From 643a567ed3390f18156dad5f266b45312128dfce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pixelsapphire <35204889+pixelsapphire@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:15:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add CustomIcon as accepted type of Marker icon

---
 folium/map.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/folium/map.py b/folium/map.py
index 60d5c10aa..758e64153 100644
--- a/folium/map.py
+++ b/folium/map.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import warnings
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from typing import List, Optional, Sequence, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from branca.element import Element, Figure, Html, MacroElement
 
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     validate_location,
 )
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from folium.features import CustomIcon, DivIcon
+
 
 class Evented(MacroElement):
     """The base class for Layer and Map
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ def __init__(
         location: Optional[Sequence[float]] = None,
         popup: Union["Popup", str, None] = None,
         tooltip: Union["Tooltip", str, None] = None,
-        icon: Optional[Union[Icon, "DivIcon"]] = None,
+        icon: Optional[Union[Icon, "CustomIcon", "DivIcon"]] = None,
         draggable: bool = False,
         **kwargs: TypeJsonValue,
     ):