diff --git a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCache.java b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCache.java
index 97ca389600..dd74c7112d 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCache.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCache.java
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ package org.springframework.security.web.server.savedrequest;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.util.matcher.AndServerWebExchangeMatcher;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.util.matcher.MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.util.matcher.NegatedServerWebExchangeMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.server.util.matcher.ServerWebExchangeMatcher;
 import org.springframework.security.web.server.util.matcher.ServerWebExchangeMatchers;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.WebSession;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link ServerRequestCache} that saves the
@@ -45,8 +50,7 @@ public class WebSessionServerRequestCache implements ServerRequestCache {
 
 	private String sessionAttrName = DEFAULT_SAVED_REQUEST_ATTR;
 
-	private ServerWebExchangeMatcher saveRequestMatcher = ServerWebExchangeMatchers.pathMatchers(
-		HttpMethod.GET, "/**");
+	private ServerWebExchangeMatcher saveRequestMatcher = createDefaultRequestMacher();
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets the matcher to determine if the request should be saved. The default is to match
@@ -88,4 +92,12 @@ public class WebSessionServerRequestCache implements ServerRequestCache {
 	private static String pathInApplication(ServerHttpRequest request) {
 		return request.getPath().pathWithinApplication().value();
 	}
+
+	private static ServerWebExchangeMatcher createDefaultRequestMacher() {
+		ServerWebExchangeMatcher get = ServerWebExchangeMatchers.pathMatchers(HttpMethod.GET, "/**");
+		ServerWebExchangeMatcher notFavicon = new NegatedServerWebExchangeMatcher(ServerWebExchangeMatchers.pathMatchers("/favicon.*"));
+		MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher html = new MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher(MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
+		html.setIgnoredMediaTypes(Collections.singleton(MediaType.ALL));
+		return new AndServerWebExchangeMatcher(get, notFavicon, html);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests.java b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests.java
index f48845053c..4142f940fe 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/web/server/savedrequest/WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.security.web.server.savedrequest;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.MockServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.server.MockServerWebExchange;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void saveRequestGetRequestWhenGetThenFound() {
-		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/secured/"));
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/secured/").accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
 		this.cache.saveRequest(exchange).block();
 
 		URI saved = this.cache.getRedirectUri(exchange).block();
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ public class WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests {
 		assertThat(saved).isEqualTo(exchange.getRequest().getURI());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void saveRequestGetRequestWhenFaviconThenNotFound() {
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/favicon.png").accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
+		this.cache.saveRequest(exchange).block();
+
+		URI saved = this.cache.getRedirectUri(exchange).block();
+
+		assertThat(saved).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void saveRequestGetRequestWhenPostThenNotFound() {
 		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.post("/secured/"));
@@ -64,7 +75,7 @@ public class WebSessionServerRequestCacheTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void saveRequestRemoveRequestWhenThenFound() {
-		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/secured/"));
+		MockServerWebExchange exchange = MockServerWebExchange.from(MockServerHttpRequest.get("/secured/").accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
 		this.cache.saveRequest(exchange).block();
 
 		ServerHttpRequest saved = this.cache.removeMatchingRequest(exchange).block();