rs
+++ b/src/native_app.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,12 @@ impl App {
                     None
                 })
                 .with_resizable(config.resizable)
-                .with_inner_size(LogicalSize::new(config.size.0, config.size.1));
+                .with_inner_size(LogicalSize::new(config.size.0, config.size.1))
+                .with_window_icon(
+                    if let Some((w,h,data)) = config.icon {
+                        window::Icon::from_rgba(data, w, h).ok()
+                    } else { None }
+                );
 
             let windowed_context = ContextBuilder::new()
                 .with_vsync(config.vsync)
@@ -337,3 +342,4 @@ pub fn now() -> f64 {
     // https://doc.rust-lang.org/time/time/fn.precise_time_s.html
     time::precise_time_s()
 }
+