diff --git a/recipes/icons/hicolor-icon-theme/recipe.toml b/recipes/icons/hicolor-icon-theme/recipe.toml
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+[source]
+git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/default-icon-theme.git"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+meson setup -Dprefix=/usr . "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
+env DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" meson install
+"""