diff --git a/feed2toot/main.py b/feed2toot/main.py
index 733bd49..4d99bbb 100644
--- a/feed2toot/main.py
+++ b/feed2toot/main.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import os
 import sys
+import re
+import urllib3
 
 # 3rd party libraries imports
 import feedparser
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ class Main(object):
 
     def main(self):
         """The main function."""
+        # regex to retrieve urls in <img> tags
+        regex = re.compile(r"<img[^>]+src=\"([^\">]+)\"")
+        http = urllib3.PoolManager()
+
         clip = CliParse()
         clioptions = clip.options
         self.setup_logging(clioptions)
@@ -129,6 +135,16 @@ class Main(object):
                             'id': entry['link'],
                         }
 
+                    # get images contained in the entry
+                    images = []
+                    if 'summary' in entry:
+                        list_img_urls = regex.findall(entry['summary'])
+                        if len(list_img_urls) > 0:
+                            for img_url in list_img_urls:
+                                resp = http.request('GET', img_url, preload_content=False)
+                                images.append(resp)
+                                resp.release_conn()
+
                     severalwordsinhashtag = False
                     # lets see if the rss feed has hashtag
                     if 'tags' in entry:
@@ -186,7 +202,6 @@ class Main(object):
                             finaltweet = addtag.finaltweet
                         else:
                             finaltweet = dedup.finaltweet
-                        
                     if clioptions.dryrun:
                         if entrytosend:
                             logging.warning('Would toot with visibility "{visibility}": {toot}'.format(
@@ -204,7 +219,7 @@ class Main(object):
                                 visibility=config.get(
                                     'mastodon', 'toot_visibility',
                                     fallback='public')))
-                            twp = TootPost(config, finaltweet)
+                            twp = TootPost(config, finaltweet, images)
                             storeit = twp.storeit()
                         else:
                             logging.debug('populating RSS entry {}'.format(rss['id']))
@@ -219,7 +234,7 @@ class Main(object):
                                 pluginmodulename = 'feed2toot.plugins.{pluginmodule}'.format(pluginmodule=pluginclassname.lower())
                                 try:
                                     pluginmodule = importlib.import_module(pluginmodulename)
-                                    pluginclass = getattr(pluginmodule, pluginclassname) 
+                                    pluginclass = getattr(pluginmodule, pluginclassname)
                                     pluginclass(plugins[plugin], finaltweet)
                                 except ImportError as err:
                                     print(err)
diff --git a/feed2toot/tootpost.py b/feed2toot/tootpost.py
index c40c4ee..9ac95b0 100644
--- a/feed2toot/tootpost.py
+++ b/feed2toot/tootpost.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ from mastodon import Mastodon
 class TootPost:
     '''TootPost class'''
 
-    def __init__(self, config, toot):
+    def __init__(self, config, toot, img_list):
         '''Constructore of the TootPost class'''
         self.config = config
         self.store = True
         self.toot = toot
+        self.img_list = img_list
         self.main()
 
     def main(self):
@@ -44,9 +45,16 @@ class TootPost:
             access_token = self.config.get('mastodon', 'user_credentials'),
             api_base_url = self.config.get('mastodon', 'instance_url')
         )
+        medias_dicts = []
+        if len(self.img_list) > 0:
+            for img in self.img_list:
+                medias_dicts.append(mastodon.media_post(img.data,
+                                                img.headers['content-type']))
+
         mastodon.status_post(self.toot,
             visibility=self.config.get(
-                'mastodon', 'toot_visibility', fallback='public'))
+            'mastodon', 'toot_visibility', fallback='public'),
+            media_ids=medias_dicts)
 
     def storeit(self):
         '''Indicate if the tweet should be stored or not'''