diff --git a/nb/ide.branding/licenseinfo.xml b/nb/ide.branding/licenseinfo.xml
index c3a4f3aec0aa..2e70d3b49209 100644
--- a/nb/ide.branding/licenseinfo.xml
+++ b/nb/ide.branding/licenseinfo.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <file>core.startup/src/org/netbeans/core/startup/frame48_dark_nb.gif</file>
         <file>core.startup/src/org/netbeans/core/startup/frame_nb.gif</file>
         <file>release/netbeans.icns</file>
+        <file>release/netbeans_mac.icns</file>
         <file>release/shortcuts.pdf</file>
         <file>release/shortcuts_mac.pdf</file>
         <license ref="Apache-2.0-ASF" />
diff --git a/nb/ide.branding/release/netbeans_mac.icns b/nb/ide.branding/release/netbeans_mac.icns
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d5d6b508ff0
Binary files /dev/null and b/nb/ide.branding/release/netbeans_mac.icns differ
diff --git a/nb/ide.launcher/unix/netbeans b/nb/ide.launcher/unix/netbeans
index 42c9808e5e08..fc7691a0ea18 100644
--- a/nb/ide.launcher/unix/netbeans
+++ b/nb/ide.launcher/unix/netbeans
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
         eval launchNbexec \
             --jdkhome '"$netbeans_jdkhome"' \
             -J-Xdock:name=NetBeans \
-            '"-J-Xdock:icon=$basedir/nb/netbeans.icns"' \
+            '"-J-Xdock:icon=$basedir/nb/netbeans_mac.icns"' \
             --branding nb \
             --clusters '"$netbeans_clusters"' \
             -J-Dnetbeans.importclass=org.netbeans.upgrade.AutoUpgrade \
diff --git a/nbbuild/installer/components/products/nb-all/src/org/netbeans/installer/products/nb/all/ConfigurationLogic.java b/nbbuild/installer/components/products/nb-all/src/org/netbeans/installer/products/nb/all/ConfigurationLogic.java
index d1691dbe2782..2bdcb576bd3a 100644
--- a/nbbuild/installer/components/products/nb-all/src/org/netbeans/installer/products/nb/all/ConfigurationLogic.java
+++ b/nbbuild/installer/components/products/nb-all/src/org/netbeans/installer/products/nb/all/ConfigurationLogic.java
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> getAdditionalSystemIntegrationInfo() {
     public static final String ICON_UNIX =
             "/netbeans/" + NB_CLUSTER + "/netbeans.png"; // NOI18N
     public static final String ICON_MACOSX =
-            "/netbeans/" + NB_CLUSTER + "/netbeans.icns"; // NOI18N
+            "/netbeans/" + NB_CLUSTER + "/netbeans_mac.icns"; // NOI18N
     
     public static final String SHORTCUT_FILENAME =
             "Apache NetBeans-{display-version}.desktop"; // NOI18N
diff --git a/nbbuild/installer/mac/newbuild/netBeans/nbide/build.xml b/nbbuild/installer/mac/newbuild/netBeans/nbide/build.xml
index 6426d81a3d9f..e1baf1f343de 100644
--- a/nbbuild/installer/mac/newbuild/netBeans/nbide/build.xml
+++ b/nbbuild/installer/mac/newbuild/netBeans/nbide/build.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 <filter token="APPVERSION" value="${appversion}"/>
                 <filter token="VERSION" value="${nbide.version}"/>
                 <filter token="EXENAME" value="netbeans"/>
-                <filter token="ICONFILENAME" value="netbeans.icns"/>
+                <filter token="ICONFILENAME" value="netbeans_mac.icns"/>
                 <filter token="NB_ID" value="${nb.id}"/>
             </filterset>
         </copy>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         </delete>
         
         <echo message="Copying the icon into the correct place" />
-        <copy file="${appdir}/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/${nbClusterDir}/netbeans.icns" todir="${appdir}/Contents/Resources"/>
+        <copy file="${appdir}/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/netbeans/${nbClusterDir}/netbeans_mac.icns" todir="${appdir}/Contents/Resources"/>
         
         <echo message="Creating native macOS NetBeans launcher ${appdir}/Contents/MacOS/netbeans"/>
         <exec executable="swift" failonerror="yes" dir="../../../../../../nb/ide.launcher/macosx">