diff --git a/mobile/android/base/AboutPages.java b/mobile/android/base/AboutPages.java
index 6ed0b3d16e06..fce2fc9eb5ed 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/AboutPages.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/AboutPages.java
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ public class AboutPages {
     }
 
     private static final String[] DEFAULT_ICON_PAGES = new String[] {
-        HOME,
-
         ADDONS,
         CONFIG,
         DOWNLOADS,
@@ -72,12 +70,17 @@ public class AboutPages {
         return DEFAULT_ICON_PAGES;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isDefaultIconPage(final String url) {
+    public static boolean isBuiltinIconPage(final String url) {
         if (url == null ||
             !url.startsWith("about:")) {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // about:home uses a separate search built-in icon.
+        if (isAboutHome(url)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         // TODO: it'd be quicker to not compare the "about:" part every time.
         for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_ICON_PAGES.length; ++i) {
             if (DEFAULT_ICON_PAGES[i].equals(url)) {
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/Tabs.java b/mobile/android/base/Tabs.java
index 4a2bc407af8b..12f3f6e73fe5 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/Tabs.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/Tabs.java
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ public class Tabs implements GeckoEventListener {
         }
 
         // TODO: surely we could just fetch *any* cached icon?
-        if (AboutPages.isDefaultIconPage(url)) {
+        if (AboutPages.isBuiltinIconPage(url)) {
             Log.d(LOGTAG, "Setting about: tab favicon inline.");
             added.updateFavicon(getAboutPageFavicon(url));
         }
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/favicons/Favicons.java b/mobile/android/base/favicons/Favicons.java
index a99048071afb..d47266736b95 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/favicons/Favicons.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/favicons/Favicons.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public class Favicons {
     // A magic URL representing the app's own favicon, used for about: pages.
     private static final String BUILT_IN_FAVICON_URL = "about:favicon";
 
+    // A magic URL representing the app's search favicon, used for about:home.
+    private static final String BUILT_IN_SEARCH_URL = "about:search";
+
     // Size of the favicon bitmap cache, in bytes (Counting payload only).
     public static final int FAVICON_CACHE_SIZE_BYTES = 512 * 1024;
 
@@ -407,6 +410,10 @@ public class Favicons {
                                               loadBrandingBitmap(context, "favicon32.png"));
 
         putFaviconsInMemCache(BUILT_IN_FAVICON_URL, toInsert.iterator(), true);
+
+        pageURLMappings.putWithoutEviction(AboutPages.HOME, BUILT_IN_SEARCH_URL);
+        List<Bitmap> searchIcons = Arrays.asList(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.ab_search));
+        putFaviconsInMemCache(BUILT_IN_SEARCH_URL, searchIcons.iterator(), true);
     }
 
     /**