diff --git a/docs/labwc-config.5.scd b/docs/labwc-config.5.scd
index d739b549..1c160a45 100644
--- a/docs/labwc-config.5.scd
+++ b/docs/labwc-config.5.scd
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ extending outward from the snapped edge.
 *<theme><icon>*
 	The name of the icon theme to use. It is not set by default.
 
+*<theme><fallbackAppIcon>*
+	The name of the icon to use as a fallback when the application icon
+	(e.g. window icon in the titlebar) is not available. The name follows
+	the ones specified in "Icon=" entries in desktop files.
+	Default is 'labwc'.
+
 *<theme><titlebar><layout>*
 	Selection and order of buttons in a window's titlebar.
 	The following identifiers can be used, each only once:
diff --git a/docs/rc.xml.all b/docs/rc.xml.all
index 4c872e24..16f5c212 100644
--- a/docs/rc.xml.all
+++ b/docs/rc.xml.all
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   <theme>
     <name></name>
     <icon></icon>
+    <fallbackAppIcon>labwc</fallbackAppIcon>
     <titlebar>
       <layout>icon:iconify,max,close</layout>
       <showTitle>yes</showTitle>
diff --git a/include/config/rcxml.h b/include/config/rcxml.h
index 84757386..9aa6c9ba 100644
--- a/include/config/rcxml.h
+++ b/include/config/rcxml.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct rcxml {
 	/* theme */
 	char *theme_name;
 	char *icon_theme_name;
+	char *fallback_app_icon_name;
 	struct wl_list title_buttons_left;
 	struct wl_list title_buttons_right;
 	int corner_radius;
diff --git a/src/common/scaled-icon-buffer.c b/src/common/scaled-icon-buffer.c
index 1ecc12b2..cc4d6317 100644
--- a/src/common/scaled-icon-buffer.c
+++ b/src/common/scaled-icon-buffer.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ _create_buffer(struct scaled_scene_buffer *scaled_buffer, double scale)
 	} else if (self->app_id) {
 		img = desktop_entry_load_icon_from_app_id(self->server,
 			self->app_id, icon_size, scale);
+		if (!img) {
+			img = desktop_entry_load_icon(self->server,
+				rc.fallback_app_icon_name, icon_size, scale);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!img) {
diff --git a/src/config/rcxml.c b/src/config/rcxml.c
index 21ce2f8a..0dfdc604 100644
--- a/src/config/rcxml.c
+++ b/src/config/rcxml.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,8 @@ entry(xmlNode *node, char *nodename, char *content)
 		xstrdup_replace(rc.theme_name, content);
 	} else if (!strcmp(nodename, "icon.theme")) {
 		xstrdup_replace(rc.icon_theme_name, content);
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(nodename, "fallbackAppIcon.theme")) {
+		xstrdup_replace(rc.fallback_app_icon_name, content);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(nodename, "layout.titlebar.theme")) {
 		fill_title_layout(content);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(nodename, "showTitle.titlebar.theme")) {
@@ -1677,6 +1679,10 @@ post_processing(void)
 		load_default_mouse_bindings();
 	}
 
+	if (!rc.fallback_app_icon_name) {
+		rc.fallback_app_icon_name = xstrdup("labwc");
+	}
+
 	if (!rc.title_layout_loaded) {
 #if HAVE_LIBSFDO
 		fill_title_layout("icon:iconify,max,close");
@@ -1928,6 +1934,7 @@ rcxml_finish(void)
 	zfree(rc.font_osd.name);
 	zfree(rc.theme_name);
 	zfree(rc.icon_theme_name);
+	zfree(rc.fallback_app_icon_name);
 	zfree(rc.workspace_config.prefix);
 	zfree(rc.tablet.output_name);