diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 84a24e2f0..9c01c9056 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -414,12 +414,22 @@
 
 //			db_query($link, "BEGIN");
 
-			$result = db_query($link, "SELECT title,icon_url,site_url,owner_uid
+			if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
+				$favicon_interval_qpart = "favicon_last_checked < NOW() - INTERVAL '12 hour'";
+			} else {
+				$favicon_interval_qpart = "favicon_last_checked < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 12 HOUR)";
+			}
+
+			$result = db_query($link, "SELECT title,icon_url,site_url,owner_uid,
+				(favicon_last_checked IS NULL OR $favicon_interval_qpart) AS
+						favicon_needs_check
 				FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE id = '$feed'");
 
 			$registered_title = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "title");
 			$orig_icon_url = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "icon_url");
 			$orig_site_url = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "site_url");
+			$favicon_needs_check = sql_bool_to_bool(db_fetch_result($result, 0,
+				"favicon_needs_check"));
 
 			$owner_uid = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "owner_uid");
 
@@ -441,7 +451,7 @@
 				_debug("update_rss_feed: checking favicon...");
 			}
 
-			check_feed_favicon($site_url, $feed, $link);
+			if ($favicon_needs_check) check_feed_favicon($site_url, $feed, $link);
 
 			if (!$registered_title || $registered_title == "[Unknown]") {
 
@@ -1285,7 +1295,9 @@
 			purge_feed($link, $feed, 0, $debug_enabled);
 
 			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_feeds
-				SET last_updated = NOW(), last_error = '' WHERE id = '$feed'");
+				SET last_updated = NOW(),
+					favicon_last_checked = NOW(),
+					last_error = '' WHERE id = '$feed'");
 
 //			db_query($link, "COMMIT");
 
diff --git a/include/sanity_check.php b/include/sanity_check.php
index 26d699be7..11da85921 100644
--- a/include/sanity_check.php
+++ b/include/sanity_check.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		} else {
 
 			define('EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION', 25);
-			define('SCHEMA_VERSION', 91);
+			define('SCHEMA_VERSION', 92);
 
 			require_once "config.php";
 			require_once "sanity_config.php";
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index c75d00862..54f53e85f 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id integer not null auto_increment primary key,
 	update_on_checksum_change boolean not null default false,
 	strip_images boolean not null default false,
 	pubsub_state integer not null default 0,
+	favicon_last_checked datetime default null,
 	index(owner_uid),
 	foreign key (owner_uid) references ttrss_users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	index(cat_id),
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ create table ttrss_tags (id integer primary key auto_increment,
 
 create table ttrss_version (schema_version int not null) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8;
 
-insert into ttrss_version values (91);
+insert into ttrss_version values (92);
 
 create table ttrss_enclosures (id integer primary key auto_increment,
 	content_url text not null,
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index 2d3c963ca..35b5c440b 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id serial not null primary key,
 	update_on_checksum_change boolean not null default false,
 	strip_images boolean not null default false,
 	pubsub_state integer not null default 0,
+	favicon_last_checked timestamp default null,
 	auth_pass_encrypted boolean not null default false);
 
 create index ttrss_feeds_owner_uid_index on ttrss_feeds(owner_uid);
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ create index ttrss_tags_post_int_id_idx on ttrss_tags(post_int_id);
 
 create table ttrss_version (schema_version int not null);
 
-insert into ttrss_version values (91);
+insert into ttrss_version values (92);
 
 create table ttrss_enclosures (id serial not null primary key,
 	content_url text not null,
diff --git a/schema/versions/mysql/92.sql b/schema/versions/mysql/92.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ebe81fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/versions/mysql/92.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+begin;
+
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column favicon_last_checked datetime;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column favicon_last_checked set default null;
+
+update ttrss_version set schema_version = 92;
+
+commit;
diff --git a/schema/versions/pgsql/92.sql b/schema/versions/pgsql/92.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b683d514d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/versions/pgsql/92.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+begin;
+
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column favicon_last_checked timestamp;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column favicon_last_checked set default null;
+
+update ttrss_version set schema_version = 92;
+
+commit;