diff --git a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
index 01fb2f3..f87a30f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/hicolor"
 
-DEPENDS += "${@['hicolor-icon-theme', '']['${BPN}' == 'hicolor-icon-theme']}"
+DEPENDS += "${@['hicolor-icon-theme', '']['${BPN}' == 'hicolor-icon-theme']} gtk+-native"
 
-# This could run on the host as icon cache files are architecture independent,
-# but there is no gtk-update-icon-cache built natively.
 gtk_icon_cache_postinst() {
 if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
-        exit 1
+    if [ ! -f $INTERCEPT_DIR/update_icon_cache ]; then
+        cat << "EOF" > $INTERCEPT_DIR/update_icon_cache
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# update native pixbuf loaders
+gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
+
+for icondir in $D/usr/share/icons/*/ ; do
+	gtk-update-icon-cache -fqt  $icondir
+done
+EOF
+    fi
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 # Update the pixbuf loaders in case they haven't been registered yet
