diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
index 40a73a7de3f7..f36e675fb981 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/file_path_converter.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/gfx_converter.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/gurl_converter.h"
+#include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
 #include "base/base64.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
 #include "native_mate/dictionary.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@
 #include "ui/gfx/image/image_skia.h"
 #include "ui/gfx/image/image_util.h"
 
-#include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+#include "atom/common/asar/archive.h"
+#include "base/win/scoped_gdi_object.h"
+#include "ui/gfx/icon_util.h"
+#endif
 
 namespace atom {
 
@@ -218,11 +223,39 @@ mate::Handle<NativeImage> NativeImage::CreateFromJPEG(
 mate::Handle<NativeImage> NativeImage::CreateFromPath(
     v8::Isolate* isolate, const base::FilePath& path) {
   gfx::ImageSkia image_skia;
-  PopulateImageSkiaRepsFromPath(&image_skia, path);
+  base::FilePath image_path(path);
+  if (image_path.MatchesExtension(FILE_PATH_LITERAL(".ico"))) {
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+    // If file is in asar archive, we extract it to a temp file so LoadImage can
+    // load it.
+    base::FilePath asar_path, relative_path;
+    if (asar::GetAsarArchivePath(image_path, &asar_path, &relative_path)) {
+      std::shared_ptr<asar::Archive> archive =
+          asar::GetOrCreateAsarArchive(asar_path);
+      if (archive) {
+        archive->CopyFileOut(relative_path, &image_path);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Load the icon from file.
+    base::win::ScopedHICON icon(
+        static_cast<HICON>(
+            LoadImage(NULL, image_path.value().c_str(), IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0,
+                      LR_DEFAULTSIZE | LR_LOADFROMFILE)));
+
+    if (icon) {
+      // Convert the icon from the Windows specific HICON to gfx::ImageSkia.
+      scoped_ptr<SkBitmap> bitmap(IconUtil::CreateSkBitmapFromHICON(icon));
+      image_skia = gfx::ImageSkia(gfx::ImageSkiaRep(*bitmap, 1.0f));
+    }
+#endif
+  } else {
+    PopulateImageSkiaRepsFromPath(&image_skia, image_path);
+  }
   gfx::Image image(image_skia);
   mate::Handle<NativeImage> handle = Create(isolate, image);
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
-  if (IsTemplateFilename(path))
+  if (IsTemplateFilename(image_path))
     handle->SetTemplateImage(true);
 #endif
   return handle;
diff --git a/docs/api/native-image.md b/docs/api/native-image.md
index aa2326da64e2..4d4fb4bbf5be 100644
--- a/docs/api/native-image.md
+++ b/docs/api/native-image.md
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ var appIcon = new Tray(image);
 
 ## Supported formats
 
-Currently `PNG` and `JPEG` are supported. It is recommended to use `PNG`
-because of its support for transparency and lossless compression.
+Currently `PNG` and `JPEG` are supported. It is recommended to use `PNG` because
+of its support for transparency and lossless compression.
+
+On Windows, you can also load `ICO` icon from a file path.
 
 ## High resolution image