diff --git a/lib/processImage.js b/lib/processImage.js
index 7fc889d..152cdde 100644
--- a/lib/processImage.js
+++ b/lib/processImage.js
@@ -365,6 +365,20 @@ module.exports = (options) => {
                   detectedContentType = 'image/png';
                 } else if (firstChunk[0] === 0x42 && firstChunk[1] === 0x4d) {
                   detectedContentType = 'image/bmp';
+                } else if (
+                  firstChunk[0] === 0x0 &&
+                  firstChunk[1] === 0x0 &&
+                  firstChunk[2] === 0x1 &&
+                  firstChunk[3] === 0x0
+                ) {
+                  detectedContentType = 'image/x-icon';
+                } else if (
+                  firstChunk[8] === 0x57 &&
+                  firstChunk[9] === 0x45 &&
+                  firstChunk[10] === 0x42 &&
+                  firstChunk[11] === 0x50
+                ) {
+                  detectedContentType = 'image/webp';
                 }
                 if (
                   detectedContentType &&
diff --git a/reallyaico.gif b/reallyaico.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a087fa0
Binary files /dev/null and b/reallyaico.gif differ
diff --git a/reallyawebp.png b/reallyawebp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a608fc8
Binary files /dev/null and b/reallyawebp.png differ
diff --git a/test/processImage.js b/test/processImage.js
index 1c1a289..a3426f7 100644
--- a/test/processImage.js
+++ b/test/processImage.js
@@ -1386,6 +1386,36 @@ describe('express-processimage', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       config.secondGuessSourceContentType = true;
     });
+    it('should recover gracefully when attempting to process a wrongly named webp', () => {
+      return expect('GET /reallyawebp.png?metadata', 'to yield response', {
+        body: {
+          format: 'webp',
+          size: 176972,
+          width: 1024,
+          height: 772,
+          space: 'srgb',
+          channels: 3,
+          depth: 'uchar',
+          isProgressive: false,
+          hasProfile: false,
+          hasAlpha: false,
+          contentType: 'image/webp',
+          filesize: 176972,
+          etag: 'W/"2b34c-18e564af60c"'
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    it('should return the correct contentType of  a wrongly named ico', () => {
+      return expect('GET /reallyaico.gif?metadata', 'to yield response', {
+        body: {
+          error: 'Input buffer contains unsupported image format',
+          format: 'ico',
+          contentType: 'image/x-icon',
+          filesize: 67646,
+          etag: 'W/"1083e-18d82105007"'
+        }
+      });
+    });
     it('should recover gracefully when attempting to process a wrongly named jpeg', () => {
       config.debug = true;
       return expect('GET /reallyajpeg.gif?resize=40,35', 'to yield response', {