diff --git a/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/makefile b/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/makefile
index 7195b6de8c4..13ef3c07790 100644
--- a/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/makefile
+++ b/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all:
 	gcc -c notepad.c -o notepad.o
 	windres -i notepad.rc -o res.o
-	gcc notepad.o res.o -o notepad.nostrip.exe
+	gcc notepad.o res.o -o notepad.nostrip.exe -mwindows
 	strip notepad.nostrip.exe -o notepad.exe
 clean:
 	del *.o
diff --git a/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/notepad.ico b/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/notepad.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7481b412cf
Binary files /dev/null and b/reactos/apps/dist/notepad/notepad.ico differ