diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
index ef68470c94..8efd5537bf 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
   stdcapture.cpp
   ${PLUGIN_LOADER_SRC}
 )
+qt_add_resources(PROJECT_SOURCES lammpsgui.qrc)
 
 if(${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} GREATER_EQUAL 6)
     qt_add_executable(lammps-gui
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/DejaVuSansMono.ttf b/tools/lammps-gui/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d126ad605b
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diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-icon-128x128.png b/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-icon-128x128.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c39f1ca25
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/lammps-gui/lammps-icon-128x128.png differ
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
index 73108d2ef0..0220589cb1 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ LammpsGui::LammpsGui(QWidget *parent, const char *filename) :
     current_file.clear();
     capturer = new StdCapture;
 
-    QFont text_font;
+    setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/lammps-icon-128x128.png"));
+
+    QFont text_font(":/monospace.ttf");
     text_font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
     ui->textEdit->document()->setDefaultFont(text_font);
     ui->textEdit->setMinimumSize(800, 600);
@@ -343,7 +345,8 @@ void LammpsGui::run_buffer()
     logwindow->moveCursor(QTextCursor::End);
     logwindow->setWindowTitle("LAMMPS-GUI - Output from running LAMMPS on buffer - " +
                               current_file);
-    QFont text_font;
+    logwindow->setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/lammps-icon-128x128.png");
+    QFont text_font(":/monospace.ttf");
     text_font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
     logwindow->document()->setDefaultFont(text_font);
     logwindow->setLineWrapMode(QPlainTextEdit::NoWrap);
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ void LammpsGui::about()
     msg.setWindowTitle("About LAMMPS-GUI");
     msg.setText(version.c_str());
     msg.setInformativeText(info.c_str());
-    msg.setIcon(QMessageBox::NoIcon);
+    msg.setIconPixmap(QPixmap(":/lammps-icon-128x128.png"));
     msg.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
     QFont font;
     font.setFamilies(QStringList({"Sans", "Arial", "Helvetica"}));
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.qrc b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eceaeaabba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource>
+    <file alias="monospace.ttf">DejaVuSansMono.ttf</file>
+    <file>lammps-icon-128x128.png</file>
+</qresource>
+</RCC>