diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
index 8002a4286..76fa3cf00 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export class Style extends Observable {
 	}
 
 	public fontInternal: Font;
+	public iconFontFamily: string;
 	/**
 	 * This property ensures inheritance of a11y scale among views.
 	 */
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
index cc8405311..bc7280144 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Trace } from '../../trace';
 import { Color } from '../../color';
 import { fontSizeProperty, fontInternalProperty } from '../styling/style-properties';
 import { RESOURCE_PREFIX, ad, layout } from '../../utils';
+import { FONT_PREFIX, isFontIconURI } from '../../utils/common';
 import { Frame } from '../frame';
 import { Application } from '../../application';
 import { AndroidHelper } from '../core/view';
@@ -292,19 +293,31 @@ function createTabItemSpec(item: TabViewItem): org.nativescript.widgets.TabItemS
 	result.title = item.title;
 
 	if (item.iconSource) {
-		if (item.iconSource.indexOf(RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0) {
-			result.iconId = ad.resources.getDrawableId(item.iconSource.substr(RESOURCE_PREFIX.length));
-			if (result.iconId === 0) {
-				traceMissingIcon(item.iconSource);
-			}
-		} else {
-			const is = ImageSource.fromFileOrResourceSync(item.iconSource);
+		const addDrawable = (is: ImageSource) => {
 			if (is) {
 				// TODO: Make this native call that accepts string so that we don't load Bitmap in JS.
 				result.iconDrawable = new android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable(appResources, is.android);
 			} else {
 				traceMissingIcon(item.iconSource);
 			}
+		};
+		if (item.iconSource.indexOf(RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0) {
+			result.iconId = ad.resources.getDrawableId(item.iconSource.slice(RESOURCE_PREFIX.length));
+			if (result.iconId === 0) {
+				traceMissingIcon(item.iconSource);
+			}
+		} else if (isFontIconURI(item.iconSource)) {
+			// Allow specifying a separate font family for the icon via style.iconFontFamily.
+			let iconFont: any = item.style.fontInternal;
+			const iconFontFamily = item.iconFontFamily || item.style.iconFontFamily;
+			if (iconFontFamily) {
+				const baseFont = item.style.fontInternal || Font.default;
+				iconFont = baseFont.withFontFamily(iconFontFamily);
+			}
+			const is = ImageSource.fromFontIconCodeSync(item.iconSource.slice(FONT_PREFIX.length), iconFont, item.style.color);
+			addDrawable(is);
+		} else {
+			addDrawable(ImageSource.fromFileOrResourceSync(item.iconSource));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -494,7 +507,7 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 				JSON.stringify([
 					{ value: 1, type: 0 /* org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.auto */ },
 					{ value: 1, type: 2 /* org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.star */ },
-				])
+				]),
 			);
 			viewPager.setLayoutParams(lp);
 
@@ -506,7 +519,7 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 				JSON.stringify([
 					{ value: 1, type: 2 /* org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.star */ },
 					{ value: 1, type: 0 /* org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.auto */ },
-				])
+				]),
 			);
 			tabLayout.setLayoutParams(lp);
 			viewPager.setSwipePageEnabled(false);
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.ios.ts
index e23b06cd2..7680586c4 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.ios.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { ImageSource } from '../../image-source';
 import { profile } from '../../profiling';
 import { Frame } from '../frame';
 import { layout } from '../../utils/layout-helper';
-import { isFontIconURI, isSystemURI, SYSTEM_PREFIX } from '../../utils/common';
+import { FONT_PREFIX, isFontIconURI, isSystemURI, SYSTEM_PREFIX } from '../../utils/common';
 import { SDK_VERSION } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { Device } from '../../platform';
 export * from './tab-view-common';
@@ -504,7 +504,16 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 			if (isSystemURI(item.iconSource)) {
 				is = ImageSource.fromSystemImageSync(item.iconSource.slice(SYSTEM_PREFIX.length));
 			} else if (isFontIconURI(item.iconSource)) {
-				is = ImageSource.fromFontIconCodeSync(item.iconSource, item.style.fontInternal, item.style.color);
+				// Allow specifying a separate font family for the icon via style.iconFontFamily.
+				// If provided, construct a Font from the family and (optionally) size from fontInternal.
+				let iconFont = item.style.fontInternal;
+				const iconFontFamily = item.iconFontFamily || item.style.iconFontFamily;
+				if (iconFontFamily) {
+					// Preserve size/style from existing fontInternal if present.
+					const baseFont = item.style.fontInternal || Font.default;
+					iconFont = baseFont.withFontFamily(iconFontFamily);
+				}
+				is = ImageSource.fromFontIconCodeSync(item.iconSource.slice(FONT_PREFIX.length), iconFont, item.style.color);
 			} else {
 				is = ImageSource.fromFileOrResourceSync(item.iconSource);
 			}
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index c4a06d0ce..75730e4a3 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export abstract class TabViewItemBase extends ViewBase implements TabViewItemDef
 	private _title = '';
 	private _view: View;
 	private _iconSource: string;
+	iconFontFamily: string;
 
 	get textTransform(): CoreTypes.TextTransformType {
 		return this.style.textTransform;
@@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ export const tabTextColorProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Color>({
 });
 tabTextColorProperty.register(Style);
 
+export const iconFontFamilyProperty = new CssProperty<Style, string>({
+	name: 'iconFontFamily',
+	cssName: 'icon-font-family',
+});
+iconFontFamilyProperty.register(Style);
+
 export const tabBackgroundColorProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Color>({
 	name: 'tabBackgroundColor',
 	cssName: 'tab-background-color',