diff --git a/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/DefaultMavenResourcesFiltering.java b/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/DefaultMavenResourcesFiltering.java
index dbbbc1d55..bcba3e5ea 100644
--- a/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/DefaultMavenResourcesFiltering.java
+++ b/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/DefaultMavenResourcesFiltering.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public void initialize()
         this.defaultNonFilteredFileExtensions.add( "gif" );
         this.defaultNonFilteredFileExtensions.add( "bmp" );
         this.defaultNonFilteredFileExtensions.add( "png" );
+        this.defaultNonFilteredFileExtensions.add( "ico" );
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
diff --git a/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/MavenResourcesFiltering.java b/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/MavenResourcesFiltering.java
index d758170b3..f92996d7a 100644
--- a/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/MavenResourcesFiltering.java
+++ b/maven-filtering/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/MavenResourcesFiltering.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public interface MavenResourcesFiltering
 {
 
     /**
-     * return the List of the non filtered extensions (jpg,jpeg,gif,bmp,png)
+     * return the List of the non filtered extensions (jpg,jpeg,gif,bmp,png,ico)
      *
      * @return {@link List} of {@link String}
      */