diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a858681c..90b80e7b8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ yarn-error.log
 /public/js
 /public/bower
 /public/build/
+/public/favicon.ico
 /storage/images
 _ide_helper.php
 /storage/debugbar
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
index c3c8d1066..a82710523 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use BookStack\Entities\Queries\TopFavourites;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\BookRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\BookshelfRepo;
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\PageContent;
+use BookStack\Uploads\FaviconHandler;
 use BookStack\Util\SimpleListOptions;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
@@ -127,4 +128,15 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
     {
         return response()->view('errors.404', [], 404);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Serve the application favicon.
+     * Ensures a 'favicon.ico' file exists at the web root location (if writable) to be served
+     * directly by the webserver in the future.
+     */
+    public function favicon(FaviconHandler $favicons)
+    {
+        $exists = $favicons->restoreOriginalIfNotExists();
+        return response()->file($exists ? $favicons->getPath() : $favicons->getOriginalPath());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Settings/AppSettingsStore.php b/app/Settings/AppSettingsStore.php
index 8d7b73c1c..e6fc466ba 100644
--- a/app/Settings/AppSettingsStore.php
+++ b/app/Settings/AppSettingsStore.php
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace BookStack\Settings;
 
+use BookStack\Uploads\FaviconHandler;
 use BookStack\Uploads\ImageRepo;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class AppSettingsStore
 {
-    protected ImageRepo $imageRepo;
-
-    public function __construct(ImageRepo $imageRepo)
-    {
-        $this->imageRepo = $imageRepo;
+    public function __construct(
+        protected ImageRepo $imageRepo,
+        protected FaviconHandler $faviconHandler,
+    ) {
     }
 
     public function storeFromUpdateRequest(Request $request, string $category)
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class AppSettingsStore
                 $icon = $this->imageRepo->saveNew($iconFile, 'system', 0, $size, $size);
                 setting()->put('app-icon-' . $size, $icon->url);
             }
+
+            $this->faviconHandler->saveForUploadedImage($iconFile);
         }
 
         // Clear icon image if requested
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ class AppSettingsStore
                 $this->destroyExistingSettingImage('app-icon-' . $size);
                 setting()->remove('app-icon-' . $size);
             }
+
+            $this->faviconHandler->restoreOriginal();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Uploads/FaviconHandler.php b/app/Uploads/FaviconHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c637356e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Uploads/FaviconHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Uploads;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
+use Intervention\Image\ImageManager;
+
+class FaviconHandler
+{
+    protected string $path;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        protected ImageManager $imageTool
+    ) {
+        $this->path = public_path('favicon.ico');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Save the given UploadedFile instance as the application favicon.
+     */
+    public function saveForUploadedImage(UploadedFile $file): void
+    {
+        if (!is_writeable($this->path)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $imageData = file_get_contents($file->getRealPath());
+        $image = $this->imageTool->make($imageData);
+        $image->resize(32, 32);
+        $bmpData = $image->encode('png');
+        $icoData = $this->pngToIco($bmpData, 32, 32);
+
+        file_put_contents($this->path, $icoData);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restore the original favicon image.
+     * Returned boolean indicates if the copy occurred.
+     */
+    public function restoreOriginal(): bool
+    {
+        $permissionItem = file_exists($this->path) ? $this->path : dirname($this->path);
+        if (!is_writeable($permissionItem)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return copy($this->getOriginalPath(), $this->path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Restore the original favicon image if no favicon image is already in use.
+     * Returns a boolean to indicate if the file exists.
+     */
+    public function restoreOriginalIfNotExists(): bool
+    {
+        if (file_exists($this->path)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return $this->restoreOriginal();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path to the favicon file.
+     */
+    public function getPath(): string
+    {
+        return $this->path;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path of the original favicon copy.
+     */
+    public function getOriginalPath(): string
+    {
+        return public_path('icon.ico');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert PNG image data to ICO file format.
+     * Built following the file format info from Wikipedia:
+     * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(file_format)
+     */
+    protected function pngToIco(string $bmpData, int $width, int $height): string
+    {
+        // ICO header
+        $header = pack('v', 0x00); // Reserved. Must always be 0
+        $header .= pack('v', 0x01); // Specifies ico image
+        $header .= pack('v', 0x01); // Specifies number of images
+
+        // ICO Image Directory
+        $entry = hex2bin(dechex($width)); // Image width
+        $entry .= hex2bin(dechex($height)); // Image height
+        $entry .= "\0"; // Color palette, typically 0
+        $entry .= "\0"; // Reserved
+
+        // Color planes, Appears to remain 1 for bmp image data
+        $entry .= pack('v', 0x01);
+        // Bits per pixel, can range from 1 to 32. From testing conversion
+        // via intervention from png typically provides this as 24.
+        $entry .= pack('v', 0x00);
+        // Size of the image data in bytes
+        $entry .= pack('V', strlen($bmpData));
+        // Offset of the bmp data from file start
+        $entry .= pack('V', strlen($header) + strlen($entry) + 4);
+
+        // Join & return the combined parts of the ICO image data
+        return $header . $entry . $bmpData;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/icon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from public/favicon.ico
rename to public/icon.ico
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 95b4ae535..937dc0c6c 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession;
 
 Route::get('/status', [StatusController::class, 'show']);
 Route::get('/robots.txt', [HomeController::class, 'robots']);
+Route::get('/favicon.ico', [HomeController::class, 'favicon']);
 
 // Authenticated routes...
 Route::middleware('auth')->group(function () {
diff --git a/tests/PublicActionTest.php b/tests/PublicActionTest.php
index afc7fcef3..e21afdf33 100644
--- a/tests/PublicActionTest.php
+++ b/tests/PublicActionTest.php
@@ -155,6 +155,18 @@ class PublicActionTest extends TestCase
         $this->get('/robots.txt')->assertSee("User-agent: *\nDisallow: /");
     }
 
+    public function test_default_favicon_file_created_upon_access()
+    {
+        $faviconPath = public_path('favicon.ico');
+        if (file_exists($faviconPath)) {
+            unlink($faviconPath);
+        }
+
+        $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($faviconPath);
+        $this->get('/favicon.ico');
+        $this->assertFileExists($faviconPath);
+    }
+
     public function test_public_view_then_login_redirects_to_previous_content()
     {
         $this->setSettings(['app-public' => 'true']);
diff --git a/tests/Settings/SettingsTest.php b/tests/Settings/SettingsTest.php
index 30bb50f7c..fb952585a 100644
--- a/tests/Settings/SettingsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Settings/SettingsTest.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class SettingsTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-128'));
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-64'));
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-32'));
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            file_get_contents(public_path('icon.ico')),
+            file_get_contents(public_path('favicon.ico')),
+        );
 
         $prevFileCount = count(glob(dirname($expectedPath) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*.png'));
 
@@ -71,6 +75,11 @@ class SettingsTest extends TestCase
         $resp = $this->get('/');
         $this->withHtml($resp)->assertElementCount('link[sizes][href*="my-app-icon"]', 6);
 
+        $this->assertNotEquals(
+            file_get_contents(public_path('icon.ico')),
+            file_get_contents(public_path('favicon.ico')),
+        );
+
         $reset = $this->post('/settings/customization', ['app_icon_reset' => 'true']);
         $reset->assertRedirect('/settings/customization');
 
@@ -81,5 +90,10 @@ class SettingsTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-128'));
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-64'));
         $this->assertFalse(setting()->get('app-icon-32'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            file_get_contents(public_path('icon.ico')),
+            file_get_contents(public_path('favicon.ico')),
+        );
     }
 }