diff --git a/backend/app/rest/api/rest_private_test.go b/backend/app/rest/api/rest_private_test.go
index 1ebfa1d9..d0a052f0 100644
--- a/backend/app/rest/api/rest_private_test.go
+++ b/backend/app/rest/api/rest_private_test.go
@@ -161,6 +161,22 @@ func TestRest_CreateRejected(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusForbidden, resp.StatusCode, "reject wrong aud")
 }
 
+func TestRest_CreateWithLazyImage(t *testing.T) {
+	ts, _, teardown := startupT(t)
+	defer teardown()
+	body := `{"text": "test 123 ![](http://example.com/image.png)", "locator":{"url": "https://radio-t.com/blah1", "site": "remark42"}}`
+	// create comment
+	resp, err := post(t, ts.URL+"/api/v1/comment", body)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusCreated, resp.StatusCode)
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	c := store.Comment{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &c)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, c.Text, "<p>test 123 <img src=\"http://example.com/image.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"/></p>\n")
+}
+
 func TestRest_CreateAndGet(t *testing.T) {
 	ts, _, teardown := startupT(t)
 	defer teardown()
diff --git a/backend/app/store/comment.go b/backend/app/store/comment.go
index e162142c..b2c902dd 100644
--- a/backend/app/store/comment.go
+++ b/backend/app/store/comment.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func (c *Comment) Sanitize() {
 		"|vi|vm|l|ld|s|sa|sb|sc|dl|sd|s2|se|sh|si|sx|sr|s1|ss|m|mb|mf|mh|mi|il" +
 		"|mo|o|ow|p|c|ch|cm|cp|cpf|c1|cs|g|gd|ge|gr|gh|gi|go|gp|gs|gu|gt|gl)$"
 	p.AllowAttrs("class").Matching(regexp.MustCompile(codeSpanClassRegex)).OnElements("span")
+	p.AllowAttrs("loading").Matching(regexp.MustCompile("^(lazy|eager)$")).OnElements("img")
 	c.Text = p.Sanitize(c.Text)
 	c.Orig = p.Sanitize(c.Orig)
 	c.User.ID = template.HTMLEscapeString(c.User.ID)