diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 926b58be2..aa57b3e2c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Thu Jan  9 05:17:22 2003  Nicola Pero  <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
+
+	* Source/NSApplication.m ([-_appIconInit]): If no app icon has
+	been set, set GNUstep as the applicationIcon by calling
+	setApplicationIconImage: so that the default image gets also
+	registered with name NSApplicationIconImage.
+
 2003-01-08  Fred Kiefer <FredKiefer@gmx.de>
 
 	* Source/NSTextView.m
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@
 	* Source/NSClipView.m
 	Use method calls in [initWithCoder:] so opaque flag is set
 	correctly.
-	
+
 Tue Dec 31 16:30:32 2002  Nicola Pero  <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
 
 	* Model/GNUmakefile: Build gmodel bundle when GUI_LIB is gnu, not
diff --git a/Source/NSApplication.m b/Source/NSApplication.m
index f35722bc7..047c72240 100644
--- a/Source/NSApplication.m
+++ b/Source/NSApplication.m
@@ -2456,7 +2456,9 @@ delegate.
   NSAppIconView	*iv;
 
   if (_app_icon == nil)
-    _app_icon = RETAIN([NSImage imageNamed: @"GNUstep"]);
+    {
+      [self setApplicationIconImage: [NSImage imageNamed: @"GNUstep"]];
+    }
 
   _app_icon_window = [[NSIconWindow alloc] initWithContentRect: 
 					    NSMakeRect(0,0,64,64)