diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/browseraction/qmlbrowseraction.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/browseraction/qmlbrowseraction.cpp
index 1846efb0a..2cfdc6416 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/browseraction/qmlbrowseraction.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/browseraction/qmlbrowseraction.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ void QmlBrowserActionButton::setToolTip(const QString &toolTip)
 void QmlBrowserActionButton::setIcon(const QString &icon)
 {
     m_iconUrl = icon;
-    AbstractButtonInterface::setIcon(QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl(m_iconUrl))));
+    if (QIcon::hasThemeIcon(m_iconUrl)) {
+        AbstractButtonInterface::setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(m_iconUrl));
+    } else {
+        AbstractButtonInterface::setIcon(QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl(m_iconUrl))));
+    }
 }
 
 void QmlBrowserActionButton::setBadgeText(const QString &badgeText)
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlaction.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlaction.cpp
index 53c50d702..5f5d2518f 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlaction.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlaction.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ void QmlAction::setProperties(const QVariantMap &map)
 
     for (const QString &key : map.keys()) {
         if (key == QSL("icon")) {
-            QUrl url = map.value(key).toUrl();
-            QIcon icon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(url));
+            QString iconPath = map.value(key).toString();
+            QIcon icon;
+            if (QIcon::hasThemeIcon(iconPath)) {
+                icon = QIcon::fromTheme(iconPath);
+            } else {
+                icon = QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl::fromEncoded(iconPath.toUtf8())));
+            }
             m_action->setIcon(icon);
         } else if (key == QSL("shortcut")) {
             m_action->setShortcut(QKeySequence(map.value(key).toString()));
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlmenu.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlmenu.cpp
index b1d1bef2c..defbe689b 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/menus/qmlmenu.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ QmlMenu *QmlMenu::addMenu(const QVariantMap &map)
     QMenu *newMenu = new QMenu();
     for (const QString &key : map.keys()) {
         if (key == QSL("icon")) {
-            QUrl url = map.value(key).toUrl();
-            QIcon icon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(url));
+            QString iconPath = map.value(key).toString();
+            QIcon icon;
+            if (QIcon::hasThemeIcon(iconPath)) {
+                icon = QIcon::fromTheme(iconPath);
+            } else {
+                icon = QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl::fromEncoded(iconPath.toUtf8())));
+            }
             newMenu->setIcon(icon);
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/sidebar/qmlsidebar.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/sidebar/qmlsidebar.cpp
index 6fa4078d5..aef011bde 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/sidebar/qmlsidebar.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/qml/api/sidebar/qmlsidebar.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ QAction *QmlSideBarHelper::createMenuAction()
 {
     QAction *action = new QAction(m_title);
     action->setShortcut(QKeySequence(m_shortcut));
-    action->setIcon(QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl(m_iconUrl))));
+    if (QIcon::hasThemeIcon(m_iconUrl)) {
+        action->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(m_iconUrl));
+    } else {
+        action->setIcon(QIcon(QzTools::getPathFromUrl(QUrl(m_iconUrl))));
+    }
     action->setCheckable(m_checkable);
     return action;
 }