diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc12492..1c6036d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Additional settings:
 - `PROFILE_IMAGE` - image to display in the sidebar, eg. `avatar.png`
 - `FONT_AWESOME_CSS` - URL to get Font Awesome as CSS
 - `FONT_AWESOME_JS` - URL to get Font Awesome as Javascript
+- `FONT_ACADEMICONS` - set to `True` to fetch the [Academicons font](https://jpswalsh.github.io/academicons/)
 
 By default, the theme uses **Fork Awesome**, which is fetched from
 `cdn.jsdelivr.net`. Fork Awesome is a drop-in replacement for Font Awesome v4,
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 61a8937..9545775 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/css/poole.css" />
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/css/hyde.css" />
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/css/syntax.css" />
-		<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/jpswalsh/academicons/master/css/academicons.min.css">
 		{% if FONT_AWESOME_JS %}
 			<script src="{{ FONT_AWESOME_JS }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		{% elif FONT_AWESOME_CSS %}
@@ -35,6 +34,9 @@
 		{% else %}
 			<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fork-awesome@1.1.7/css/fork-awesome.min.css" crossorigin="anonymous">
 		{% endif %}
+		{% if FONT_ACADEMICONS %}
+			<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/jpswalsh/academicons/master/css/academicons.min.css">
+		{% endif %}
 
 		<!-- Feeds -->
 		{% include 'fragments/feeds.html' %}