diff --git a/samples/joytest/joytest.cpp b/samples/joytest/joytest.cpp
index 729073fe04..6bf7bc96c3 100644
--- a/samples/joytest/joytest.cpp
+++ b/samples/joytest/joytest.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 
 #include "joytest.h"
 
+// the application icon (under Windows and OS/2 it is in resources and even
+// though we could still include the XPM here it would be unused)
+#if !defined(__WXMSW__) && !defined(__WXPM__)
+    #include "../sample.xpm"
+#endif
+
 MyFrame *frame = NULL;
 
 IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)