diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.cpp
index 803a1a1c7c..b4aebf43b8 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Julius Heijmen <julius.heijmen@gmail.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -83,4 +84,12 @@ Icon Icon::default_icon(StringView name)
     return Icon(move(bitmap16), move(bitmap32));
 }
 
+ErrorOr<Icon> Icon::try_create_default_icon(StringView name)
+{
+    RefPtr<Gfx::Bitmap> bitmap16 = TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::try_load_from_file(String::formatted("/res/icons/16x16/{}.png", name)));
+    RefPtr<Gfx::Bitmap> bitmap32 = TRY(Gfx::Bitmap::try_load_from_file(String::formatted("/res/icons/32x32/{}.png", name)));
+
+    return Icon(move(bitmap16), move(bitmap32));
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.h
index fbe01f66da..4be214b91d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/Icon.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Julius Heijmen <julius.heijmen@gmail.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public:
     ~Icon() { }
 
     static Icon default_icon(StringView);
+    static ErrorOr<Icon> try_create_default_icon(StringView);
 
     Icon& operator=(const Icon& other)
     {