diff --git a/js/ui/remoteMenu.js b/js/ui/remoteMenu.js
index 848ab7537..78a2e2934 100644
--- a/js/ui/remoteMenu.js
+++ b/js/ui/remoteMenu.js
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ var RemoteMenuItemMapper = new Lang.Class({
         this._trackerItem = trackerItem;
 
         this.menuItem = new PopupMenu.PopupBaseMenuItem();
+        this._icon = new St.Icon({ style_class: 'popup-menu-icon' });
+        this.menuItem.actor.add_child(this._icon);
+
         this._label = new St.Label();
         this.menuItem.actor.add_child(this._label);
         this.menuItem.actor.label_actor = this._label;
@@ -129,11 +132,13 @@ var RemoteMenuItemMapper = new Lang.Class({
 
         this._trackerItem.bind_property('visible', this.menuItem.actor, 'visible', GObject.BindingFlags.SYNC_CREATE);
 
+        this._trackerItem.connect('notify::icon', this._updateIcon.bind(this));
         this._trackerItem.connect('notify::label', this._updateLabel.bind(this));
         this._trackerItem.connect('notify::sensitive', this._updateSensitivity.bind(this));
         this._trackerItem.connect('notify::role', this._updateRole.bind(this));
         this._trackerItem.connect('notify::toggled', this._updateDecoration.bind(this));
 
+        this._updateIcon();
         this._updateLabel();
         this._updateSensitivity();
         this._updateRole();
@@ -143,6 +148,11 @@ var RemoteMenuItemMapper = new Lang.Class({
         });
     },
 
+    _updateIcon() {
+        this._icon.gicon = this._trackerItem.icon;
+        this._icon.visible = (this._icon.gicon != null);
+    },
+
     _updateLabel() {
         this._label.text = stripMnemonics(this._trackerItem.label);
     },