diff --git a/jetty-core/jetty-http/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime.properties b/jetty-core/jetty-http/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime.properties
index f60f37af770..1bff0c6fd02 100644
--- a/jetty-core/jetty-http/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime.properties
+++ b/jetty-core/jetty-http/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/http/mime.properties
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ htc=text/x-component
 htm=text/html
 html=text/html
 ice=x-conference/x-cooltalk
-ico=image/x-icon
+ico=image/vnd.microsoft.icon
 ief=image/ief
 iges=model/iges
 igs=model/iges