diff --git a/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md b/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md
index ca429a075..8e2d3da79 100644
--- a/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md
+++ b/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md
@@ -203,6 +203,29 @@ Things in context:
 
 This hook is called before the content of a node is collected by the usual methods. The cc object can be used to do a bunch of things that modify the content of the pad. See, for example, the heading1 plugin for etherpad original.
 
+## collectContentImage
+Called from: src/static/js/contentcollector.js
+
+Things in context:
+
+1. cc - the contentcollector object
+2. state - the current state of the change being made
+3. tname - the tag name of this node currently being processed
+4. style - the style applied to the node (probably CSS)
+5. cls - the HTML class string of the node
+6. node - the node being modified
+
+This hook is called before the content of an image node is collected by the usual methods. The cc object can be used to do a bunch of things that modify the content of the pad.
+
+Example:
+
+```
+exports.collectContentImage = function(name, context){
+  context.state.lineAttributes.img = context.node.outerHTML;
+}
+
+```
+
 ## collectContentPost
 Called from: src/static/js/contentcollector.js
 
diff --git a/src/static/js/contentcollector.js b/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
index 1f0620fef..2c8eefbfc 100644
--- a/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
+++ b/src/static/js/contentcollector.js
@@ -458,7 +458,18 @@ function makeContentCollector(collectStyles, abrowser, apool, domInterface, clas
     else
     {
       var tname = (dom.nodeTagName(node) || "").toLowerCase();
-      if (tname == "br")
+
+      if (tname == "img"){
+        var context = hooks.callAll('collectContentImage', {
+          cc: cc,
+          state: state,
+          tname: tname,
+          styl: styl,
+          cls: cls,
+          node: node
+        });
+      }
+      else if (tname == "br")
       {        
         this.breakLine = true;
         var tvalue = dom.nodeAttr(node, 'value');