diff --git a/packages/desktop/e2e/packaged-app-smoke.js b/packages/desktop/e2e/packaged-app-smoke.js
index b1b299494a..f1310e287f 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/e2e/packaged-app-smoke.js
+++ b/packages/desktop/e2e/packaged-app-smoke.js
@@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ async function assertSandboxState({ browser, page, expectedSandbox, stdout, stde
 
 function assertLinuxDesktopIdentity(appPath) {
   if (process.platform === "linux") {
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(appPath, "resources", "icon.png")),
+      fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "..", "assets", "icon.png")),
+      "Packaged Linux windows must have the Paseo icon at their runtime lookup path",
+    );
     const metadata = JSON.parse(
       extractFile(path.join(appPath, "resources", "app.asar"), "package.json").toString(),
     );
diff --git a/packages/desktop/electron-builder.yml b/packages/desktop/electron-builder.yml
index 6ab5a9b691..8634d1f058 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/packages/desktop/electron-builder.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ linux:
   extraResources:
     - from: bin/paseo
       to: bin/paseo
+    - from: assets/icon.png
+      to: icon.png
   target:
     - AppImage
     - deb