diff -ru vile-9.8s.orig/x11.c vile-9.8s/x11.c
--- vile-9.8s.orig/x11.c	2014-03-30 14:53:19.000000000 -0400
+++ vile-9.8s/x11.c	2018-10-13 13:47:53.093692915 -0400
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@
 	    hints = XAllocWMHints();
 
 	if (hints) {
-	    hints->flags = IconPixmapHint;
+	    hints->flags |= IconPixmapHint;
 	    hints->icon_pixmap = myIcon;
 	    if (myMask) {
 		hints->flags |= IconMaskHint;