diff --color -ru a/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/Makefile.am b/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/Makefile.am
--- a/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/Makefile.am	2021-11-18 11:38:43.704876330 +0100
+++ b/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/Makefile.am	2021-11-18 11:35:39.108500175 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	src/ThirdParty/Catch2/single_include/catch2
 
 usbguard_notifier_SOURCES = \
+	src/usbguard-icon.hpp \
 	src/Notifier.hpp \
 	src/NotifyWrapper.hpp \
 	src/Serializer.hpp \
@@ -43,8 +44,7 @@
 	src/Notifier.cpp \
 	src/NotifyWrapper.cpp \
 	src/Serializer.cpp \
-	src/Log.cpp \
-	icons/usbguard-icon.svg
+	src/Log.cpp
 
 usbguard_notifier_LDFLAGS = \
 	@rsvg_LIBS@ \
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 endif
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = \
-	src/BuildConfig.h
+	src/BuildConfig.h \
+	src/usbguard-icon.hpp
 
 usbguard_notifier_cli_SOURCES = \
 	src/Serializer.hpp \
@@ -109,8 +110,16 @@
 #
 # usbguard icon
 #
-.svg.o:
-	$(LD) -r -b binary -o $@ $<
+EXTRA_DIST += \
+	$(top_builddir)/icons/usbguard-icon.svg
+
+$(top_builddir)/src/usbguard-icon.hpp: $(top_builddir)/icons/usbguard-icon.svg
+	echo -e "#ifndef ICON_HPP\n#define ICON_HPP\nnamespace notify {\nconst char *icon =" > $@
+	$(SED) 's/"/\\"/g' $^ | $(SED) 's/^/"/' | $(SED) 's/$$/\\n"/' >> $@
+	echo -e ";\n}\n#endif" >> $@
+
+CLEANFILES += \
+	$(top_builddir)/src/usbguard-icon.hpp
 
 #
 # unit file
diff --color -ru a/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/src/NotifyWrapper.cpp b/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/src/NotifyWrapper.cpp
--- a/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/src/NotifyWrapper.cpp	2020-03-02 11:55:25.932999263 +0100
+++ b/usbguard-notifier-0.0.6/src/NotifyWrapper.cpp	2021-11-18 11:29:52.825157237 +0100
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@
  */
 
 #include "NotifyWrapper.hpp"
+#include "usbguard-icon.hpp"
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 #include <librsvg-2.0/librsvg/rsvg.h>
 
-extern char _binary_icons_usbguard_icon_svg_start[];
-extern char _binary_icons_usbguard_icon_svg_end[];
-
 namespace notify
 {
 
@@ -54,10 +53,7 @@
 Notification::Notification(const std::string& summary, const std::string& body)
     : _n(notify_notification_new(summary.c_str(), body.c_str(), nullptr))
 {
-    RsvgHandle* handle = rsvg_handle_new_from_data(
-            (const guint8*)(_binary_icons_usbguard_icon_svg_start),
-            _binary_icons_usbguard_icon_svg_end - _binary_icons_usbguard_icon_svg_start,
-            nullptr);
+    RsvgHandle* handle = rsvg_handle_new_from_data((const guint8*)icon, std::strlen(icon), nullptr);
     if (!handle) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Failed to obtain rsvg handle");
     }