diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3c29ab0568..aa1a136a6e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include README.rst
 include setup.cfg
 include requirements.txt
 
-recursive-include kalite *.html *.txt *.png *.js *.css *.gif *.less *.otf *.svg *.woff *.eot *.ttf *.zip *.json *.handlebars *.woff2 *.mo
+recursive-include kalite *.html *.txt *.png *.js *.css *.gif *.less *.otf *.svg *.woff *.eot *.ttf *.zip *.json *.handlebars *.woff2 *.mo *ico
 recursive-include kalite/static-libraries *
 
 recursive-include kalite/packages/dist *
diff --git a/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst b/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
index 6ca2271164..6a02c4156e 100644
--- a/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/installguide/release_notes.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * Release `.whl` format on PyPi, it installs faster, it's the future. Users will no longer be warned about Wheel incompatibilities when installing from Pip. :url-issue:`5299`
  * Test coverage is now tracked by Codecov instead of mostly broken Coveralls.io :url-issue:`5301`
  * Activating simplified login results in blank login modal :url-issue:`5255`
+ * ``favicon.ico`` missing in distributed set of files, little KA green leaf now appears in browser window decorations and shortcuts :url-issue:`5306`
 
 Known issues
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^