diff --git a/apps/storybook/stories/config.ts b/apps/storybook/stories/config.ts
index 1d31e4b..5032172 100644
--- a/apps/storybook/stories/config.ts
+++ b/apps/storybook/stories/config.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,16 @@ const demoIndexes: DemoIndexConfig = {
   },
 }
 
+demoIndexes.oramaWithCustomIcons = {
+  ...demoIndexes.orama,
+  resultMap: {
+    ...demoIndexes.orama,
+    icon: (result) => {
+      return result.category === 'Open Source'
+        ? 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f680.svg'
+        : null
+    },
+  },
+}
+
 export default demoIndexes
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil-vue/lib/components.ts b/packages/ui-stencil-vue/lib/components.ts
index f108a48..bff4eed 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil-vue/lib/components.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil-vue/lib/components.ts
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export const OramaSearchBox = /*@__PURE__*/ defineContainer<JSX.OramaSearchBox>(
   'open',
   'facetProperty',
   'resultMap',
+  'resultItemRender',
   'sourceBaseUrl',
   'linksTarget',
   'linksRel',
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components.d.ts b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components.d.ts
index 2e3f82f..974d326 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 import { HTMLStencilElement, JSXBase } from "@stencil/core/internal";
 import { ButtonProps } from "./components/internal/orama-button/orama-button";
-import { ChatMarkdownLinkHref, ChatMarkdownLinkTarget, ChatMarkdownLinkTitle, CloudIndexConfig, ColorScheme, Facet, OnAnswerGeneratedCallbackProps, OnAnswerSourceClickCallbackProps, OnChatMarkdownLinkClickedCallbackProps, OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps, OnSearchResultClickCallbackProps, ResultMap, SearchResultBySection, SourcesMap } from "./types/index";
+import { ChatMarkdownLinkHref, ChatMarkdownLinkTarget, ChatMarkdownLinkTitle, CloudIndexConfig, ColorScheme, Facet, OnAnswerGeneratedCallbackProps, OnAnswerSourceClickCallbackProps, OnChatMarkdownLinkClickedCallbackProps, OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps, OnSearchResultClickCallbackProps, ResultItemRenderFunction, ResultMap, SearchResultBySection, SourcesMap } from "./types/index";
 import { TChatInteraction } from "./context/chatContext";
 import { OramaClient } from "@oramacloud/client";
 import { AnyOrama, Orama, SearchParams } from "@orama/orama";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { TThemeOverrides as TThemeOverrides1 } from "./components.d";
 import { SearchResultsProps } from "./components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results";
 import { TextProps } from "./components/internal/orama-text/orama-text";
 export { ButtonProps } from "./components/internal/orama-button/orama-button";
-export { ChatMarkdownLinkHref, ChatMarkdownLinkTarget, ChatMarkdownLinkTitle, CloudIndexConfig, ColorScheme, Facet, OnAnswerGeneratedCallbackProps, OnAnswerSourceClickCallbackProps, OnChatMarkdownLinkClickedCallbackProps, OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps, OnSearchResultClickCallbackProps, ResultMap, SearchResultBySection, SourcesMap } from "./types/index";
+export { ChatMarkdownLinkHref, ChatMarkdownLinkTarget, ChatMarkdownLinkTitle, CloudIndexConfig, ColorScheme, Facet, OnAnswerGeneratedCallbackProps, OnAnswerSourceClickCallbackProps, OnChatMarkdownLinkClickedCallbackProps, OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps, OnSearchResultClickCallbackProps, ResultItemRenderFunction, ResultMap, SearchResultBySection, SourcesMap } from "./types/index";
 export { TChatInteraction } from "./context/chatContext";
 export { OramaClient } from "@oramacloud/client";
 export { AnyOrama, Orama, SearchParams } from "@orama/orama";
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ export namespace Components {
           * @deprecated it will be removed on next releases Placeholder for chat input
          */
         "placeholder"?: string;
+        /**
+          * Used to render a custom icom per result. It should return a local asset path.
+         */
+        "resultItemRender"?: ResultItemRenderFunction;
         /**
           * Used to map dataset result properties to the expected SearchBox properties
          */
@@ -868,6 +872,10 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
           * @deprecated it will be removed on next releases Placeholder for chat input
          */
         "placeholder"?: string;
+        /**
+          * Used to render a custom icom per result. It should return a local asset path.
+         */
+        "resultItemRender"?: ResultItemRenderFunction;
         /**
           * Used to map dataset result properties to the expected SearchBox properties
          */
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.scss b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.scss
index bb64c96..d8ca86a 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.scss
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.scss
@@ -107,3 +107,18 @@
 ph-files {
   color: var(--icon-color-primary, icon-color('primary'));
 }
+
+.result-item-icon-wrapper {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  width: 20px;
+  height: 20px;
+}
+
+.custom-result-item-icon {
+  max-height: 20px;
+  max-width: 20px;
+  object-fit: contain;
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.tsx b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.tsx
index 868805c..727efa1 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/internal/orama-search-results/orama-search-results.tsx
@@ -152,8 +152,12 @@ export class SearchResults {
                       id={`search-result-${result.id}`}
                       onClick={(onClickEvent) => this.handleItemClick(onClickEvent, result)}
                     >
-                      <div style={{ flexShrink: '0' }}>
-                        <ph-files size="20px" />
+                      <div class="result-item-icon-wrapper">
+                        {result.icon ? (
+                          <img alt="" class="custom-result-item-icon" src={result.icon} />
+                        ) : (
+                          <ph-files size="20px" />
+                        )}
                       </div>
                       <div class="textWrapper">
                         <orama-text as="h3" styledAs="p" class="result-title collapsed">
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/orama-search-box.tsx b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/orama-search-box.tsx
index da7cde6..381a44b 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/orama-search-box.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/orama-search-box.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
   OnChatMarkdownLinkClickedCallbackProps,
   OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps,
   OnSearchResultClickCallbackProps,
+  ResultItemRenderFunction,
   ResultMap,
   SourcesMap,
 } from '@/types'
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ export class SearchBox {
    * Used to map dataset result properties to the expected SearchBox properties
    */
   @Prop() resultMap?: Partial<ResultMap> = {}
+  /**
+   * Used to render a custom icom per result. It should return a local asset path.
+   */
+  @Prop() resultItemRender?: ResultItemRenderFunction
   /**
    * Used to provide source base URL for the Search Results
    */
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/readme.md b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/readme.md
index 8ac8a09..d7e0fc6 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/readme.md
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/components/orama-search-box/readme.md
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 | `linksTarget`            | `links-target`          | Used to provide linkRel to search result links                                                                                                                                                 | `string`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `undefined` |
 | `open`                   | `open`                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                | `boolean`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `false`     |
 | `placeholder`            | `placeholder`           | <span style="color:red">**[DEPRECATED]**</span> it will be removed on next releases Placeholder for chat input<br/><br/>                                                                       | `string`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `undefined` |
-| `resultMap`              | --                      | Used to map dataset result properties to the expected SearchBox properties                                                                                                                     | `{ section?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; title?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; path?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; description?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; }`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `{}`        |
+| `resultItemRender`       | --                      | Used to render a custom icom per result. It should return a local asset path.                                                                                                                  | `(any: any) => string`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `undefined` |
+| `resultMap`              | --                      | Used to map dataset result properties to the expected SearchBox properties                                                                                                                     | `{ section?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; title?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; path?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; description?: string \| ResultMapRenderFunction; icon?: string \| ResultItemRenderFunction; }`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `{}`        |
 | `searchParams`           | --                      | Parameters forwarded to Orama Client.                                                                                                                                                          | `SearchParamsFullText<Orama<AnyOrama \| OramaClient<true>>, never> \| SearchParamsHybrid<Orama<AnyOrama \| OramaClient<true>>, never> \| SearchParamsVector<Orama<AnyOrama \| OramaClient<true>>, never>`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `undefined` |
 | `searchPlaceholder`      | `search-placeholder`    | Placeholder for search input                                                                                                                                                                   | `string`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `undefined` |
 | `sourceBaseUrl`          | `source-base-url`       | Used to provide source base URL for the Search Results                                                                                                                                         | `string`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `undefined` |
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/services/SearchService.ts b/packages/ui-stencil/src/services/SearchService.ts
index cbbff5b..950b337 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/services/SearchService.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/services/SearchService.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import { searchState } from '@/context/searchContext'
 import { Switch, type OramaSwitchClient } from '@orama/switch'
 import type {
   OnSearchCompletedCallbackProps,
+  ResultItemRenderFunction,
   ResultMap,
   ResultMapKeys,
   ResultMapRenderFunction,
   SearchResultBySection,
-  SearchResultWithScore,
+  SearchResultWithIcon,
 } from '@/types'
 
 const LIMIT_RESULTS = 10
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     return perSectionResults
   }
 
-  private hitToSearchResultParser = (hit: OramaHit, resultMap: ResultMap): SearchResultWithScore => {
+  private hitToSearchResultParser = (hit: OramaHit, resultMap: ResultMap): SearchResultWithIcon => {
     function getResultMapValue(resultMapKey: ResultMapKeys): string {
       const resultMapFunctionOrString = resultMap[resultMapKey]
 
@@ -160,12 +161,29 @@ export class SearchService {
       return hit.document[resultMapString]
     }
 
+    function getIcon(): string | null {
+      const iconStringOrFunction = resultMap.icon
+
+      if (!iconStringOrFunction) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      if (typeof iconStringOrFunction === 'function') {
+        const iconFunctionRender = iconStringOrFunction as ResultItemRenderFunction
+        const iconFunctionRenderResult = iconFunctionRender(hit.document)
+
+        return iconFunctionRenderResult ?? null
+      }
+
+      return resultMap.icon as string
+    }
+
     return {
       id: hit.id,
-      score: hit.score,
       title: getResultMapValue('title'),
       description: getResultMapValue('description'),
       path: getResultMapValue('path'),
+      icon: getIcon(),
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-stencil/src/types/index.ts b/packages/ui-stencil/src/types/index.ts
index 6472c0a..63a223f 100644
--- a/packages/ui-stencil/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-stencil/src/types/index.ts
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@ export type SearchResult = {
 export type ColorScheme = 'dark' | 'light' | 'system'
 
 export type SearchResultWithScore = SearchResult & { score: number }
+export type SearchResultWithIcon = SearchResult & { icon: string }
 
 export type SearchResultBySection = {
   section: string | undefined
-  items: SearchResultWithScore[]
+  items: SearchResultWithIcon[]
 }
 
 export type Facet = { name: string; count: number }
 
 export type ResultMapKeys = keyof Omit<SearchResult, 'id'> | 'section'
 export type ResultMapRenderFunction = (any) => string
+export type ResultItemRenderFunction = (any) => string | null | undefined
 
 // TODO: callback function should have the type of the schema
-export type ResultMap = { [K in ResultMapKeys]?: string | ResultMapRenderFunction }
+export type ResultMap = { [K in ResultMapKeys]?: string | ResultMapRenderFunction } & {
+  icon?: string | ResultItemRenderFunction
+}
 
 export type SourcesMap = { [K in keyof Omit<SearchResult, 'id'>]?: string }