diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index df5be72f0..2259f4aa8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "docs"]
 	path = docs
 	url = https://github.com/friction2d/friction2d.github.io
+[submodule "src/app/icons"]
+	path = src/app/icons
+	url = https://github.com/friction2d/friction-icon-theme
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 768df6bcc..08bfd1e89 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ set(
     RESOURCES
     resources.qrc
     icons.qrc
-    hicolor.qrc
+    icons/hicolor.qrc
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../scripts/easing.qrc
 )
 if(${LINUX_DEPLOY})
diff --git a/src/app/icons b/src/app/icons
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..bf578cb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/icons
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bf578cb6eb49f42a82892d3bf3c0fe508ccfb0c5