diff --git a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
index 4bcdd34ec983..6abba05e38f0 100644
--- a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
+++ b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ internal object JewelMavenArtifacts {
             add(dependency.withTransitiveDependencies(DependencyScope.COMPILE))
           }
         }
+        "com.jetbrains.intellij.platform" -> {
+          // Publish the Icons API modules (icons-api / icons-api-rendering / icons-impl) as compile
+          // dependencies, so consumers of the Jewel Standalone artifacts get IconManager on their
+          // classpath and can both boot IntUiTheme and compile against the public Icon/iconKey APIs.
+          if (coordinates.artifactId.startsWith("icons-")) {
+            add(dependency.withTransitiveDependencies(DependencyScope.COMPILE))
+          }
+        }
 
         // else -> ignore the dependency, as it comes through transitively, usually from Compose.
 
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/MavenArtifactsBuilderTest.kt b/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/MavenArtifactsBuilderTest.kt
index 9fc172ccf0d7..18a905b93d97 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/MavenArtifactsBuilderTest.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/MavenArtifactsBuilderTest.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.BuildPaths.Companion.COMMUNITY_ROOT
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.BuildPaths.Companion.ULTIMATE_HOME
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.createBuildContext
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.maven.DependencyScope
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.maven.MavenArtifactDependency
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.maven.MavenArtifactsBuilder
+import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.maven.MavenCoordinates
 import org.junit.Assert
 import org.junit.Test
 
@@ -66,4 +69,42 @@ class MavenArtifactsBuilderTest {
       Assert.assertTrue("Javadocs are not required for $moduleName", isJavadocJarRequired(module))
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * The Icons API modules are part of Jewel's public API surface (e.g. `Icon(...)` and the `iconKey(...)` DSL),
+   * so the published Jewel POMs must declare them as compile dependencies. Otherwise consumers of the standalone
+   * artifacts hit `NoClassDefFoundError: com/intellij/platform/icons/IconManager` at `IntUiTheme` startup.
+   * See JEWEL-1374.
+   */
+  @Test
+  fun `jewel poms declare icons api dependencies`() {
+    val context = runBlocking {
+      createBuildContext(
+        projectHome = ULTIMATE_HOME,
+        productProperties = IdeaCommunityProperties(COMMUNITY_ROOT.communityRoot),
+        setupTracer = false,
+      )
+    }
+    val jewelUi = context.outputProvider.findRequiredModule("intellij.platform.jewel.ui")
+    val iconsDependencies = listOf("icons-api", "icons-api-rendering", "icons-impl").map { artifactId ->
+      MavenArtifactDependency(
+        coordinates = MavenCoordinates("com.jetbrains.intellij.platform", artifactId, "SNAPSHOT"),
+        includeTransitiveDeps = false,
+        excludedDependencies = emptyList(),
+        scope = null,
+      )
+    }
+
+    val patched = context.productProperties.mavenArtifacts.patchDependencies(jewelUi, iconsDependencies)
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      "The Icons API dependencies must be kept in the jewel-ui POM",
+      iconsDependencies.map { it.coordinates.artifactId },
+      patched.map { it.coordinates.artifactId },
+    )
+    for (dependency in patched) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("${dependency.coordinates} must be a compile dependency", DependencyScope.COMPILE, dependency.scope)
+      Assert.assertTrue("${dependency.coordinates} must include transitive dependencies", dependency.includeTransitiveDeps)
+    }
+  }
 }