diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41bb39e..64c31f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ paginate = 10
     disableDisqusTypes = ["page"]
     # If social media links are enabled then enable this to fetch icons from CDN instead of hosted on your site.
     featherIconsCDN = true
+    # Specify favicon (icons/i.png maps to static/icons/i.png). No favicon if not defined.
+    favicon = "icons/myicon.png"
 
 # Main menu which appears below site header.
 [[menu.main]]
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 273c6cc..9f8913a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 	<title>{{ $title }} - {{ $siteTitle }}</title>
 	{{- end -}}
 
+	{{- if isset .Site.Params "favicon" -}}
+	<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href={{ .Site.Params.favicon }} />
+	{{- end -}}
+
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 	{{ with .OutputFormats.Get "rss" -}}
 	{{ printf `<link rel="%s" type="%s" href="%s" title="%s" />` .Rel .MediaType.Type .Permalink $.Site.Title | safeHTML }}