diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4fcbbefe..26178002 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 1.0.0
   - enhancement: ctrl+enter insert a new line at the end of current line
   - enhancement: create file in files view
   - fix: hits in the search view not correctly displayed (overlapped with others)
+  - enhancement: auto convert project icon to ico format
 
 Red Panda C++ Version 0.14.5
   - fix: the "gnu c++ 20" option in compiler set options is wrong
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/projectgeneralwidget.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/projectgeneralwidget.cpp
index 7ac1b5e2..54df9e4b 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/projectgeneralwidget.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/projectgeneralwidget.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QIcon>
+#include <QImageWriter>
+#include <QImageWriter>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 
@@ -117,7 +119,10 @@ void ProjectGeneralWidget::doSave()
                                           QMessageBox::Ok);
                 }
             }
-            QFile::copy(mIconPath, iconPath);
+            if (QImageWriter::supportedImageFormats().contains("ico")) {
+                ui->lbIcon->pixmap()->save(iconPath,"ico");
+            } else
+                QFile::copy(mIconPath, iconPath);
             project->options().icon = iconPath;
             mIconPath = iconPath;
             refreshIcon();