diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53488e932d..56385fc9fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
         "to": "static/",
         "filter": "!**/main.js"
       },
+      {
+        "from": "build/icon.png",
+        "to": "static/icon.png"
+      },
       "LICENSE"
     ],
     "linux": {
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index e4fd246467..638305b7b6 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import "../common/system-ca"
 import "../common/prometheus-providers"
-import { app, dialog } from "electron"
+import { app, dialog, Tray } from "electron"
 import { appName } from "../common/vars";
 import path from "path"
 import { LensProxy } from "./lens-proxy"
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { shellSync } from "./shell-sync"
 import { getFreePort } from "./port"
 import { mangleProxyEnv } from "./proxy-env"
 import { registerFileProtocol } from "../common/register-protocol";
+import { setupTrayIcon } from "./tray";
 import { clusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store"
 import { userStore } from "../common/user-store";
 import { workspaceStore } from "../common/workspace-store";
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ if (!process.env.CICD) {
 let windowManager: WindowManager;
 let clusterManager: ClusterManager;
 let proxyServer: LensProxy;
+let trayIcon: Tray;
 
 mangleProxyEnv()
 if (app.commandLine.getSwitchValue("proxy-server") !== "") {
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   // create window manager and open app
   windowManager = new WindowManager(proxyPort);
+  trayIcon = await setupTrayIcon();
 }
 
 app.on("ready", main);
diff --git a/src/main/tray.ts b/src/main/tray.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05b23a5f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/tray.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import path from "path"
+import { app, Menu, nativeImage, Tray } from "electron"
+import { isDevelopment } from "../common/vars";
+import packageInfo from "../../package.json"
+
+export async function setupTrayIcon() {
+  await app.whenReady();
+
+  const iconPath = path.resolve(__static, isDevelopment ? "../build" : "", "icon.png");
+
+  // todo: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/native-image#high-resolution-image
+  const icon = nativeImage.createFromPath(iconPath).resize({ width: 16, height: 16 });
+
+  const appTray = new Tray(icon);
+  appTray.setToolTip(packageInfo.description)
+  appTray.setIgnoreDoubleClickEvents(true)
+
+  const trayMenu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
+    { label: 'Item1', type: 'radio' },
+    { label: 'Item2', type: 'radio' }
+  ]);
+
+  appTray.setContextMenu(trayMenu);
+  return appTray;
+}