diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/sato-icon-theme/sato-icon-theme.inc b/meta/recipes-sato/sato-icon-theme/sato-icon-theme.inc
index a1669c6f2e..3ee76efdea 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/sato-icon-theme/sato-icon-theme.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/sato-icon-theme/sato-icon-theme.inc
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-iconmap=${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/../libexec/icon-name-mapping"
 
+#explictly setting "Sato" as default icon theme to avoid icon missing due to
+#tricky race condition
 pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
         if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
                 exit 1
         fi
         gtk-update-icon-cache -q /usr/share/icons/Sato
+        echo 'gtk-icon-theme-name = "Sato"' > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
 }