diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 70a0c77a9..60016adfa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.23.9 (not yet released)
+* output
+  - pipewire: set app icon
 
 ver 0.23.8 (2022/07/09)
 * storage
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
index 16febe909..e2c8215eb 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PipeWireOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ PipeWireOutput::Open(AudioFormat &audio_format)
 				       PW_KEY_MEDIA_CATEGORY, "Playback",
 				       PW_KEY_MEDIA_ROLE, "Music",
 				       PW_KEY_APP_NAME, "Music Player Daemon",
+				       PW_KEY_APP_ICON_NAME, "mpd",
 				       nullptr);
 
 	pw_properties_setf(props, PW_KEY_NODE_NAME, "mpd.%s", name);