diff --git a/classes/api.php b/classes/api.php
index 74464821f..92e19e70a 100644
--- a/classes/api.php
+++ b/classes/api.php
@@ -636,7 +636,9 @@ class API extends Handler {
 
 					if ($sanitize_content) {
 						$headline_row["content"] = sanitize($link,
-							$line["content_preview"], false, false, $line["site_url"]);
+							$line["content_preview"],
+							sql_bool_to_bool($line['hide_images']),
+							false, $line["site_url"]);
 					} else {
 						$headline_row["content"] = $line["content_preview"];
 					}
diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index d598a9e4f..297cad300 100644
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 					unset($line["tag_cache"]);
 
 					$line["content"] = sanitize($this->link, $line["content_preview"],
-							false, false, $entry_site_url);
+							sql_bool_to_bool($line['hide_images']), false, $entry_site_url);
 
 					foreach ($pluginhost->get_hooks($pluginhost::HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_CDM) as $p) {
 						$line = $p->hook_render_article_cdm($line);
diff --git a/classes/pref/feeds.php b/classes/pref/feeds.php
index bfcc75f0d..285995dfc 100644
--- a/classes/pref/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/pref/feeds.php
@@ -613,6 +613,18 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 			name=\"always_display_enclosures\"
 			$checked>&nbsp;<label for=\"always_display_enclosures\">".__('Always display image attachments')."</label>";
 
+		$hide_images = sql_bool_to_bool(db_fetch_result($result, 0, "hide_images"));
+
+		if ($hide_images) {
+			$checked = "checked=\"1\"";
+		} else {
+			$checked = "";
+		}
+
+		print "<hr/><input dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"hide_images\"
+		name=\"hide_images\"
+			$checked>&nbsp;<label for=\"hide_images\">".
+		__('Do not embed images')."</label>";
 
 		$cache_images = sql_bool_to_bool(db_fetch_result($result, 0, "cache_images"));
 
@@ -804,6 +816,14 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		print "&nbsp;"; $this->batch_edit_cbox("always_display_enclosures", "always_display_enclosures_l");
 
+		print "<br/><input disabled=\"1\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"hide_images\"
+			name=\"hide_images\"
+			dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\">&nbsp;<label class='insensitive' id=\"hide_images_l\"
+			for=\"hide_images\">".
+		__('Do not embed images')."</label>";
+
+		print "&nbsp;"; $this->batch_edit_cbox("hide_images", "hide_images_l");
+
 		print "<br/><input disabled=\"1\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"cache_images\"
 			name=\"cache_images\"
 			dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\">&nbsp;<label class='insensitive' id=\"cache_images_l\"
@@ -856,7 +876,8 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 			db_escape_string($_POST["include_in_digest"]));
 		$cache_images = checkbox_to_sql_bool(
 			db_escape_string($_POST["cache_images"]));
-
+		$hide_images = checkbox_to_sql_bool(
+			db_escape_string($_POST["hide_images"]));
 		$always_display_enclosures = checkbox_to_sql_bool(
 			db_escape_string($_POST["always_display_enclosures"]));
 
@@ -887,6 +908,7 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 				auth_pass = '$auth_pass',
 				private = $private,
 				cache_images = $cache_images,
+				hide_images = $hide_images,
 				include_in_digest = $include_in_digest,
 				always_display_enclosures = $always_display_enclosures,
 				mark_unread_on_update = $mark_unread_on_update
@@ -952,6 +974,10 @@ class Pref_Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 						$qpart = "cache_images = $cache_images";
 						break;
 
+					case "hide_images":
+						$qpart = "hide_images = $hide_images";
+						break;
+
 					case "cat_id":
 						$qpart = $category_qpart_nocomma;
 						break;
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index affd4d4dc..1feedcbf0 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 	define('EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION', 26);
-	define('SCHEMA_VERSION', 105);
+	define('SCHEMA_VERSION', 106);
 
 	$fetch_last_error = false;
 	$pluginhost = false;
@@ -2461,6 +2461,7 @@
 						num_comments,
 						comments,
 						int_id,
+						hide_images,
 						unread,feed_id,marked,published,link,last_read,orig_feed_id,
 						last_marked, last_published,
 						".SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE."(last_read,1,19) as last_read_noms,
@@ -2505,6 +2506,7 @@
 								"label_cache," .
 								"link," .
 								"last_read," .
+								"hide_images," .
 								"last_marked, last_published, " .
 								SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE . "(last_read,1,19) as last_read_noms," .
 								$since_id_part .
@@ -2560,15 +2562,11 @@
 
 	}
 
-	function sanitize($link, $str, $force_strip_tags = false, $owner = false, $site_url = false) {
+	function sanitize($link, $str, $force_remove_images = false, $owner = false, $site_url = false) {
 		if (!$owner) $owner = $_SESSION["uid"];
 
 		$res = trim($str); if (!$res) return '';
 
-		if (get_pref($link, "STRIP_IMAGES", $owner)) {
-			$res = preg_replace('/<img[^>]+>/is', '', $res);
-		}
-
 		if (strpos($res, "href=") === false)
 			$res = rewrite_urls($res);
 
@@ -2605,6 +2603,23 @@
 
 					$entry->setAttribute('src', $src);
 				}
+
+				if ($entry->nodeName == 'img') {
+					if (get_pref($link, "STRIP_IMAGES", $owner) || $force_remove_images) {
+
+						$p = $doc->createElement('p');
+
+						$a = $doc->createElement('a');
+						$a->setAttribute('href', $entry->getAttribute('src'));
+
+						$a->appendChild(new DOMText($entry->getAttribute('src')));
+						$a->setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+
+						$p->appendChild($a);
+
+						$entry->parentNode->replaceChild($p, $entry);
+					}
+				}
 			}
 
 			if (strtolower($entry->nodeName) == "a") {
diff --git a/js/prefs.js b/js/prefs.js
index e6257e1fb..082f62679 100644
--- a/js/prefs.js
+++ b/js/prefs.js
@@ -722,6 +722,13 @@ function editSelectedFeeds() {
 								}
 							} catch (e) { }
 
+							try {
+								if (!query.match("&hide_images=") &&
+										this.getChildByName('hide_images').attr('disabled') == false) {
+									query = query + "&hide_images=false";
+								}
+							} catch (e) { }
+
 							if (!query.match("&include_in_digest=") &&
 									this.getChildByName('include_in_digest').attr('disabled') == false) {
 								query = query + "&include_in_digest=false";
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
index d4873ecb0..438865478 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id integer not null auto_increment primary key,
 	hidden bool not null default false,
 	include_in_digest boolean not null default true,
 	cache_images boolean not null default false,
+	hide_images boolean not null default false,
 	cache_content boolean not null default false,
 	auth_pass_encrypted boolean not null default false,
 	last_viewed datetime default null,
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ create table ttrss_tags (id integer primary key auto_increment,
 
 create table ttrss_version (schema_version int not null) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=UTF8;
 
-insert into ttrss_version values (105);
+insert into ttrss_version values (106);
 
 create table ttrss_enclosures (id integer primary key auto_increment,
 	content_url text not null,
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) valu
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('VFEED_GROUP_BY_FEED', 1, 'false', 'Group headlines in virtual feeds',2, 'When this option is enabled, headlines in Special feeds and Labels are grouped by feeds');
 
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('STRIP_IMAGES', 1, 'false', 'Hide images in articles', 2);
+insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('STRIP_IMAGES', 1, 'false', 'Do not embed images in articles', 2);
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY', 2, 'default', '', 1);
 
diff --git a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
index 5063c4dd8..3895ccc56 100644
--- a/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
+++ b/schema/ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ create table ttrss_feeds (id serial not null primary key,
 	include_in_digest boolean not null default true,
 	rtl_content boolean not null default false,
 	cache_images boolean not null default false,
+	hide_images boolean not null default false,
 	cache_content boolean not null default false,
 	last_viewed timestamp default null,
 	last_update_started timestamp default null,
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ create index ttrss_tags_post_int_id_idx on ttrss_tags(post_int_id);
 
 create table ttrss_version (schema_version int not null);
 
-insert into ttrss_version values (105);
+insert into ttrss_version values (106);
 
 create table ttrss_enclosures (id serial not null primary key,
 	content_url text not null,
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) valu
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id,help_text) values('VFEED_GROUP_BY_FEED', 1, 'false', 'Group headlines in virtual feeds',2, 'When this option is enabled, headlines in Special feeds and Labels are grouped by feeds');
 
-insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('STRIP_IMAGES', 1, 'false', 'Hide images in articles', 2);
+insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('STRIP_IMAGES', 1, 'false', 'Do not embed images in articles', 2);
 
 insert into ttrss_prefs (pref_name,type_id,def_value,short_desc,section_id) values('_DEFAULT_VIEW_ORDER_BY', 2, 'default', '', 1);
 
diff --git a/schema/versions/mysql/106.sql b/schema/versions/mysql/106.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b819416b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/versions/mysql/106.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+begin;
+
+update ttrss_prefs set short_desc = 'Do not embed images in articles' where pref_name = 'STRIP_IMAGES';
+
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column hide_images bool;
+update ttrss_feeds set hide_images = false;
+alter table ttrss_feeds change hide_images hide_images bool not null;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column hide_images set default false;
+
+update ttrss_version set schema_version = 106;
+
+commit;
diff --git a/schema/versions/pgsql/106.sql b/schema/versions/pgsql/106.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e3dee2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/versions/pgsql/106.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+begin;
+
+update ttrss_prefs set short_desc = 'Do not embed images in articles' where pref_name = 'STRIP_IMAGES';
+
+alter table ttrss_feeds add column hide_images boolean;
+update ttrss_feeds set hide_images = false;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column hide_images set not null;
+alter table ttrss_feeds alter column hide_images set default false;
+
+update ttrss_version set schema_version = 106;
+
+commit;