diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a7a7a30..e9a516b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -750,6 +756,7 @@ name = "lazymc"
 version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "base64",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -815,7 +822,7 @@ checksum = "308cc39be01b73d0d18f82a0e7b2a3df85245f84af96fdddc5d202d27e47b86a"
 [[package]]
 name = "minecraft-protocol"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol?rev=a14b40e#a14b40ea9d9a9ed54a6f6546b6d19bc0db1b6c8c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol?rev=356ea54#356ea5424374c5a7249be2f0f13fd3e0e2db5b58"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "minecraft-protocol-derive",
@@ -828,7 +835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "minecraft-protocol-derive"
 version = "0.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol?rev=a14b40e#a14b40ea9d9a9ed54a6f6546b6d19bc0db1b6c8c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol?rev=356ea54#356ea5424374c5a7249be2f0f13fd3e0e2db5b58"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0870607..a5f4727 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ lobby = ["named-binary-tag", "quartz_nbt", "uuid"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
+base64 = "0.13"
 bytes = "1.1"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "3.0.0-beta.5", default-features = false, features = [ "std", "cargo", "color", "env", "suggestions", "unicode" ]}
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ dotenv = "0.15"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["default"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["executor"] }
 log = "0.4"
-minecraft-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol", rev = "a14b40e" }
+minecraft-protocol = { git = "https://github.com/timvisee/rust-minecraft-protocol", rev = "356ea54" }
 notify = "4.0"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 shlex = "1.1"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "net", "macros", "time", "process", "signal", "sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "net", "macros", "time", "process", "signal", "sync", "fs"] }
 toml = "0.5"
 version-compare = "0.1"
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49b68e3..2a82620 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/856222/141378688-882082be-9efa-4cfe-81
   - _Lobby: keep client in emulated server with lobby world, teleport to real server when ready ([experimental*](./docs/join-method-lobby.md))_
 - Customizable MOTD and login messages
 - Automatically manages `server.properties` (host, port and RCON settings)
-- Automatically handle banned IPs from server within `lazymc`
+- Automatically block banned IPs from server within `lazymc`
 - Graceful server sleep/shutdown through RCON (with `SIGTERM` fallback on Linux/Unix)
 - Restart server on crash
 - Lockout mode
diff --git a/src/status.rs b/src/status.rs
index 3383cdc..6ef3010 100644
--- a/src/status.rs
+++ b/src/status.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use minecraft_protocol::encoder::Encoder;
 use minecraft_protocol::version::v1_14_4::handshake::Handshake;
 use minecraft_protocol::version::v1_14_4::login::LoginStart;
 use minecraft_protocol::version::v1_14_4::status::StatusResponse;
+use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ const BAN_MESSAGE_PREFIX: &str = "Your IP address is banned from this server.\nR
 /// Default ban reason if unknown.
 const DEFAULT_BAN_REASON: &str = "Banned by an operator.";
 
+/// Server icon file path.
+const SERVER_ICON_FILE: &str = "server-icon.png";
+
 /// Proxy the given inbound stream to a target address.
 // TODO: do not drop error here, return Box<dyn Error>
 pub async fn serve(
@@ -226,6 +230,13 @@ async fn server_status(config: &Config, server: &Server) -> ServerStatus {
         }
     };
 
+    // Get server favicon
+    let favicon = if config.motd.from_server && status.is_some() {
+        status.as_ref().unwrap().favicon.clone()
+    } else {
+        favicon(&config).await
+    };
+
     // Build status resposne
     ServerStatus {
         version,
@@ -235,5 +246,36 @@ async fn server_status(config: &Config, server: &Server) -> ServerStatus {
             max,
             sample: vec![],
         },
+        favicon,
     }
 }
+
+/// Get server status favicon.
+async fn favicon(config: &Config) -> Option<String> {
+    // Get server dir
+    let dir = match config.server.directory.as_ref() {
+        Some(dir) => dir,
+        None => return None,
+    };
+
+    // Server icon file, ensure it exists
+    let path = dir.join(SERVER_ICON_FILE);
+    if !path.is_file() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    // Read icon data
+    let data = fs::read(path)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|err| {
+            error!(target: "lazymc", "Failed to read favicon from {}: {}", SERVER_ICON_FILE, err);
+        })
+        .ok()?;
+
+    // Format and return favicon
+    Some(format!(
+        "{}{}",
+        "data:image/png;base64,",
+        base64::encode(data)
+    ))
+}