diff --git a/docs/schema/theme.json b/docs/schema/theme.json
index f8762aab5..6ca89d158 100644
--- a/docs/schema/theme.json
+++ b/docs/schema/theme.json
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@
       "markdownDescription": "https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/setup/changing-the-logo-and-icons/",
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
+        "edit": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/icon"
+        },
         "logo": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/icon"
         },
@@ -550,6 +553,10 @@
       },
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "defaultSnippets": [
+        {
+          "label": "edit",
+          "body": "edit: ${1:material/pencil}"
+        },
         {
           "label": "logo",
           "body": "logo: ${1:material/library}"
diff --git a/material/partials/content.html b/material/partials/content.html
index 39d353ad8..11b7581b4 100644
--- a/material/partials/content.html
+++ b/material/partials/content.html
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 -#}
 {% if page.edit_url %}
   <a href="{{ page.edit_url }}" title="{{ lang.t('edit.link.title') }}" class="md-content__button md-icon">
-    {% include ".icons/material/pencil.svg" %}
+    {% set icon = config.theme.icon.edit or "material/pencil" %}
+    {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
   </a>
 {% endif %}
 {% if "tags" in config.plugins %}
diff --git a/src/partials/content.html b/src/partials/content.html
index 514987a75..58f798b02 100644
--- a/src/partials/content.html
+++ b/src/partials/content.html
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     title="{{ lang.t('edit.link.title') }}"
     class="md-content__button md-icon"
   >
-    {% include ".icons/material/pencil.svg" %}
+    {% set icon = config.theme.icon.edit or "material/pencil" %}
+    {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
   </a>
 {% endif %}