diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.tsx b/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
index 3e87d0404..686576800 100755
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { Build, Component, Element, Host, Prop, State, Watch, h } from '@stencil
 import { getSvgContent, ioniconContent } from './request';
 import { getName, getUrl, inheritAttributes, isRTL } from './utils';
 
-let parser: DOMParser;
-
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-icon',
   assetsDirs: ['svg'],
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ export class Icon {
    * @default true
    */
   @Prop() sanitize = true;
-  
+
   componentWillLoad() {
     this.inheritedAttributes = inheritAttributes(this.el, ['aria-label']);
   }
@@ -124,12 +122,12 @@ export class Icon {
       cb();
     }
   }
-  
+
   private hasAriaHidden = () => {
     const { el } = this;
-    
+
     return el.hasAttribute('aria-hidden') && el.getAttribute('aria-hidden') === 'true';
-  }
+  };
 
   @Watch('name')
   @Watch('src')
@@ -138,27 +136,12 @@ export class Icon {
   @Watch('md')
   loadIcon() {
     if (Build.isBrowser && this.isVisible) {
-      if (!parser) {
-        /**
-         * Create an instance of the DOM parser. This creates a single
-         * parser instance for the entire app, which is more efficient.
-         */
-        parser = new DOMParser();
-      }
       const url = getUrl(this);
 
       if (url) {
         if (ioniconContent.has(url)) {
           // sync if it's already loaded
           this.svgContent = ioniconContent.get(url);
-        } else if (url.startsWith('data:')) {
-          const doc = parser.parseFromString(url, 'text/html');
-          const svgEl = doc.body.querySelector('svg');
-          if (svgEl !== null) {
-            this.svgContent = svgEl.outerHTML;
-          } else {
-            this.svgContent = '';
-          }
         } else {
           // async if it hasn't been loaded
           getSvgContent(url, this.sanitize).then(() => (this.svgContent = ioniconContent.get(url)));
@@ -166,7 +149,7 @@ export class Icon {
       }
     }
 
-    const label = this.iconName = getName(this.name, this.icon, this.mode, this.ios, this.md);
+    const label = (this.iconName = getName(this.name, this.icon, this.mode, this.ios, this.md));
 
     /**
      * Come up with a default label
@@ -182,9 +165,7 @@ export class Icon {
     const mode = this.mode || 'md';
     const flipRtl =
       this.flipRtl ||
-      (iconName &&
-        (iconName.indexOf('arrow') > -1 || iconName.indexOf('chevron') > -1) &&
-        this.flipRtl !== false);
+      (iconName && (iconName.indexOf('arrow') > -1 || iconName.indexOf('chevron') > -1) && this.flipRtl !== false);
 
     /**
      * Only set the aria-label if a) we have generated
diff --git a/src/components/icon/request.ts b/src/components/icon/request.ts
index a8618bffd..00ae0cb88 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/request.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/request.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,51 @@
-import { validateContent } from './validate';
+import { isEncodedDataUrl, isSvgDataUrl, validateContent } from './validate';
 
 export const ioniconContent = new Map<string, string>();
 const requests = new Map<string, Promise<any>>();
 
+let parser = new DOMParser();
+
 export const getSvgContent = (url: string, sanitize: boolean) => {
   // see if we already have a request for this url
   let req = requests.get(url);
 
   if (!req) {
     if (typeof fetch !== 'undefined' && typeof document !== 'undefined') {
-      // we don't already have a request
-      req = fetch(url).then((rsp) => {
-        if (rsp.ok) {
-          return rsp.text().then((svgContent) => {
-            if (svgContent && sanitize !== false) {
-              svgContent = validateContent(svgContent);
-            }
-            ioniconContent.set(url, svgContent || '');
-          });
+      /**
+       * If the url is a data url of an svg, then try to parse it
+       * with the DOMParser. This works with content security policies enabled.
+       */
+      if (isSvgDataUrl(url) && isEncodedDataUrl(url)) {
+        if (!parser) {
+          /**
+           * Create an instance of the DOM parser. This creates a single
+           * parser instance for the entire app, which is more efficient.
+           */
+          parser = new DOMParser();
+        }
+        const doc = parser.parseFromString(url, 'text/html');
+        const svg = doc.querySelector('svg');
+        if (svg) {
+          ioniconContent.set(url, svg.outerHTML);
         }
-        ioniconContent.set(url, '');
-      });
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      } else {
+        // we don't already have a request
+        req = fetch(url).then((rsp) => {
+          if (rsp.ok) {
+            return rsp.text().then((svgContent) => {
+              if (svgContent && sanitize !== false) {
+                svgContent = validateContent(svgContent);
+              }
+              ioniconContent.set(url, svgContent || '');
+            });
+          }
+          ioniconContent.set(url, '');
+        });
+        // cache for the same requests
+        requests.set(url, req);
+      }
 
-      // cache for the same requests
-      requests.set(url, req);
     } else {
       // set to empty for ssr scenarios and resolve promise
       ioniconContent.set(url, '');
diff --git a/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Chrome-linux.png b/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Chrome-linux.png
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diff --git a/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Firefox-linux.png b/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Firefox-linux.png
index 011a9509c..c078e9e0b 100644
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diff --git a/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Safari-linux.png b/src/components/icon/test/icon.e2e.ts-snapshots/icon-diff-Mobile-Safari-linux.png
index 8dbde7ca1..140fe97b9 100644
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diff --git a/src/components/icon/test/validate.spec.ts b/src/components/icon/test/validate.spec.ts
index 0135c81ea..68f4179a9 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/test/validate.spec.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/test/validate.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isValid } from '../validate';
+import { isEncodedDataUrl, isSvgDataUrl, isValid } from '../validate';
 
 
 describe('isValid', () => {
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ describe('isValid', () => {
   });
 
   it('invalid child SCRIPT elm', () => {
-    const el = { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'svg', attributes: [], childNodes: [
-      { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'SCRIPT', attributes: [], childNodes: [] }
-    ] } as any;
+    const el = {
+      nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'svg', attributes: [], childNodes: [
+        { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'SCRIPT', attributes: [], childNodes: [] }
+      ]
+    } as any;
     expect(isValid(el)).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -41,9 +43,11 @@ describe('isValid', () => {
   });
 
   it('is valid SVG elm', () => {
-    const el = { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'SVG', attributes: [], childNodes: [
-      { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'line', attributes: [], childNodes: [] }
-    ] } as any;
+    const el = {
+      nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'SVG', attributes: [], childNodes: [
+        { nodeType: 1, nodeName: 'line', attributes: [], childNodes: [] }
+      ]
+    } as any;
     expect(isValid(el)).toBe(true);
   });
 
@@ -53,3 +57,17 @@ describe('isValid', () => {
   });
 
 });
+
+it('isSvgDataUrl', () => {
+  expect(isSvgDataUrl('data:image/svg+xml;base64,xxx')).toBe(true);
+  expect(isSvgDataUrl('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg></svg>')).toBe(true);
+  expect(isSvgDataUrl('https://example.com/icon.svg')).toBe(false);
+  expect(isSvgDataUrl('http://example.com/icon.svg')).toBe(false);
+});
+
+it('isEncodedDataUrl', () => {
+  expect(isEncodedDataUrl('data:image/svg+xml;base64,xxx')).toBe(false);
+  expect(isEncodedDataUrl('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg></svg>')).toBe(true);
+  expect(isEncodedDataUrl('https://example.com/icon.svg')).toBe(false);
+  expect(isEncodedDataUrl('http://example.com/icon.svg')).toBe(false);
+});
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diff --git a/src/components/icon/validate.ts b/src/components/icon/validate.ts
index 27619a41c..d6c9ebd0c 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/validate.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/validate.ts
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ export const isValid = (elm: HTMLElement) => {
   }
   return true;
 };
+
+export const isSvgDataUrl = (url: string) => url.startsWith('data:image/svg+xml');
+export const isEncodedDataUrl = (url: string) => url.indexOf(';utf8,') !== -1;
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diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 9bf90fb11..d7291cec6 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ <h2>Sanitized (shouldn't show)</h2>
     <h2>Not Sanitized (should show)</h2>
     <ion-icon sanitize="false" src="./assets/no-sanitize.svg"></ion-icon>
 
+    <h2>Base64 url</h2>
+    <ion-icon
+      src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIyNCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDI0IDI0Ij48cGF0aCBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBkPSJNMCAwaDI0djI0SDBWMHoiLz48cGF0aCBkPSJNMjAgMkg0Yy0xLjEgMC0yIC45LTIgMnYxOGw0LTRoMTRjMS4xIDAgMi0uOSAyLTJWNGMwLTEuMS0uOS0yLTItMnptMCAxNEg2bC0yIDJWNGgxNnYxMnoiLz48L3N2Zz4="></ion-icon>
+
     <p>
       <a href="./cheatsheet.html">Cheatsheet</a>
     </p>