diff --git a/middleware/favicon/favicon.go b/middleware/favicon/favicon.go
index 6584fa25..924f7e61 100644
--- a/middleware/favicon/favicon.go
+++ b/middleware/favicon/favicon.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package favicon
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
@@ -17,12 +18,18 @@ type Config struct {
 	// File holds the path to an actual favicon that will be cached
 	//
 	// Optional. Default: ""
-	File string
+	File string `json:"file"`
+
+	// FileSystem is an optional alternate filesystem to search for the favicon in.
+	// An example of this could be an embedded or network filesystem
+	//
+	// Optional. Default: nil
+	FileSystem http.FileSystem `json:"-"`
 
 	// CacheControl defines how the Cache-Control header in the response should be set
 	//
 	// Optional. Default: "public, max-age=31536000"
-	CacheControl string
+	CacheControl string `json:"cache_control"`
 }
 
 // ConfigDefault is the default config
@@ -66,9 +73,21 @@ func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler {
 		iconLen string
 	)
 	if cfg.File != "" {
-		if icon, err = ioutil.ReadFile(cfg.File); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+		// read from configured filesystem if present
+		if cfg.FileSystem != nil {
+			f, err := cfg.FileSystem.Open(cfg.File)
+			if err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			if icon, err = ioutil.ReadAll(f); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if icon, err = ioutil.ReadFile(cfg.File); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
 		}
+
 		iconLen = strconv.Itoa(len(icon))
 	}
 
diff --git a/middleware/favicon/favicon_test.go b/middleware/favicon/favicon_test.go
index 5f7465ca..9f181b65 100644
--- a/middleware/favicon/favicon_test.go
+++ b/middleware/favicon/favicon_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package favicon
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
@@ -71,6 +73,22 @@ func Test_Middleware_Favicon_Found(t *testing.T) {
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, "public, max-age=31536000", resp.Header.Get(fiber.HeaderCacheControl), "CacheControl Control")
 }
 
+// go test -run Test_Middleware_Favicon_FileSystem
+func Test_Middleware_Favicon_FileSystem(t *testing.T) {
+	app := fiber.New()
+
+	app.Use(New(Config{
+		File:       "favicon.ico",
+		FileSystem: http.FS(os.DirFS("../../.github/testdata/")),
+	}))
+
+	resp, err := app.Test(httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/favicon.ico", nil))
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, err, "app.Test(req)")
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, fiber.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode, "Status code")
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, "image/x-icon", resp.Header.Get(fiber.HeaderContentType))
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, "public, max-age=31536000", resp.Header.Get(fiber.HeaderCacheControl), "CacheControl Control")
+}
+
 // go test -run Test_Middleware_Favicon_CacheControl
 func Test_Middleware_Favicon_CacheControl(t *testing.T) {
 	app := fiber.New()
@@ -79,6 +97,7 @@ func Test_Middleware_Favicon_CacheControl(t *testing.T) {
 		CacheControl: "public, max-age=100",
 		File:         "../../.github/testdata/favicon.ico",
 	}))
+
 	resp, err := app.Test(httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/favicon.ico", nil))
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, nil, err, "app.Test(req)")
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, fiber.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode, "Status code")