diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index bf305ef14..c7573806a 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -531,15 +531,43 @@ function updateIcons (cordovaProject, locations) {
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
-    const platformProjDir = path.relative(cordovaProject.root, locations.xcodeCordovaProj);
-    const iconsDir = path.join(platformProjDir, 'Assets.xcassets', 'AppIcon.appiconset');
-
     return checkOrAssumeXcodeVersion()
         .then((xcodeversion) => {
+            const platformProjDir = path.relative(cordovaProject.root, locations.xcodeCordovaProj);
+
+            // We can only support icon composer folder icons with Xcode 26
+            const isAtLeastXcode26 = versions.compareVersions(xcodeversion, '26.0.0') >= 0;
+
+            const iconFolders = icons.filter((icon) => icon.src.endsWith('.icon'));
+            iconFolders.forEach((icon) => {
+                if (!isAtLeastXcode26) {
+                    events.emit('warning', `Xcode ${xcodeversion} cannot support icon: ${icon.src}. Skipping...`);
+                } else if (icon.height || icon.width) {
+                    events.emit('warning', `Cannot specify height or width attributes with Icon Composer icon ${icon.src}. Skipping...`);
+                } else if (icon.target) {
+                    events.emit('warning', `Cannot specify target attribute with Icon Composer icon ${icon.src}. Skipping...`);
+                } else {
+                    const project = projectFile.parse(locations);
+                    const target = path.join(platformProjDir, 'AppIcon.icon');
+
+                    const resourceMap = { [target]: icon.src };
+                    events.emit('verbose', `Copying icon bundle from ${icon.src} to ${target}`);
+                    FileUpdater.updatePaths(resourceMap, { rootDir: cordovaProject.root }, logFileOp);
+
+                    const appGroup = project.xcode.findPBXGroupKey({ path: 'App' });
+                    project.xcode.addResourceFile('AppIcon.icon', { lastKnownFileType: 'folder.iconcomposer.icon' }, appGroup);
+                    project.write();
+                }
+
+                // Remove it so it won't get copied by mapIconResources
+                icons.splice(icons.indexOf(icon), 1);
+            });
+
+            const iconsDir = path.join(platformProjDir, 'Assets.xcassets', 'AppIcon.appiconset');
+
             const resourceMap = mapIconResources(icons, iconsDir, xcodeversion);
             events.emit('verbose', `Updating icons at ${iconsDir}`);
-            FileUpdater.updatePaths(
-                resourceMap, { rootDir: cordovaProject.root }, logFileOp);
+            FileUpdater.updatePaths(resourceMap, { rootDir: cordovaProject.root }, logFileOp);
 
             // Now we need to update the AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json file
             const contentsJSON = generateAppIconContentsJson(resourceMap);