Icons in Resource files

I'm writing a multi-language application. I'm using an ImageList control on the main form to contain the icons that I'm using in a TreeView. This ImageList is, I assume, stored in each resource file for all the different languages I support. This seems like a waste since the icons are the same regardless of language.

Is there a better way of doing this? I tried creating an ImageList programatically in a code module, but I ended up having to programatically populate it from icons on the disk and I don't really want to have to distribute the icons with the application.