diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 87438daa..527ffd5f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -915,8 +915,9 @@ data/icons/256x256/Makefile
 data/icons/256x256/apps/Makefile
 data/icons/scalable/Makefile
 data/icons/scalable/actions/Makefile
-data/icons/scalable/apps/Makefile
 data/icons/scalable/mimetypes/Makefile
+data/icons/symbolic/Makefile
+data/icons/symbolic/apps/Makefile
 help/Makefile
 help/reference/Makefile
 help/reference/libdocument/Makefile
diff --git a/data/icons/Makefile.am b/data/icons/Makefile.am
index 1473b322..237d7a89 100644
--- a/data/icons/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/icons/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = 16x16 22x22 24x24 32x32 48x48 256x256 scalable
+SUBDIRS = 16x16 22x22 24x24 32x32 48x48 256x256 scalable symbolic
 
 
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/data/icons/scalable/Makefile.am b/data/icons/scalable/Makefile.am
index b02d3a8c..02d9f743 100644
--- a/data/icons/scalable/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/icons/scalable/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SUBDIRS = actions apps mimetypes
+SUBDIRS = actions mimetypes
 
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/data/icons/symbolic/Makefile.am b/data/icons/symbolic/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..906a50e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/icons/symbolic/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SUBDIRS = apps
+
+-include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/data/icons/scalable/apps/Makefile.am b/data/icons/symbolic/apps/Makefile.am
similarity index 93%
rename from data/icons/scalable/apps/Makefile.am
rename to data/icons/symbolic/apps/Makefile.am
index 1dacc95e..d6f1837e 100644
--- a/data/icons/scalable/apps/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/icons/symbolic/apps/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 themedir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor
-size = scalable
+size = symbolic
 context = apps
 
 iconsdir = $(themedir)/$(size)/$(context)
diff --git a/data/icons/scalable/apps/evince-symbolic.svg b/data/icons/symbolic/apps/evince-symbolic.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from data/icons/scalable/apps/evince-symbolic.svg
rename to data/icons/symbolic/apps/evince-symbolic.svg