diff --git a/data/icons/256x256/gnome-chess.png b/data/icons/256x256/gnome-chess.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaa8f5d
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/icons/256x256/gnome-chess.png differ
diff --git a/data/icons/Makefile.am b/data/icons/Makefile.am
index c9b342a..b04ccfb 100644
--- a/data/icons/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/icons/Makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ icon22dir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps
 icon24dir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps
 icon32dir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
 icon48dir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+icon256dir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
 iconscalabledir=$(datadir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
 
 icon16_DATA = 16x16/gnome-chess.png
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ icon22_DATA = 22x22/gnome-chess.png
 icon24_DATA = 24x24/gnome-chess.png
 icon32_DATA = 32x32/gnome-chess.png
 icon48_DATA = 48x48/gnome-chess.png
+icon256_DATA = 256x256/gnome-chess.png
 iconscalable_DATA = scalable/gnome-chess.svg
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(icon16_DATA) $(icon22_DATA) $(icon24_DATA) $(icon32_DATA) $(icon48_DATA) $(icon256_DATA) $(iconscalable_DATA)
