diff --git a/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/Displays.WinForms.csproj b/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/Displays.WinForms.csproj
index 064fa15a50..04fbc2520d 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/Displays.WinForms.csproj
+++ b/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/Displays.WinForms.csproj
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include=".\Readme.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
-    <None Remove="icon.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="icon.ico">
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="icon.ico">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\..\icon.png" Link="icon.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="" />
diff --git a/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/WinForms.cs b/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/WinForms.cs
index 7ef4a2020c..5f415dc121 100644
--- a/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/WinForms.cs
+++ b/Source/Meadow.Foundation.Peripherals/Displays.WinForms/Driver/WinForms.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public WinFormsDisplay(int width = 800, int height = 600, ColorMode colorMode =
         this.DoubleBuffered = true;
         this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog;
         this.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
-        this.Icon = new Icon("icon.ico");
+
+        var iconStream = typeof(WinFormsDisplay).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Displays.WinForms.icon.ico");
+        this.Icon = new Icon(iconStream!);
+
         _buffer = new WinFormsPixelBuffer(width, height, colorMode);
     }