diff --git a/buzztrax.changes b/buzztrax.changes
index c6b6b90..5aaa30f 100644
--- a/buzztrax.changes
+++ b/buzztrax.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr  5 13:25:16 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Ensure the icons in hicolor are the REAL files: fdupes links them
+  the 'wrong way around' for xdg-app and appstream-builder.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  1 05:54:19 UTC 2016 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/buzztrax.spec b/buzztrax.spec
index e06d75c..3c266ea 100644
--- a/buzztrax.spec
+++ b/buzztrax.spec
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ echo %{buildroot}
 %find_lang %{name}-%{version}
 mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/buzztrax-edit.desktop %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/buzztrax.desktop
 #%%find_gconf_schemas
+# ensure the icons in hicolor are the REAL files. fdupes links them the 'wrong way around' for xdg-app and appstream-builder
+for icon in 48x48/apps/buzztrax.png scalable/apps/buzztrax.svg; do
+  ln -sf %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/${icon} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/gnome/${icon}
+done
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}
 printf 'libbuzztrax-ic%{ic_soname}\n
 libbuzztrax-core%{core_soname}\n