diff --git a/qad/cmake/QADDeploy.cmake b/qad/cmake/QADDeploy.cmake
index 1571a00..116bc04 100644
--- a/qad/cmake/QADDeploy.cmake
+++ b/qad/cmake/QADDeploy.cmake
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ macro(make_rc _T _out)
 			set(WINDOWS_RC_FILETYPE "0x7L")
 		endif()
 		set(_rc_version "${${_T}_VERSION_MAJOR},${${_T}_VERSION_MINOR},${${_T}_VERSION_REVISION},${${_T}_VERSION_BUILD}")
-		get_filename_component(WINDOWS_RC_ICON "${${_T}_ICON}" REALPATH BASE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+		set(_icon)
+		if (NOT ("x${${_T}_ICON}" STREQUAL "x"))
+			get_filename_component(WINDOWS_RC_ICON "${${_T}_ICON}" REALPATH BASE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+			set(_icon "1 ICON \"${WINDOWS_RC_ICON}\"")
+		endif()
 		set(_rc_file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/winres.rc")
 		file(WRITE "${_rc_file}"
 "# if defined(UNDER_CE)
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ macro(make_rc _T _out)
 #  include <winver.h>
 # endif
 #pragma code_page(65001)
-1 ICON \"${WINDOWS_RC_ICON}\"
+${_icon}
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION ${_rc_version}
 PRODUCTVERSION ${_rc_version}