diff --git a/plugins/git/icons/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/git/icons/CMakeLists.txt
index fdd814bad..651f36e60 100644
--- a/plugins/git/icons/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/git/icons/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 
-ecm_install_icons(ICONS sc-apps-git.png
+ecm_install_icons(ICONS sc-apps-git.svg
                   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_ICONDIR}
                   THEME hicolor)
diff --git a/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.png b/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 51f4ae540..000000000
Binary files a/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.svg b/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409cd0ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git/icons/sc-apps-git.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   viewBox="0 0 122.52 122.52"
+   height="122.52"
+   width="122.52"
+   xml:space="preserve"
+   id="svg2"
+   version="1.1"><metadata
+     id="metadata8"><rdf:RDF><cc:Work
+         rdf:about=""><dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format><dc:type
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+     id="defs6" /><g
+     transform="matrix(1.3333333,0,0,-1.3333333,0,122.52)"
+     id="g10"><g
+       transform="scale(0.1)"
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+         id="path14"
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