diff --git a/res/app.rc b/res/app.rc
index 037d842a..fb41b8b1 100644
--- a/res/app.rc
+++ b/res/app.rc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include "../src/version.h"
 
-IDI_ICON1    ICON    DISCARDABLE    "app.ico"
+101 ICON "app.ico"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
   FILEVERSION APP_VER_MAJOR,APP_VER_MINOR,APP_VER_PATCH,0
diff --git a/src/api/Httpd.cpp b/src/api/Httpd.cpp
index 38b477aa..726f75e0 100644
--- a/src/api/Httpd.cpp
+++ b/src/api/Httpd.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ namespace xmrig {
 static const char *kAuthorization = "authorization";
 static const char *kContentType   = "content-type";
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+static const char *favicon = nullptr;
+static size_t faviconSize  = 0;
+#endif
+
 } // namespace xmrig
 
 
@@ -85,6 +90,17 @@ bool xmrig::Httpd::start()
 
     m_port = static_cast<uint16_t>(rc);
 
+#   ifdef _WIN32
+    HRSRC src = FindResource(nullptr, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1), RT_ICON);
+    if (src != nullptr) {
+        HGLOBAL res = LoadResource(nullptr, src);
+        if (res != nullptr) {
+            favicon     = static_cast<const char *>(LockResource(res));
+            faviconSize = SizeofResource(nullptr, src);
+        }
+    }
+#   endif
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -118,6 +134,19 @@ void xmrig::Httpd::onHttpRequest(const HttpRequest &req)
         return HttpApiResponse(req.id()).end();
     }
 
+    if (req.method == HTTP_GET && req.url == "/favicon.ico") {
+#       ifdef _WIN32
+        if (favicon != nullptr) {
+            HttpResponse response(req.id());
+            response.setHeader("Content-Type", "image/x-icon");
+
+            return response.end(favicon, faviconSize);
+        }
+#       endif
+
+        return HttpResponse(req.id(), 404).end();
+    }
+
     if (req.method > 4) {
         return HttpApiResponse(req.id(), HTTP_STATUS_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED).end();
     }
diff --git a/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.cpp b/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.cpp
index 06b61879..3b88e29b 100644
--- a/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ static const char *kUserAgent = "user-agent";
 } // namespace xmrig
 
 
-xmrig::HttpResponse::HttpResponse(uint64_t id) :
+xmrig::HttpResponse::HttpResponse(uint64_t id, int statusCode) :
     m_id(id),
-    m_statusCode(HTTP_STATUS_OK)
+    m_statusCode(statusCode)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.h b/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.h
index f8296b89..c2bc9001 100644
--- a/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.h
+++ b/src/base/net/http/HttpResponse.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace xmrig {
 class HttpResponse
 {
 public:
-    HttpResponse(uint64_t id);
+    HttpResponse(uint64_t id, int statusCode = 200);
 
     inline int statusCode() const                                           { return m_statusCode; }
     inline void setHeader(const std::string &key, const std::string &value) { m_headers.insert({ key, value }); }