diff --git a/src/components.d.ts b/src/components.d.ts
index ecf24839b..3d2f418b3 100644
--- a/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/src/components.d.ts
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
         /**
           * Emitted when the icon failed to load.
          */
-        "onSl-error"?: (event: CustomEvent<any>) => void;
+        "onSl-error"?: (event: CustomEvent<{ status?: number }>) => void;
         /**
           * Emitted when the icon has loaded.
          */
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
         /**
           * Emitted when the included file fails to load due to an error.
          */
-        "onSl-error"?: (event: CustomEvent<{ status: number }>) => void;
+        "onSl-error"?: (event: CustomEvent<{ status?: number }>) => void;
         /**
           * Emitted when the included file is loaded.
          */
diff --git a/src/components/icon/icon.tsx b/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
index 1553290a5..8ee1c0360 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/icon/icon.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class Icon {
   @Event({ eventName: 'sl-load' }) slLoad: EventEmitter;
 
   /** Emitted when the icon failed to load. */
-  @Event({ eventName: 'sl-error' }) slError: EventEmitter;
+  @Event({ eventName: 'sl-error' }) slError: EventEmitter<{ status?: number }>;
 
   @Watch('name')
   @Watch('src')
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class Icon {
     return label;
   }
 
-  setIcon() {
+  async setIcon() {
     const library = getLibrary(this.library);
     let url = this.src;
 
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ export class Icon {
     }
 
     if (url) {
-      requestIcon(url)
-        .then(source => {
-          const doc = parser.parseFromString(source, 'text/html');
+      try {
+        const file = await requestIcon(url);
+        if (file.ok) {
+          const doc = parser.parseFromString(file.svg, 'text/html');
           const svg = doc.body.querySelector('svg');
 
           if (svg) {
@@ -102,10 +103,12 @@ export class Icon {
             this.slLoad.emit();
           } else {
             this.svg = '';
-            this.slError.emit();
+            this.slError.emit({ status: file.status });
           }
-        })
-        .catch(error => this.slError.emit(error));
+        }
+      } catch {
+        this.slError.emit();
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/icon/request.ts b/src/components/icon/request.ts
index 2d33e83e3..0f16d3e94 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/request.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/request.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,36 @@
-const cache = new Map<string, string>();
-const requests = new Map<string, Promise<any>>();
+interface IconFile {
+  ok: boolean;
+  status: number;
+  svg: string;
+}
+
+const iconFiles = new Map<string, Promise<IconFile>>();
 
 export const requestIcon = (url: string) => {
-  let req = requests.get(url);
-
-  if (!req) {
-    req = fetch(url).then(async res => {
-      if (res.ok) {
+  if (iconFiles.has(url)) {
+    return iconFiles.get(url);
+  } else {
+    const request = fetch(url).then(async response => {
+      if (response.ok) {
         const div = document.createElement('div');
-        div.innerHTML = await res.text();
-
+        div.innerHTML = await response.text();
         const svg = div.firstElementChild;
-        if (svg && svg.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'svg') {
-          cache.set(url, div.innerHTML);
-          return svg.outerHTML;
-        } else {
-          console.warn(`Invalid SVG icon: ${url}`);
-          return '';
-        }
+
+        return {
+          ok: response.ok,
+          status: response.status,
+          svg: svg && svg.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'svg' ? svg.outerHTML : ''
+        };
       } else {
-        return '';
+        return {
+          ok: response.ok,
+          status: response.status,
+          svg: null
+        };
       }
     });
 
-    requests.set(url, req);
+    iconFiles.set(url, request);
+    return request;
   }
-
-  return req;
 };