diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de8b57a2a5..06199c2b15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ This change log adheres to standards from [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachange
 
 ### Fixed
 * [`prop-types`], `propTypes`: add support for exported type inference ([#3163][] @vedadeepta)
+* [`no-invalid-html-attribute`]: allow 'shortcut icon' on `link` ([#3174][] @Primajin)
 
 ### Changed
 * [readme] change [`jsx-runtime`] link from branch to sha ([#3160][] @tatsushitoji)
 * [Docs] HTTP => HTTPS ([#3133][] @Schweinepriester)
 
+[#3174]: https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/pull/3174
 [#3163]: https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/pull/3163
 [#3160]: https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/pull/3160
 [#3133]: https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/pull/3133
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js b/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
index 1a5b255f4e..e82c4c4316 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ const rel = new Map([
   ['prerender', new Set(['link'])],
   ['prev', new Set(['link', 'area', 'a', 'form'])],
   ['search', new Set(['link', 'area', 'a', 'form'])],
+  ['shortcut', new Set(['link'])], // generally allowed but needs pair with "icon"
+  ['shortcut\u0020icon', new Set(['link'])],
   ['stylesheet', new Set(['link'])],
   ['tag', new Set(['area', 'a'])],
 ]);
 
+const pairs = new Map([
+  ['shortcut', new Set(['icon'])],
+]);
+
 /**
  * Map between attributes and a mapping between valid values and a set of tags they are valid on
  * @type {Map<string, Map<string, Set<string>>>}
@@ -51,6 +57,14 @@ const VALID_VALUES = new Map([
   ['rel', rel],
 ]);
 
+/**
+ * Map between attributes and a mapping between pair-values and a set of values they are valid with
+ * @type {Map<string, Map<string, Set<string>>>}
+ */
+const VALID_PAIR_VALUES = new Map([
+  ['rel', pairs],
+]);
+
 /**
  * The set of all possible HTML elements. Used for skipping custom types
  * @type {Set<string>}
@@ -216,6 +230,8 @@ const messages = {
   noMethod: 'The ”{{attributeName}}“ attribute cannot be a method.',
   onlyMeaningfulFor: 'The ”{{attributeName}}“ attribute only has meaning on the tags: {{tagNames}}',
   emptyIsMeaningless: 'An empty “{{attributeName}}” attribute is meaningless.',
+  notAlone: '“{{reportingValue}}” must be directly followed by “{{missingValue}}”.',
+  notPaired: '“{{reportingValue}}” can not be directly followed by “{{secondValue}}” without “{{missingValue}}”.',
 };
 
 function splitIntoRangedParts(node, regex) {
@@ -256,10 +272,10 @@ function checkLiteralValueNode(context, attributeName, node, parentNode, parentN
     return;
   }
 
-  const parts = splitIntoRangedParts(node, /([^\s]+)/g);
-  for (const part of parts) {
-    const allowedTags = VALID_VALUES.get(attributeName).get(part.value);
-    const reportingValue = part.reportingValue;
+  const singleAttributeParts = splitIntoRangedParts(node, /(\S+)/g);
+  for (const singlePart of singleAttributeParts) {
+    const allowedTags = VALID_VALUES.get(attributeName).get(singlePart.value);
+    const reportingValue = singlePart.reportingValue;
     if (!allowedTags) {
       report(context, messages.neverValid, 'neverValid', {
         node,
@@ -268,7 +284,7 @@ function checkLiteralValueNode(context, attributeName, node, parentNode, parentN
           reportingValue,
         },
         fix(fixer) {
-          return fixer.removeRange(part.range);
+          return fixer.removeRange(singlePart.range);
         },
       });
     } else if (!allowedTags.has(parentNodeName)) {
@@ -280,15 +296,41 @@ function checkLiteralValueNode(context, attributeName, node, parentNode, parentN
           elementName: parentNodeName,
         },
         fix(fixer) {
-          return fixer.removeRange(part.range);
+          return fixer.removeRange(singlePart.range);
         },
       });
     }
   }
 
+  const allowedPairsForAttribute = VALID_PAIR_VALUES.get(attributeName);
+  if (allowedPairsForAttribute) {
+    const pairAttributeParts = splitIntoRangedParts(node, /(?=(\b\S+\s*\S+))/g);
+    for (const pairPart of pairAttributeParts) {
+      for (const [pairing, siblings] of allowedPairsForAttribute) {
+        const attributes = pairPart.reportingValue.split('\u0020');
+        const [firstValue, secondValue] = attributes;
+        if (firstValue === pairing) {
+          const lastValue = attributes[attributes.length - 1]; // in case of multiple white spaces
+          if (!siblings.has(lastValue)) {
+            const message = secondValue ? messages.notPaired : messages.notAlone;
+            const messageId = secondValue ? 'notPaired' : 'notAlone';
+            report(context, message, messageId, {
+              node,
+              data: {
+                reportingValue: firstValue,
+                secondValue,
+                missingValue: [...siblings].join(', '),
+              },
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   const whitespaceParts = splitIntoRangedParts(node, /(\s+)/g);
   for (const whitespacePart of whitespaceParts) {
-    if (whitespacePart.value !== ' ' || whitespacePart.range[0] === (node.range[0] + 1) || whitespacePart.range[1] === (node.range[1] - 1)) {
+    if (whitespacePart.range[0] === (node.range[0] + 1) || whitespacePart.range[1] === (node.range[1] - 1)) {
       report(context, messages.spaceDelimited, 'spaceDelimited', {
         node,
         data: { attributeName },
@@ -296,6 +338,14 @@ function checkLiteralValueNode(context, attributeName, node, parentNode, parentN
           return fixer.removeRange(whitespacePart.range);
         },
       });
+    } else if (whitespacePart.value !== '\u0020') {
+      report(context, messages.spaceDelimited, 'spaceDelimited', {
+        node,
+        data: { attributeName },
+        fix(fixer) {
+          return fixer.replaceTextRange(whitespacePart.range, '\u0020');
+        },
+      });
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
index 7c63453037..7021d92626 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.js
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ ruleTester.run('no-invalid-html-attribute', rule, {
     { code: '<link rel="icon"></link>' },
     { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: "icon" })' },
     { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: ["icon"] })' },
+    { code: '<link rel="shortcut icon"></link>' },
+    { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: "shortcut icon" })' },
+    { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: ["shortcut icon"] })' },
     { code: '<link rel="license"></link>' },
     { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: "license" })' },
     { code: 'React.createElement("link", { rel: ["license"] })' },
@@ -231,6 +234,83 @@ ruleTester.run('no-invalid-html-attribute', rule, {
     },
   ],
   invalid: [
+    {
+      code: '<a rel="alternatex"></a>',
+      output: '<a rel=""></a>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: "alternatex" })',
+      output: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: "alternatex" })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: ["alternatex"] })',
+      output: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: ["alternatex"] })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<a rel="alternatex alternate"></a>',
+      output: '<a rel=" alternate"></a>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: "alternatex alternate" })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: ["alternatex alternate"] })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<a rel="alternate alternatex"></a>',
+      output: '<a rel="alternate "></a>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: "alternate alternatex" })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'React.createElement("a", { rel: ["alternate alternatex"] })',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       code: '<html rel></html>',
       output: '<html ></html>',
@@ -373,6 +453,26 @@ ruleTester.run('no-invalid-html-attribute', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: '<a rel="noreferrer        noopener"></a>',
+      output: '<a rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'spaceDelimited',
+          data: { attributeName: 'rel' },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<a rel="noreferrer\xa0\xa0noopener"></a>',
+      output: '<a rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'spaceDelimited',
+          data: { attributeName: 'rel' },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       code: '<a rel={"noreferrer noopener foobar"}></a>',
       output: '<a rel={"noreferrer noopener "}></a>',
@@ -537,6 +637,73 @@ ruleTester.run('no-invalid-html-attribute', rule, {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: '<link rel="shortcut"></link>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'notAlone',
+          data: {
+            reportingValue: 'shortcut',
+            missingValue: 'icon',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<link rel="shortcut foo"></link>',
+      output: '<link rel="shortcut "></link>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+          data: {
+            reportingValue: 'foo',
+            attributeName: 'rel',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          messageId: 'notPaired',
+          data: {
+            reportingValue: 'shortcut',
+            secondValue: 'foo',
+            missingValue: 'icon',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<link rel="shortcut  icon"></link>',
+      output: '<link rel="shortcut icon"></link>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'spaceDelimited',
+          data: { attributeName: 'rel' },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<link rel="shortcut  foo"></link>',
+      output: '<link rel="shortcut foo"></link>',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'neverValid',
+          data: {
+            reportingValue: 'foo',
+            attributeName: 'rel',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          messageId: 'notAlone',
+          data: {
+            reportingValue: 'shortcut',
+            missingValue: 'icon',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          messageId: 'spaceDelimited',
+          data: { attributeName: 'rel' },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       code: '<a rel="manifest"></a>',
       output: '<a rel=""></a>',