diff --git a/src/server/http/index.js b/src/server/http/index.js
index dd71864d94083..1a2d800c6d7fd 100644
--- a/src/server/http/index.js
+++ b/src/server/http/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { parse } from 'url';
 import { format } from 'url';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import Boom from 'boom';
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ module.exports = async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
     }
   });
 
+  // Expose static assets (favicons).
+  server.exposeStaticDir('/ui/favicons/{path*}', resolve(__dirname, '../../ui/public/assets/favicons'));
+
   kbnServer.mixin(versionCheckMixin);
 
   return kbnServer.mixin(require('./xsrf'));
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/android-chrome-192x192.png
diff --git a/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..efa8a3105daf7
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png differ
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/browserconfig.xml b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/browserconfig.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/browserconfig.xml
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/browserconfig.xml
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/favicon-16x16.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon-16x16.png
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/favicon-32x32.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon-32x32.png
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/favicon.ico b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/favicon.ico
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/favicon.ico
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/manifest.json b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/manifest.json
similarity index 51%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/manifest.json
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/manifest.json
index 0d52ed7037762..9b4b46f382f35 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/favicons/manifest.json
+++ b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/manifest.json
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 	"name": "Kibana",
 	"icons": [
 		{
-			"src": "\/android-chrome-192x192.png",
+			"src": "android-chrome-192x192.png",
 			"sizes": "192x192",
 			"type": "image\/png"
+		},
+		{
+			"src": "android-chrome-256x256.png",
+			"sizes": "256x256",
+			"type": "image\/png"
 		}
 	],
 	"theme_color": "#e8488b",
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/mstile-150x150.png b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/mstile-150x150.png
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/mstile-150x150.png
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/mstile-150x150.png
diff --git a/src/ui/public/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg b/src/ui/public/assets/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/public/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg
rename to src/ui/public/assets/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
index f60eb3b578b12..b24325b1f4059 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import angular from 'angular';
 
-
 import metadata from 'ui/metadata';
 import 'babel/polyfill';
-import $ from 'jquery';
 import 'ui/timefilter';
 import 'ui/notify';
 import 'ui/private';
@@ -30,61 +27,6 @@ const internals = _.defaults(
   }
 );
 
-// These favicons were generated from http://realfavicongenerator.net/.
-const favicons = [{
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/favicon.ico'),
-    rel: 'shortcut icon',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png'),
-    sizes: '180x180',
-    rel: 'apple-touch-icon',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/favicon-32x32.png'),
-    type: 'image/png',
-    sizes: '32x32',
-    rel: 'icon',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/favicon-16x16.png'),
-    type: 'image/png',
-    sizes: '16x16',
-    rel: 'icon',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/manifest.json'),
-    rel: 'manifest',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<link>',
-  attrs: {
-    href: require('ui/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg'),
-    color: '#e8488b',
-    rel: 'mask-icon',
-  },
-}, {
-  tag: '<meta>',
-  attrs: {
-    name: 'theme-color',
-    content: '#e8488b',
-  },
-}];
-
-favicons.forEach(favicon => {
-  $(favicon.tag).attr(favicon.attrs).appendTo('head');
-});
-
 require('./api/apps')(chrome, internals);
 require('./api/xsrf')(chrome, internals);
 require('./api/nav')(chrome, internals);
diff --git a/src/ui/views/chrome.jade b/src/ui/views/chrome.jade
index 45f42d1086a07..bd641886f2f27 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/chrome.jade
+++ b/src/ui/views/chrome.jade
@@ -10,6 +10,33 @@ html(lang='en')
     meta(http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible', content='IE=edge,chrome=1')
     meta(name='viewport', content='width=device-width')
     title Kibana
+
+    //- Favicons (generated from http://realfavicongenerator.net/)
+    link(
+      rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/apple-touch-icon.png'
+    )
+    link(
+      rel='icon' type='image/png' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/favicon-32x32.png' sizes='32x32'
+    )
+    link(
+      rel='icon' type='image/png' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/favicon-16x16.png' sizes='16x16'
+    )
+    link(
+      rel='manifest' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/manifest.json'
+    )
+    link(
+      rel='mask-icon' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg' color='#e8488b'
+    )
+    link(
+      rel='shortcut icon' href='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/favicon.ico'
+    )
+    meta(
+      name='msapplication-config' content='#{kibanaPayload.basePath}/ui/favicons/browserconfig.xml'
+    )
+    meta(
+      name='theme-color' content='#ffffff'
+    )
+
     block head
   body(kbn-chrome, id='#{appName}-body')
     kbn-initial-state(data=JSON.stringify(kibanaPayload))