diff --git a/ui.cpp b/ui.cpp
index 54cfa2a2a..e51c1e2e5 100644
--- a/ui.cpp
+++ b/ui.cpp
@@ -2437,7 +2437,9 @@ void CMyTaskBarIcon::Show(bool fShow)
         {
             strlcpy(pszPrevTip, strTooltip.c_str(), sizeof(pszPrevTip));
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
-            SetIcon(wxICON(bitcoin), strTooltip);
+            // somehow it'll choose the wrong icon and scale it down if
+            // we use the main icon, so we hand it one with only 16x16
+            SetIcon(wxICON(favicon), strTooltip);
 #else
             SetIcon(bitcoin80_xpm, strTooltip);
 #endif
diff --git a/ui.rc b/ui.rc
index 95258c7d5..0e0122de2 100644
--- a/ui.rc
+++ b/ui.rc
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ addressbook16         BITMAP  "rc/addressbook16.bmp"
 addressbook16mask     BITMAP  "rc/addressbook16mask.bmp"
 addressbook20         BITMAP  "rc/addressbook20.bmp"
 addressbook20mask     BITMAP  "rc/addressbook20mask.bmp"
+favicon               ICON    "rc/favicon.ico"