diff --git a/config/config.c b/config/config.c
index eede6718..29f10efd 100644
--- a/config/config.c
+++ b/config/config.c
@@ -173,5 +173,7 @@ Settings config = {
     /** normalize match */
     .normalize_match           = FALSE,
     /** steal focus */
-    .steal_focus               = FALSE
+    .steal_focus               = FALSE,
+    /** fallback icon */
+    .application_fallback_icon             = NULL
 };
diff --git a/include/settings.h b/include/settings.h
index e002c86f..f498bbfa 100644
--- a/include/settings.h
+++ b/include/settings.h
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ typedef struct
     gboolean       normalize_match;
     /** Steal focus */
     gboolean       steal_focus;
+    /** fallback icon */
+    char            *application_fallback_icon;
 } Settings;
 /** Global Settings structure. */
 extern Settings config;
diff --git a/source/dialogs/drun.c b/source/dialogs/drun.c
index fafc6068..2bb12009 100644
--- a/source/dialogs/drun.c
+++ b/source/dialogs/drun.c
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ struct _DRunModePrivateData
     char         *old_completer_input;
     uint32_t     selected_line;
     char         *old_input;
+
+    /** fallback icon */
+    uint32_t      fallback_icon_fetch_uid;
+    cairo_surface_t *fallback_icon;
 };
 
 struct RegexEvalArg
@@ -1242,6 +1246,17 @@ static char *_get_display_value ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int selected_line, in
     return retv;
 }
 
+static cairo_surface_t *fallback_icon ( DRunModePrivateData *pd, int height )
+{
+    if ( config.application_fallback_icon ) {
+        // FALLBACK
+        if ( pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid > 0 ) {
+            return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid );
+        }
+        pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid = rofi_icon_fetcher_query ( config.application_fallback_icon, height );
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
 static cairo_surface_t *_get_icon ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int selected_line, int height )
 {
     DRunModePrivateData *pd = (DRunModePrivateData *) mode_get_private_data ( sw );
@@ -1254,10 +1269,18 @@ static cairo_surface_t *_get_icon ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int selected_line,
         return NULL;
     }
     if ( dr->icon_fetch_uid > 0 ) {
-        return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        cairo_surface_t *icon = rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        if ( icon ) {
+            return icon;
+        }
+        return fallback_icon ( pd, height );
     }
     dr->icon_fetch_uid = rofi_icon_fetcher_query ( dr->icon_name, height );
-    return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+    cairo_surface_t *icon = rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+    if ( icon ) {
+        return icon;
+    }
+    return fallback_icon ( pd, height );
 }
 
 static char *drun_get_completion ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int index )
diff --git a/source/dialogs/run.c b/source/dialogs/run.c
index 69dbe659..d2bd3428 100644
--- a/source/dialogs/run.c
+++ b/source/dialogs/run.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ typedef struct
 
     Mode         *completer;
     char         *old_completer_input;
+    /** fallback icon */
+    uint32_t      fallback_icon_fetch_uid;
+    cairo_surface_t *fallback_icon;
 } RunModePrivateData;
 
 /**
@@ -520,6 +523,18 @@ static char *run_get_message ( const Mode *sw )
     }
     return NULL;
 }
+static cairo_surface_t *fallback_icon ( RunModePrivateData *pd, int height )
+{
+    if ( config.application_fallback_icon ) {
+        // FALLBACK
+        if ( pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid > 0 ) {
+            return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid );
+        }
+        pd->fallback_icon_fetch_uid = rofi_icon_fetcher_query ( config.application_fallback_icon, height );
+    }
+    return NULL;
+
+}
 static cairo_surface_t *_get_icon ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int selected_line, int height )
 {
     RunModePrivateData *pd = (RunModePrivateData *) mode_get_private_data ( sw );
@@ -528,16 +543,25 @@ static cairo_surface_t *_get_icon ( const Mode *sw, unsigned int selected_line,
     }
     g_return_val_if_fail ( pd->cmd_list != NULL, NULL );
     RunEntry       *dr = &( pd->cmd_list[selected_line] );
+
     if ( dr->icon_fetch_uid > 0 ) {
-        return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        cairo_surface_t *icon = rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        if ( icon ) {
+            return icon;
+        }
+        return fallback_icon ( pd, height );
     }
+    /** lookup icon */
     char ** str = g_strsplit(dr->entry, " ", 2);
     if ( str ) {
         dr->icon_fetch_uid = rofi_icon_fetcher_query ( str[0], height );
         g_strfreev ( str );
-        return rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        cairo_surface_t *icon = rofi_icon_fetcher_get ( dr->icon_fetch_uid );
+        if ( icon ) {
+            return icon;
+        }
     }
-    return NULL;
+    return fallback_icon ( pd, height );
 }
 
 #include "mode-private.h"
diff --git a/source/xrmoptions.c b/source/xrmoptions.c
index 0de18903..18837ae0 100644
--- a/source/xrmoptions.c
+++ b/source/xrmoptions.c
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ static XrmOption xrmOptions[] = {
       "Normalize string when matching (disables match highlighting).", CONFIG_DEFAULT },
     { xrm_Boolean, "steal-focus",               { .snum  = &config.steal_focus                          }, NULL,
       "Steal focus on launch and restore to window that had it on rofi start on close .", CONFIG_DEFAULT },
+    { xrm_String, "application-fallback-icon",              { .snum  = &(config.application_fallback_icon) }, NULL,
+      "Fallback icon to use when the application icon is not found in run/drun.", CONFIG_DEFAULT },
 };
 
 /** Dynamic array of extra options */