diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index 26968d7867..435fb4475f 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "../../frontend/frontend_driver.h"
+#include "../../ui/ui_companion_driver.h"
 
 #include "../menu_driver.h"
 #include "../menu_screensaver.h"
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ enum materialui_node_icon_type
    MUI_ICON_TYPE_MENU_EXPLORE,
    MUI_ICON_TYPE_PLAYLIST,
    MUI_ICON_TYPE_MENU_CONTENTLESS_CORE,
-   MUI_ICON_TYPE_ACHIEVEMENT
+   MUI_ICON_TYPE_ACHIEVEMENT,
+   MUI_ICON_TYPE_APPICON
 };
 
 /* Defines all standard menu textures */
@@ -4011,6 +4013,14 @@ static void materialui_render_menu_entry_default(
    uintptr_t icon_texture                            = 0;
    bool draw_text_outside                            = (x_offset != 0);
    gfx_display_t *p_disp                             = disp_get_ptr();
+   uico_driver_state_t *uico_st                      = uico_state_get_ptr();
+
+   static float color_white[16] = {
+      1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
+      1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
+      1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
+      1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
+   };
 
    if (!p_disp->dispctx->handles_transform)
    {
@@ -4076,12 +4086,6 @@ static void materialui_render_menu_entry_default(
          if (icon_texture)
          {
             /* draw the icon ourselves - the draw_icon below tints it to match the theme */
-            static float color_white[16] = {
-               1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-               1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-               1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-               1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f,
-            };
             materialui_draw_icon(
                   userdata, p_disp,
                   video_width,
@@ -4116,6 +4120,33 @@ static void materialui_render_menu_entry_default(
          }
          break;
 #endif
+      case MUI_ICON_TYPE_APPICON:
+         if (uico_st->drv && uico_st->drv->get_app_icon_texture)
+         {
+            icon_texture = uico_st->drv->get_app_icon_texture(entry_label);
+            if (icon_texture)
+            {
+               /* draw the icon ourselves - the draw_icon below tints it to match the theme */
+               materialui_draw_icon(
+                     userdata, p_disp,
+                     video_width,
+                     video_height,
+                     mui->icon_size,
+                     (uintptr_t)icon_texture,
+                     entry_x + (int)mui->landscape_optimization.entry_margin,
+                     entry_y + (node->entry_height / 2.0f) - (mui->icon_size / 2.0f),
+                     0,
+                     1,
+                     color_white,
+                     &mymat);
+
+               entry_margin += mui->icon_size;
+               usable_width -= mui->icon_size;
+
+               icon_texture = 0; /* prevent drawing tinted icon */
+            }
+         }
+         break;
       default:
          switch (entry_file_type)
          {
@@ -10481,6 +10512,13 @@ static void materialui_list_insert(
          case MENU_SETTING_ACTION_CONTENTLESS_CORE_RUN:
             node->icon_type          = MUI_ICON_TYPE_MENU_CONTENTLESS_CORE;
             break;
+         case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_STRING_OPTIONS_ITEM:
+            if (atoi(fullpath) == MENU_ENUM_LABEL_APPICON_SETTINGS)
+            {
+               node->icon_type       = MUI_ICON_TYPE_APPICON;
+            }
+            /* for other types we don't have an icon */
+            break;
          case FILE_TYPE_RPL_ENTRY:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_ITEM:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_ITEM_RESOLUTION:
@@ -10498,7 +10536,6 @@ static void materialui_list_insert(
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_ITEM_INPUT_DESCRIPTION:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_ITEM_INPUT_DESCRIPTION_KBD:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_CORE_OPTIONS_ITEM:
-         case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_STRING_OPTIONS_ITEM:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_FLOAT_ITEM:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_INT_ITEM:
          case MENU_SETTING_DROPDOWN_SETTING_UINT_ITEM:
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
index 54652d18d6..75819a2bb5 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ ui_companion_driver_t ui_companion_cocoa = {
    NULL, /* is_active */
    NULL, /* get_app_icons */
    NULL, /* set_app_icon */
+   NULL, /* get_app_icon_texture */
    &ui_browser_window_cocoa,
    &ui_msg_window_cocoa,
    &ui_window_cocoa,
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
index 00ab52e8ce..722384ebf0 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoatouch.m
@@ -105,6 +105,40 @@ static void ui_companion_cocoatouch_set_app_icon(const char *iconName)
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setAlternateIconName:str completionHandler:nil];
 }
 
+static uintptr_t ui_companion_cocoatouch_get_app_icon_texture(const char *icon)
+{
+   static NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, NSNumber *> *textures = nil;
+   static dispatch_once_t once;
+   dispatch_once(&once, ^{
+      textures = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:6];
+   });
+
+   NSString *iconName = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:icon];
+   if (!textures[iconName])
+   {
+      UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed:iconName];
+      if (!img)
+      {
+         RARCH_LOG("could not load %s\n", icon);
+         return NULL;
+      }
+      NSData *png = UIImagePNGRepresentation(img);
+      if (!png)
+      {
+         RARCH_LOG("could not get png for %s\n", icon);
+         return NULL;
+      }
+
+      uintptr_t item;
+      gfx_display_reset_textures_list_buffer(&item, TEXTURE_FILTER_MIPMAP_LINEAR,
+                                             (void*)[png bytes], (unsigned int)[png length], IMAGE_TYPE_PNG,
+                                             NULL, NULL);
+      textures[iconName] = [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLong:item];
+   }
+
+   return [textures[iconName] unsignedLongValue];
+}
+
 static void rarch_draw_observer(CFRunLoopObserverRef observer,
     CFRunLoopActivity activity, void *info)
 {
@@ -506,22 +540,6 @@ enum
    }
 }
 
-- (NSData *)pngForIcon:(NSString *)iconName
-{
-    UIImage *img;
-    NSData *png;
-    img = [UIImage imageNamed:iconName];
-    if (!img)
-        NSLog(@"could not load %@\n", iconName);
-    else
-    {
-        png = UIImagePNGRepresentation(img);
-        if (!png)
-            NSLog(@"could not get png for %@\n", iconName);
-    }
-    return png;
-}
-
 - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application
 {
    char arguments[]   = "retroarch";
@@ -763,6 +781,7 @@ ui_companion_driver_t ui_companion_cocoatouch = {
    NULL, /* is_active */
    ui_companion_cocoatouch_get_app_icons,
    ui_companion_cocoatouch_set_app_icon,
+   ui_companion_cocoatouch_get_app_icon_texture,
    NULL, /* browser_window */
    NULL, /* msg_window */
    NULL, /* window */
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_qt.cpp b/ui/drivers/ui_qt.cpp
index 1f5a6ff733..e89b0ac98f 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_qt.cpp
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_qt.cpp
@@ -4992,6 +4992,7 @@ ui_companion_driver_t ui_companion_qt = {
    ui_companion_qt_is_active,
    NULL, /* get_app_icons */
    NULL, /* set_app_icon */
+   NULL, /* get_app_icon_texture */
    &ui_browser_window_qt,
    &ui_msg_window_qt,
    &ui_window_qt,
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_win32.c b/ui/drivers/ui_win32.c
index fd4520270c..54803c6296 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_win32.c
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_win32.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ ui_companion_driver_t ui_companion_win32 = {
    NULL, /* is_active */
    NULL, /* get_app_icons */
    NULL, /* set_app_icon */
+   NULL, /* get_app_icon_texture */
    &ui_browser_window_win32,
    &ui_msg_window_win32,
    &ui_window_win32,
diff --git a/ui/ui_companion_driver.c b/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
index 92408eaf2b..649891188b 100644
--- a/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
+++ b/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static ui_companion_driver_t ui_companion_null = {
    NULL, /* is_active */
    NULL, /* get_app_icons */
    NULL, /* set_app_icon */
+   NULL, /* get_app_icon_texture */
    NULL, /* browser_window */
    NULL, /* msg_window */
    NULL, /* window */
diff --git a/ui/ui_companion_driver.h b/ui/ui_companion_driver.h
index 0e5f8c21e3..5c3520fc45 100644
--- a/ui/ui_companion_driver.h
+++ b/ui/ui_companion_driver.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ typedef struct ui_companion_driver
    bool (*is_active)(void *data);
    struct string_list *(*get_app_icons)(void);
    void (*set_app_icon)(const char *icon);
+   uintptr_t (*get_app_icon_texture)(const char *icon);
    ui_browser_window_t *browser_window;
    ui_msg_window_t     *msg_window;
    ui_window_t         *window;