diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
index 9f46b823..04e4327d 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/workspaces.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ void Workspace::update(const std::string &format, const std::string &icon) {
   auto style_context = button_.get_style_context();
   add_or_remove_class(style_context, active(), "active");
   add_or_remove_class(style_context, is_special(), "special");
-  add_or_remove_class(style_context, is_empty(), "persistent");
+  add_or_remove_class(style_context, is_empty(), "empty");
+  add_or_remove_class(style_context, is_persistent(), "persistent");
   add_or_remove_class(style_context, is_urgent(), "urgent");
 
   label_.set_markup(fmt::format(fmt::runtime(format), fmt::arg("id", id()),
@@ -394,6 +395,13 @@ std::string &Workspace::select_icon(std::map<std::string, std::string> &icons_ma
     return named_icon_it->second;
   }
 
+  if (is_empty()) {
+    auto empty_icon_it = icons_map.find("empty");
+    if (empty_icon_it != icons_map.end()) {
+      return empty_icon_it->second;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (is_persistent()) {
     auto persistent_icon_it = icons_map.find("persistent");
     if (persistent_icon_it != icons_map.end()) {