diff --git a/src/preferences-skeleton.h b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
index b80f6b7293e7346be4e961bc6e25d086893b5f9b..141a58448ad8df232ce5fa555085656acf6a9ad6 100644
--- a/src/preferences-skeleton.h
+++ b/src/preferences-skeleton.h
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ static char const preferences_skeleton[] =
      preferDarkTheme="1"
      darkTheme="1"
      symbolicIcons="1"
+     menuIcons="1"
      symbolicDefaultBaseColors="1"
      symbolicDefaultHighColors="0"/>
 </inkscape>