diff --git a/docs/_templates/index.html b/docs/_templates/index.html
index eb079733d5..bdcf4e6844 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/index.html
+++ b/docs/_templates/index.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
             background-image: url("{{pathto('_static/images/circle_outer_opt.png', 1)}}");
         }
     </style>
+    <link rel="icon" href="_static/favicon.ico">
 
 </head>
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e5b8c07c60..ab250e0da3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 html_additional_pages = {
     "index": "index.html",
 }
+html_favicon = "favicon.ico"
 
 # -- Options for smartquotes ----------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/favicon.ico b/docs/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e70b95fd9
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/favicon.ico differ