diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
index 114609a7f9..8e84adfccf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/TreeItem.vue
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import { focusSidebarRenameInput } from "@/lib/sidebar/sidebarRenameFocus";
 import { ensureSqlExtension, stripSqlExtension } from "@/lib/savedSql/savedSqlFileName";
 import { savedSqlErrorMessage } from "@/lib/savedSql/savedSqlErrors";
 import { useSavedSqlStore } from "@/stores/savedSqlStore";
+import { isXuguPublicSynonymTreeNode } from "@/lib/sidebar/xuguPublicSynonyms";
 // --- Drag and Drop ---
 import { useDragSort } from "@/composables/useDragSort";
 import { sidebarTreeRuntimeKey } from "@/lib/sidebar/sidebarTreeRuntime";
@@ -235,8 +236,11 @@ function getIconInfo(node: TreeNode): { icon: any; colorClass: string } | null {
       return { icon: Database, colorClass: "text-yellow-500" };
     case "linked-server-schema":
       return { icon: FolderOpen, colorClass: "text-sky-400" };
-    case "schema":
+    case "schema": {
+      const databaseType = node.connectionId ? effectiveDatabaseTypeForConnection(connectionStore.getConfig(node.connectionId)) : undefined;
+      if (isXuguPublicSynonymTreeNode(databaseType, node.type, node.schema)) return { icon: Link2, colorClass: "text-sky-500" };
       return { icon: FolderOpen, colorClass: "text-sky-400" };
+    }
     case "table":
       return { icon: Table, colorClass: "text-green-500" };
     case "view":
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/__tests__/xuguPublicSynonymActions.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/__tests__/xuguPublicSynonymActions.spec.ts
index da44198d7f..624cd076af 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/__tests__/xuguPublicSynonymActions.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/sidebar/__tests__/xuguPublicSynonymActions.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 const runtimeSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../SidebarTreeRuntimeHost.vue", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
+const treeItemSource = readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL("../TreeItem.vue", import.meta.url)), "utf8");
 
 function functionSource(name: string): string {
   const start = runtimeSource.indexOf(`function ${name}(`);
@@ -25,4 +26,9 @@ describe("Xugu public synonym actions", () => {
     expect(functionSource("dropSchema")).toContain("isXuguPublicSynonymTreeNode");
     expect(functionSource("confirmDropSchema")).toContain("isXuguPublicSynonymTreeNode");
   });
+
+  it("uses a distinct link icon for the database-global synonym scope", () => {
+    expect(treeItemSource).toContain("isXuguPublicSynonymTreeNode(databaseType, node.type, node.schema)");
+    expect(treeItemSource).toContain('return { icon: Link2, colorClass: "text-sky-500" }');
+  });
 });