diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0581c7fe17..32be2774ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ The theme ships with an icon for `rss` and icons of select social-media platform
 - `stackoverflow`
 - `telegram`
 - `twitter`
+- `whatsapp`
 - `youtube`
 
 To render a link to a platform not listed above, one should first create a file at path `_includes/social-icons/<PLATFORM>.svg` comprised of
diff --git a/_includes/social-icons/whatsapp.svg b/_includes/social-icons/whatsapp.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..579f08c631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/social-icons/whatsapp.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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