diff --git a/example/runtime/src/app.js b/example/runtime/src/app.js
index 85ec2fe0..e6473e78 100644
--- a/example/runtime/src/app.js
+++ b/example/runtime/src/app.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import tags from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags';
+import {tags} from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags';
 
 console.log(tags);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/tags.js b/runtime/tags.js
index b79fdff8..fd4873c3 100644
--- a/runtime/tags.js
+++ b/runtime/tags.js
@@ -3,9 +3,22 @@
 //
 // This is only a placeholder file for typescript and eslint
 //
-// The real content for this file will be generated by runtime-loader.js
+// The real content for this file will be generated by favicons-webpack-plugin/src/runtime-loader.js
 // 
 
+/** 
+ * All tags from all favicons compilations inside a flat array
+ * 
+ * @type {string[]} 
+ * 
+ * @example 
+```js
+[ '<link rel="icon" href="assets/favicon.png">' ]
+```
+ */
+var tags = [];
+module.exports.tags = tags;
+
 /** 
  * All tags from all favicons compilations
  * 
@@ -16,5 +29,5 @@
 { 'assets/': [ '<link rel="icon" href="assets/favicon.png">' ] }
 ```
  */
-var tags = {};
-module.exports = tags;
\ No newline at end of file
+var tagsPerPublicPath = {};
+module.exports.tagsPerPublicPath = tagsPerPublicPath;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 4ff3530e..54c88b1e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // @ts-check
-
 const assert = require('assert');
 const parse5 = require('parse5');
 const path = require('path');
@@ -9,7 +8,21 @@ const url = require('url');
 const { resolvePublicPath, replaceContentHash } = require('./hash');
 const { webpackLogger } = require('./logger');
 const runtimeLoader = require('./runtime-loader');
-const attachedCompilers = new WeakSet();
+
+/** 
+ * @type {WeakSet<import('webpack').Compiler>}
+ * Static set to track if a compiler has already a FaviconWebpackPlugin instance attached 
+ */
+const attachedWebpackCompilers = new WeakSet();
+
+/** 
+ * @typedef {{
+    tags: import('./html-tags').HtmlTagObject[], 
+    publicPath: string,
+    assets: Array<{name: string, contents: import('webpack').sources.RawSource }>,
+    dependencies: string[],
+  }} FaviconCompilationResult 
+ */
 
 class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
   /**
@@ -36,11 +49,28 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
    */
   apply(compiler) {
     compiler.hooks.initialize.tap('FaviconsWebpackPlugin', () => {
+      if (!attachedWebpackCompilers.has(compiler)) {
+        attachedWebpackCompilers.add(compiler);
+        this.hookIntoCompilerOnce(compiler);
+      }
       this.hookIntoCompiler(compiler);
     });
   }
 
   /**
+   * This hook is only executed once per compiler no matter how many
+   * FaviconsWebpackPlugins will be attached
+   * 
+   * @param {import('webpack').Compiler} compiler
+   */
+  hookIntoCompilerOnce(compiler) {
+    // Add one loader to add support for `import { tags ] from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags'`
+    compiler.options.module.rules.push(runtimeLoader.moduleRuleConfig);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This hook is executed once per FaviconsWebpackPlugin instance
+   * 
    * @param {import('webpack').Compiler} compiler
    */
   hookIntoCompiler(compiler) {
@@ -48,7 +78,7 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
     const Compilation = webpack.Compilation;
     const NormalModule = webpack.NormalModule;
     const oracle = new Oracle(compiler.context);
-    /** @type {WeakMap<any, Promise<{tags: string[], assets: Array<{name: string, contents: import('webpack').sources.RawSource}>}>>} */
+    /** @type {WeakMap<any, Promise<FaviconCompilationResult>>}>>} */
     const faviconCompilations = new WeakMap();
 
     {
@@ -69,12 +99,6 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
       });
     }
 
-    // Add one loader to add support for `import tags from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags'`
-    if (!attachedCompilers.has(compiler)) {
-      attachedCompilers.add(compiler);
-      compiler.options.module.rules.push(runtimeLoader.moduleRuleConfig);
-    }
-
     if (this.options.logo === undefined) {
       const defaultLogo = path.resolve(compiler.context, 'logo.png');
       try {
@@ -132,7 +156,7 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
         );
 
         // Inject favicons information into runtime tags
-        // to allow `import tags from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags'`
+        // to allow `import { tags ] from 'favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime/tags'`
         const tagsFilePath = require.resolve('../runtime/tags.js');
         const normalModuleHooks = NormalModule.getCompilationHooks(compilation);
         normalModuleHooks.loader.tap(
@@ -292,8 +316,9 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
    * @param {Buffer | string} baseManifest - the content of the file from options.manifest
    * @param {import('webpack').Compilation} compilation
    * @param {string} outputPath
+   * @returns {Promise<FaviconCompilationResult>}
    */
-  generateFavicons(logo, baseManifest, compilation, outputPath) {
+  async generateFavicons(logo, baseManifest, compilation, outputPath) {
     const resolvedPublicPath = getResolvedPublicPath(
       logo.hash,
       compilation,
@@ -305,6 +330,9 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
         ? JSON.parse(baseManifest.toString() || '{}')
         : this.options.manifest || {};
 
+    // File dependencies
+    const dependencies = (this.options.manifest === 'string' ? [this.options.manifest] : []).concat(this.options.logo);
+
     switch (this.getCurrentCompilationMode(compilation.compiler)) {
       case 'light':
         if (!this.options.mode) {
@@ -312,25 +340,25 @@ class FaviconsWebpackPlugin {
             'generate only a single favicon for fast compilation time in development mode. This behaviour can be changed by setting the favicon mode option.'
           );
         }
-
-        return this.generateFaviconsLight(
+        const lightFaviconsCompilation = await this.generateFaviconsLight(
           logo.content,
           parsedBaseManifest,
           compilation,
           resolvedPublicPath,
-          outputPath
+          outputPath,
         );
+        return {...lightFaviconsCompilation, dependencies};
       case 'webapp':
       default:
         webpackLogger(compilation).log('generate favicons');
-
-        return this.generateFaviconsWebapp(
+          const webappFaviconsCompilation = await this.generateFaviconsWebapp(
           logo.content,
           parsedBaseManifest,
           compilation,
           resolvedPublicPath,
-          outputPath
+          outputPath,
         );
+        return {...webappFaviconsCompilation, dependencies};
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime-loader.js b/src/runtime-loader.js
index d6d9fd4d..290caa6f 100644
--- a/src/runtime-loader.js
+++ b/src/runtime-loader.js
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
 /// @ts-check
 const htmlTagObjectToString = require('./html-tags').htmlTagObjectToString;
 
+/**
+ * Config used for the webpack config
+ */
+const moduleRuleConfig = Object.freeze({
+  test: require.resolve('../runtime/tags.js'),
+  use: 'favicons-webpack-plugin/src/runtime-loader'
+});
+
+/** 
+ * @typedef {{
+    tags: import('./html-tags').HtmlTagObject[], 
+    publicPath: string,
+    assets: Array<{name: string, contents: import('webpack').sources.RawSource }>,
+    dependencies: string[],
+  }} FaviconCompilationResult 
+ */
+
 /**
  * The contextMap is a bridge which receives data from the 
  * favicons-webpack-plugin during the NormalModule loader phase 
  * see ./index.js
  * 
  * @type {
-    WeakMap<any, Set<Promise<{
-      publicPath: string;
-      assets: {
-          name: string;
-          contents: import('webpack').sources.RawSource;
-      }[];
-      tags: Array<import('./html-tags').HtmlTagObject>;
-    }>>>
+    WeakMap<any, Set<Promise<FaviconCompilationResult>>>
   }
  */
 const contextMap = new WeakMap();
 
-/**
- * Config used for the webpack config
- */
-const moduleRuleConfig = Object.freeze({
-  test: require.resolve('../runtime/tags.js'),
-  use: 'favicons-webpack-plugin/src/runtime-loader'
-});
-
 /**
  * the main loader is only a placeholder which will have no effect
  * as the pitch function returns
  *
- * @this {{ async: () => ((err: Error | null, result: string) => void)}}
+ * @this {{ addDependency: (dependency: string) => void }}
  */
 const loader = async function faviconsTagLoader() {
   const faviconCompilationPromisses = contextMap.get(this);
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@ const loader = async function faviconsTagLoader() {
 
   const faviconCompilations = await Promise.all(faviconCompilationPromisses);
 
+  faviconCompilations.forEach(({dependencies}) => {
+    dependencies.forEach((dependency) => {
+      this.addDependency(dependency);
+    });    
+  });
+
   const tagsOfFaviconCompilations = faviconCompilations.map(
     faviconCompilation => {
       const { tags, publicPath } = faviconCompilation;
@@ -74,7 +82,20 @@ const loader = async function faviconsTagLoader() {
     {}
   );
 
-  return `export default ${JSON.stringify(tagsByPublicPath)}`;
+  // create a flat array as it will be easier to use for all users
+  // who use only a single FaviconWebpackPlugin instance
+  const allTags = tagsOfFaviconCompilations.reduce(
+    (result, [key, value]) => {
+      result.push(...value);
+      return result;
+    },
+    /** @type {string[]} */([])
+  );
+
+  return `// Generated by favicons-webpack-plugin/runtime-loader
+export const tags = ${JSON.stringify(allTags)};
+export const tagsPerPublicPath = ${JSON.stringify(tagsByPublicPath)};
+`;
 };
 
 module.exports = Object.assign(loader, {