diff --git a/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.iom b/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.iom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2dcce82d
Binary files /dev/null and b/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.iom differ
diff --git a/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.rdef.in b/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.rdef.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..835a6eaeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-strategy/freeciv/additional-files/freeciv.rdef.in
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Freeciv icon by Stephanie Fu
+
+resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.Freeciv";
+
+resource app_flags B_EXCLUSIVE_LAUNCH;
+
+resource app_version {
+	major = @MAJOR@,
+	middle = @MIDDLE@,
+	minor = @MINOR@,
+	variety = B_APPV_DEVELOPMENT,
+	internal = @INTERNAL@,
+	short_info = "Freeciv",
+	long_info = "Freeciv, a civilization-like game.\nCopyright 2002-2015 The Freeciv Team"
+};
+
+resource file_types message;
+
+resource vector_icon array {
+	$"6E6369660C0200040200FFFFFFF6CA9F3602000402008B9CCDC51D41AB020004"
+	$"020082C97DBF0A72030200040200FFFFFFCE59820303BC9D5103085A01030643"
+	$"00030A257603010000038B480003FF0000010000015C080A04244936493D3A2B"
+	$"3A0A04244C24513651364C0A044F3D4F434852484C0A062451244C322E562E56"
+	$"3449510A043C3D3F3D35253225080F3429382A3E294028422745274829442A42"
+	$"2B412C3F2F3E303C323A33383406138AAA8A8E0030283B413E39343C333F3041"
+	$"2E422C442B452A47482947284427C1E627C0EB27413B29383634080549575455"
+	$"5E405B3D543E0D0A0B0107000A080103301F2401178400040A0301002026180A"
+	$"0201002031270A0101002038180A000100201F270A040101201F240A05010120"
+	$"31240A060102201F240A0701022026150A0801061001178300040A090104201F"
+	$"240A0A010500"
+};
+
diff --git a/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.5.recipe b/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.5.recipe
index 014d3de36..34f007e3d 100644
--- a/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.5.recipe
+++ b/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.5.recipe
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ you do not need to own Civilization to play Freeciv."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.freeciv.org"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2015 The Freeciv Team"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeciv/Freeciv%202.5/$portVersion/freeciv-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="5622f2142637057f7e47b1eda764c4e131222fab4d5bb42cd59fbd58ba3db1d4"
-REVISION="1"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="freeciv.rdef.in"
+
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
@@ -99,9 +101,25 @@ INSTALL()
 
 	mkdir -p $appsDir/Freeciv
 	mv $binDir/freeciv-sdl $appsDir/Freeciv/Freeciv
+
+	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
+	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
+	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
+	local INTERNAL="0"
+	sed \
+		-e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
+		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
+		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
+		-e "s|@INTERNAL@|$INTERNAL|" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/freeciv.rdef.in > freeciv.rdef
+
+	addResourcesToBinaries freeciv.rdef \
+		$appsDir/Freeciv/Freeciv
+
 	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/Freeciv/Freeciv
 	mv $prefix/share/* $dataRootDir
 	rm -rf $prefix/share
 
 	rm -rf $prefix/lib
 }
+