diff --git a/.changeset/fix-material-community-provider.md b/.changeset/fix-material-community-provider.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d68dbdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-material-community-provider.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'@ankhorage/surface': patch
+---
+
+Support canonical icon provider aliases for Expo vector icons.
+
+Surface now resolves provider strings such as `material-community` and `material-community-icons` to Expo's `MaterialCommunityIcons` export, so serialized route icons can use stable provider identifiers without falling back to Ionicons.
diff --git a/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.test.ts b/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.test.ts
index 56649f9..e5e9410 100644
--- a/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.test.ts
+++ b/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.test.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import { describe, expect, mock, test } from 'bun:test';
 
 const Ionicons = () => null;
 const MaterialIcons = () => null;
+const MaterialCommunityIcons = () => null;
 
 describe('resolveExpoIconComponent', () => {
   test('returns the requested Expo icon family when it exists', async () => {
     await mock.module('@expo/vector-icons', () => ({
       Ionicons,
+      MaterialCommunityIcons,
       MaterialIcons,
     }));
 
@@ -14,11 +16,25 @@ describe('resolveExpoIconComponent', () => {
 
     expect(resolveExpoIconComponent('Ionicons')).toBe(Ionicons);
     expect(resolveExpoIconComponent('MaterialIcons')).toBe(MaterialIcons);
+    expect(resolveExpoIconComponent('MaterialCommunityIcons')).toBe(MaterialCommunityIcons);
+  });
+
+  test('resolves the canonical material-community provider id', async () => {
+    await mock.module('@expo/vector-icons', () => ({
+      Ionicons,
+      MaterialCommunityIcons,
+      MaterialIcons,
+    }));
+
+    const { resolveExpoIconComponent } = await import('./resolveExpoIconComponent');
+
+    expect(resolveExpoIconComponent('material-community')).toBe(MaterialCommunityIcons);
   });
 
   test('falls back to Ionicons when the provider is unknown', async () => {
     await mock.module('@expo/vector-icons', () => ({
       Ionicons,
+      MaterialCommunityIcons,
       MaterialIcons,
     }));
 
diff --git a/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.ts b/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.ts
index b10a19e..217308f 100644
--- a/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.ts
+++ b/src/primitives/icon/resolveExpoIconComponent.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,24 @@ export type ExpoIconComponent = React.ElementType<{
   testID?: string;
 }>;
 
+const EXPO_ICON_PROVIDER_ALIASES = {
+  'material-community': 'MaterialCommunityIcons',
+} as const;
+
 export function resolveExpoIconComponent(provider: string): ExpoIconComponent {
-  const candidate = (ExpoIcons as Record<string, unknown>)[provider];
+  const normalizedProvider = resolveExpoIconProviderName(provider);
+  const candidate = (ExpoIcons as Record<string, unknown>)[normalizedProvider];
   if (typeof candidate === 'function') {
     return candidate as ExpoIconComponent;
   }
 
   return ExpoIcons.Ionicons as ExpoIconComponent;
 }
+
+function resolveExpoIconProviderName(provider: string): string {
+  const normalizedProvider = provider.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+  return normalizedProvider in EXPO_ICON_PROVIDER_ALIASES
+    ? EXPO_ICON_PROVIDER_ALIASES[normalizedProvider as keyof typeof EXPO_ICON_PROVIDER_ALIASES]
+    : provider;
+}