diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c2f0c047..7a951863a 100755
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ fc_target_copy_resource(FemGui
     MechanicalAnalysis.ui
     )
 
+SET(FemGuiIcon_SVG
+    Resources/icons/preferences-fem.svg
+)
+
+fc_copy_sources(FemGui "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/Mod/Fem" ${FemGuiIcon_SVG})
+
+INSTALL(FILES ${FemGuiIcon_SVG} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/Mod/Fem/Resources/icons")
+
 SET_BIN_DIR(FemGui FemGui /Mod/Fem)
 SET_PYTHON_PREFIX_SUFFIX(FemGui)
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/Fem/InitGui.py
index e19059be8..4074ec67d 100755
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/InitGui.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Fem gui init module  
+# Fem gui init module
 # (c) 2009 Juergen Riegel
 #
 # Gathering all the information to start FreeCAD
@@ -30,41 +30,19 @@
 #***************************************************************************/
 
 
+class FemWorkbench (Workbench):
+    "Fem workbench object"
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.__class__.Icon = FreeCAD.getResourceDir() + "Mod/Fem/Resources/icons/preferences-fem.svg"
+        self.__class__.MenuText = "FEM"
+        self.__class__.ToolTip = "FEM workbench"
 
-class FemWorkbench ( Workbench ):
-	"Fem workbench object"
-	Icon = """
-			/* XPM */
-			static const char *Fem_Box[]={
-			"16 16 3 1",
-			". c None",
-			"# c #000000",
-			"a c #c6c642",
-			"................",
-			".......#######..",
-			"......#aaaaa##..",
-			".....#aaaaa###..",
-			"....#aaaaa##a#..",
-			"...#aaaaa##aa#..",
-			"..#aaaaa##aaa#..",
-			".########aaaa#..",
-			".#aaaaa#aaaaa#..",
-			".#aaaaa#aaaa##..",
-			".#aaaaa#aaa##...",
-			".#aaaaa#aa##....",
-			".#aaaaa#a##... .",
-			".#aaaaa###......",
-			".########.......",
-			"................"};
-			"""
-	MenuText = "Fem"
-	ToolTip = "Fem workbench"
+    def Initialize(self):
+            # load the module
+            import Fem
+            import FemGui
 
-	def Initialize(self):
-		# load the module
-		import Fem
-		import FemGui
-	def GetClassName(self):
-		return "FemGui::Workbench"
+    def GetClassName(self):
+            return "FemGui::Workbench"
 
 Gui.addWorkbench(FemWorkbench())