diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs b/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
index 7d3f2328a7cc..0ccd8cf72440 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/src/context.rs
@@ -470,15 +470,20 @@ fn ico_icon<P: AsRef<Path>>(
   let width = entry.width();
   let height = entry.height();
 
-  let out_path = out_dir.join(path.file_name().unwrap());
+  let icon_file_name = path.file_name().unwrap();
+  let out_path = out_dir.join(icon_file_name);
   write_if_changed(&out_path, &rgba).map_err(|error| EmbeddedAssetsError::AssetWrite {
     path: path.to_owned(),
     error,
   })?;
 
-  let out_path = out_path.display().to_string();
-
-  let icon = quote!(Some(#root::Icon::Rgba { rgba: include_bytes!(#out_path).to_vec(), width: #width, height: #height }));
+  let icon_file_name = icon_file_name.to_str().unwrap();
+  let icon = quote!(Some(
+  #root::Icon::Rgba {
+    rgba: include_bytes!(concat!(std::env!("OUT_DIR"), "/", #icon_file_name)).to_vec(),
+    width: #width,
+    height: #height
+  }));
   Ok(icon)
 }
 
@@ -528,16 +533,17 @@ fn png_icon<P: AsRef<Path>>(
   let width = reader.info().width;
   let height = reader.info().height;
 
-  let out_path = out_dir.join(path.file_name().unwrap());
+  let icon_file_name = path.file_name().unwrap();
+  let out_path = out_dir.join(icon_file_name);
   write_if_changed(&out_path, &buffer).map_err(|error| EmbeddedAssetsError::AssetWrite {
     path: path.to_owned(),
     error,
   })?;
 
-  let icon_path = path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+  let icon_file_name = icon_file_name.to_str().unwrap();
   let icon = quote!(Some(
     #root::Icon::Rgba {
-      rgba: include_bytes!(#icon_path).to_vec(),
+      rgba: include_bytes!(concat!(std::env!("OUT_DIR"), "/", #icon_file_name)).to_vec(),
       width: #width,
       height: #height,
     }