diff --git a/demos/widget-factory/meson.build b/demos/widget-factory/meson.build
index 184a8abbb4..9ce9cc2213 100644
--- a/demos/widget-factory/meson.build
+++ b/demos/widget-factory/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ widgetfactory_resources = gnome.compile_resources(
   source_dir: '.'
 )
 
+foreach s: [ '16', '22', '24', '32', '48', '256']
+  icon_destdir = join_paths(gtk_datadir, 'icons', 'hicolor', '@0@x@0@'.format(s), 'apps')
+  icons = [join_paths('data', '@0@x@0@'.format(s), 'gtk3-widget-factory.png'),
+           join_paths('data', '@0@x@0@'.format(s), 'gtk3-widget-factory-symbolic.symbolic.png')]
+  install_data(icons, install_dir: icon_destdir)
+endforeach
+
 widget_factory = executable(
   'gtk3-widget-factory',
   widgetfactory_sources,