diff --git a/app.config.ts b/app.config.ts
index 481e71e..d3edb08 100644
--- a/app.config.ts
+++ b/app.config.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ export default ({ config }: ConfigContext): ExpoConfig => ({
     './plugins/withNotificationSounds.js',
     './plugins/withMediaButtonModule.js',
     './plugins/withInCallAudioModule.js',
-    ['app-icon-badge', appIconBadgeConfig],
+    ['./plugins/with-app-icon-badge.js', appIconBadgeConfig],
   ],
   extra: {
     ...ClientEnv,
diff --git a/plugins/__tests__/with-app-icon-badge.test.ts b/plugins/__tests__/with-app-icon-badge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ae6ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/__tests__/with-app-icon-badge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import type { AppIconBadgeConfig } from 'app-icon-badge/types';
+
+const mockExecFileSync = jest.fn();
+const mockExistsSync = jest.fn(() => true);
+const mockStatSync = jest.fn(() => ({ size: 100 }));
+
+jest.mock('child_process', () => ({
+  execFileSync: mockExecFileSync,
+}));
+
+jest.mock('fs', () => ({
+  existsSync: mockExistsSync,
+  statSync: mockStatSync,
+}));
+
+interface TestExpoConfig {
+  _internal?: {
+    projectRoot?: string;
+  };
+  android?: {
+    adaptiveIcon?: {
+      foregroundImage?: string;
+    };
+  };
+  icon?: string;
+  ios?: {
+    icon?: string;
+  };
+}
+
+const withAppIconBadge = jest.requireActual('../with-app-icon-badge.js') as (config: TestExpoConfig, options?: AppIconBadgeConfig) => TestExpoConfig;
+
+describe('withAppIconBadge', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('generates all configured icons before rewriting their config paths', () => {
+    const config: TestExpoConfig = {
+      _internal: { projectRoot: '/project' },
+      icon: './assets/icon.png',
+      ios: { icon: './assets/ios-icon.png' },
+      android: { adaptiveIcon: { foregroundImage: './assets/adaptive-icon.png' } },
+    };
+    const options: AppIconBadgeConfig = {
+      enabled: true,
+      badges: [{ type: 'banner', text: 'development' }],
+    };
+
+    const result = withAppIconBadge(config, options);
+
+    expect(mockExecFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const generatorArguments = mockExecFileSync.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as string[];
+    const payload = JSON.parse(generatorArguments[1] ?? '{}') as {
+      jobs: { isAdaptiveIcon: boolean; outputPath: string; sourcePath: string }[];
+    };
+    expect(payload.jobs).toEqual([
+      {
+        sourcePath: '/project/assets/icon.png',
+        outputPath: '/project/.expo/app-icon-badge/icon.png',
+        isAdaptiveIcon: false,
+      },
+      {
+        sourcePath: '/project/assets/ios-icon.png',
+        outputPath: '/project/.expo/app-icon-badge/ios-icon.png',
+        isAdaptiveIcon: false,
+      },
+      {
+        sourcePath: '/project/assets/adaptive-icon.png',
+        outputPath: '/project/.expo/app-icon-badge/foregroundImage.png',
+        isAdaptiveIcon: true,
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(result.icon).toBe('.expo/app-icon-badge/icon.png');
+    expect(result.ios?.icon).toBe('.expo/app-icon-badge/ios-icon.png');
+    expect(result.android?.adaptiveIcon?.foregroundImage).toBe('.expo/app-icon-badge/foregroundImage.png');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves icon paths untouched when badges are disabled', () => {
+    const config: TestExpoConfig = {
+      _internal: { projectRoot: '/project' },
+      icon: './assets/icon.png',
+      android: { adaptiveIcon: { foregroundImage: './assets/adaptive-icon.png' } },
+    };
+
+    const result = withAppIconBadge(config, { enabled: false, badges: [] });
+
+    expect(mockExecFileSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result.icon).toBe('./assets/icon.png');
+    expect(result.android?.adaptiveIcon?.foregroundImage).toBe('./assets/adaptive-icon.png');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/with-app-icon-badge.js b/plugins/with-app-icon-badge.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f690fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/with-app-icon-badge.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+const { existsSync, statSync } = require('fs');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+
+const GENERATED_DIRECTORY = '.expo/app-icon-badge';
+const GENERATED_APP_ICON = `${GENERATED_DIRECTORY}/icon.png`;
+const GENERATED_IOS_ICON = `${GENERATED_DIRECTORY}/ios-icon.png`;
+const GENERATED_ADAPTIVE_ICON = `${GENERATED_DIRECTORY}/foregroundImage.png`;
+
+function assertGeneratedImage(projectRoot, imagePath) {
+  const absolutePath = resolve(projectRoot, imagePath);
+  if (!existsSync(absolutePath) || statSync(absolutePath).size === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`App icon badge generator did not create a valid image at ${imagePath}`);
+  }
+}
+
+function withAppIconBadge(config, options = {}) {
+  if (options.enabled === false) {
+    return config;
+  }
+
+  const projectRoot = config._internal?.projectRoot ?? process.cwd();
+  const jobs = [];
+
+  if (config.icon) {
+    jobs.push({
+      sourcePath: resolve(projectRoot, config.icon),
+      outputPath: resolve(projectRoot, GENERATED_APP_ICON),
+      isAdaptiveIcon: false,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (config.ios?.icon) {
+    jobs.push({
+      sourcePath: resolve(projectRoot, config.ios.icon),
+      outputPath: resolve(projectRoot, GENERATED_IOS_ICON),
+      isAdaptiveIcon: false,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (config.android?.adaptiveIcon?.foregroundImage) {
+    jobs.push({
+      sourcePath: resolve(projectRoot, config.android.adaptiveIcon.foregroundImage),
+      outputPath: resolve(projectRoot, GENERATED_ADAPTIVE_ICON),
+      isAdaptiveIcon: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (jobs.length === 0) {
+    return config;
+  }
+
+  const generatorPath = resolve(__dirname, '../scripts/generate-app-icon-badges.js');
+  execFileSync(process.execPath, [generatorPath, JSON.stringify({ badges: options.badges ?? [], jobs })], {
+    cwd: projectRoot,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+  });
+
+  if (config.icon) {
+    assertGeneratedImage(projectRoot, GENERATED_APP_ICON);
+    config.icon = GENERATED_APP_ICON;
+  }
+
+  if (config.ios?.icon) {
+    assertGeneratedImage(projectRoot, GENERATED_IOS_ICON);
+    config.ios.icon = GENERATED_IOS_ICON;
+  }
+
+  if (config.android?.adaptiveIcon?.foregroundImage) {
+    assertGeneratedImage(projectRoot, GENERATED_ADAPTIVE_ICON);
+    config.android.adaptiveIcon.foregroundImage = GENERATED_ADAPTIVE_ICON;
+  }
+
+  return config;
+}
+
+module.exports = withAppIconBadge;
diff --git a/scripts/generate-app-icon-badges.js b/scripts/generate-app-icon-badges.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4375d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-app-icon-badges.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const { copyFileSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync } = require('fs');
+const { dirname } = require('path');
+
+const { addBadge } = require('app-icon-badge');
+const Jimp = require('jimp');
+
+const PNG_SIGNATURE = Buffer.from([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a]);
+const IMAGE_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30000;
+const IMAGE_WRITE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 25;
+
+function delay(duration) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, duration);
+  });
+}
+
+async function waitForValidPng(imagePath) {
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+
+  while (Date.now() - startedAt < IMAGE_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+    try {
+      const imageBuffer = readFileSync(imagePath);
+      if (imageBuffer.subarray(0, PNG_SIGNATURE.length).equals(PNG_SIGNATURE)) {
+        const image = await Jimp.read(imagePath);
+        if (image.bitmap.width > 0 && image.bitmap.height > 0) {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // app-icon-badge does not await Jimp.writeAsync, so the file may not exist yet.
+    }
+
+    await delay(IMAGE_WRITE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Timed out waiting for app icon badge image ${imagePath}`);
+}
+
+async function generateBadgeImage(job, badges) {
+  const temporaryPath = `${job.outputPath}.${process.pid}.tmp.png`;
+  mkdirSync(dirname(job.outputPath), { recursive: true });
+
+  try {
+    await addBadge({
+      icon: job.sourcePath,
+      dstPath: temporaryPath,
+      badges,
+      isAdaptiveIcon: job.isAdaptiveIcon,
+    });
+    await waitForValidPng(temporaryPath);
+    copyFileSync(temporaryPath, job.outputPath);
+    await waitForValidPng(job.outputPath);
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      unlinkSync(temporaryPath);
+    } catch {
+      // The temporary image is absent when generation fails before Jimp starts writing.
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const payload = JSON.parse(process.argv[2] ?? '{}');
+  if (!Array.isArray(payload.jobs) || !Array.isArray(payload.badges)) {
+    throw new Error('App icon badge generator requires jobs and badges arrays');
+  }
+
+  for (const job of payload.jobs) {
+    await generateBadgeImage(job, payload.badges);
+  }
+}
+
+main().catch((error) => {
+  console.error('Failed to generate app icon badges:', error);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+});