diff --git a/app/filtering.js b/app/filtering.js
index 9e873b2eb24..229c93c5d34 100644
--- a/app/filtering.js
+++ b/app/filtering.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const downloadStates = require('../js/constants/downloadStates')
 const urlParse = require('./common/urlParse')
 const getSetting = require('../js/settings').getSetting
 const appUrlUtil = require('../js/lib/appUrlUtil')
+const faviconUtil = require('./renderer/lib/faviconUtil')
 const siteSettings = require('../js/state/siteSettings')
 const settings = require('../js/constants/settings')
 const userPrefs = require('../js/state/userPrefs')
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ const registeredSessions = {}
  */
 const permissionCallbacks = {}
 
+/**
+ * A set to keep track of URLs fetching favicons that need special treatment later
+ */
+const faviconURLs = new Set()
+
 const getBraverySettingsForUrl = (url, appState, isPrivate) => {
   const cachedBraverySettings = getBraverySettingsCache(url, isPrivate)
   if (cachedBraverySettings) {
@@ -109,13 +115,21 @@ function registerForBeforeRequest (session, partition) {
       }
     }
 
+    const url = details.url
+    // filter out special urls for fetching favicons
+    if (faviconUtil.isWrappedFaviconUrl(url)) {
+      const redirectURL = faviconUtil.unwrapFaviconUrl(url)
+      faviconURLs.add(redirectURL)
+      muonCb({ redirectURL })
+      return
+    }
+
     if (shouldIgnoreUrl(details)) {
       muonCb({})
       return
     }
 
     const firstPartyUrl = module.exports.getMainFrameUrl(details)
-    const url = details.url
     // this can happen if the tab is closed and the webContents is no longer available
     if (!firstPartyUrl) {
       muonCb({ cancel: true })
@@ -301,9 +315,15 @@ function registerForBeforeSendHeaders (session, partition) {
   const isPrivate = module.exports.isPrivate(partition)
 
   session.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders(function (details, muonCb) {
+    // strip cookies from all requests fetching favicons
+    if (faviconURLs.has(details.url)) {
+      faviconURLs.delete(details.url)
+      delete details.requestHeaders['Cookie']
+    }
+
     // Using an electron binary which isn't from Brave
     if (shouldIgnoreUrl(details)) {
-      muonCb({})
+      muonCb({ requestHeaders: details.requestHeaders })
       return
     }
 
diff --git a/app/renderer/lib/faviconUtil.js b/app/renderer/lib/faviconUtil.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee08d2543d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/renderer/lib/faviconUtil.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+const suffix = '#brave-favicon-fragment'
+
+module.exports = {
+  wrapFaviconUrl: (url) => `${url}${suffix}`,
+  unwrapFaviconUrl: (url) => url.substring(0, url.length - suffix.length),
+  isWrappedFaviconUrl: (url) => url.endsWith(suffix)
+}
diff --git a/app/renderer/rendererTabEvents.js b/app/renderer/rendererTabEvents.js
index 20fc109010a..dce4a1e67ce 100644
--- a/app/renderer/rendererTabEvents.js
+++ b/app/renderer/rendererTabEvents.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const siteSettingsState = require('../common/state/siteSettingsState')
 const contextMenuState = require('../common/state/contextMenuState')
 
 const domUtil = require('./lib/domUtil')
+const faviconUtil = require('./lib/faviconUtil')
 const imageUtil = require('../../js/lib/imageUtil')
 const historyUtil = require('../common/lib/historyUtil')
 const UrlUtil = require('../../js/lib/urlutil')
@@ -111,13 +112,15 @@ const api = module.exports = {
       }
       case 'page-favicon-updated': {
         if (e.favicons &&
-            e.favicons.length > 0 &&
-            // Favicon changes lead to recalculation of top site data so only fire
-            // this when needed.  Some sites update favicons very frequently.
-            e.favicons[0] !== frame.get('icon')) {
-          imageUtil.getWorkingImageUrl(e.favicons[0], (error) => {
-            windowActions.setFavicon(frame, error ? null : e.favicons[0])
-          })
+            e.favicons.length > 0) {
+          const url = faviconUtil.wrapFaviconUrl(e.favicons[0])
+          // Favicon changes lead to recalculation of top site data so only fire
+          // this when needed.  Some sites update favicons very frequently.
+          if (url !== frame.get('icon')) {
+            imageUtil.getWorkingImageUrl(url, (error) => {
+              windowActions.setFavicon(frame, error ? null : url)
+            })
+          }
         }
         break
       }