diff --git a/Sources/Publish/Internal/PodcastFeedGenerator.swift b/Sources/Publish/Internal/PodcastFeedGenerator.swift
index d41e206b..27de5567 100644
--- a/Sources/Publish/Internal/PodcastFeedGenerator.swift
+++ b/Sources/Publish/Internal/PodcastFeedGenerator.swift
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ private extension PodcastFeedGenerator {
 
                 let title = item.rssTitle
                 let metadata = item.metadata.podcast
+                let imageURL = item.imagePath.flatMap { path in
+                    URL(string: path.absoluteString)
+                }
 
                 return .item(
                     .guid(for: item, site: context.site),
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ private extension PodcastFeedGenerator {
                     .summary(item.description),
                     .explicit(metadata?.isExplicit ?? false),
                     .duration(audioDuration),
-                    .image(config.imageURL),
+                    .image(imageURL ?? config.imageURL),
                     .unwrap(metadata?.episodeNumber, Node.episodeNumber),
                     .unwrap(metadata?.seasonNumber, Node.seasonNumber),
                     .audio(
diff --git a/Tests/PublishTests/Tests/PodcastFeedGenerationTests.swift b/Tests/PublishTests/Tests/PodcastFeedGenerationTests.swift
index e836f52d..064aea9d 100644
--- a/Tests/PublishTests/Tests/PodcastFeedGenerationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/PublishTests/Tests/PodcastFeedGenerationTests.swift
@@ -162,6 +162,25 @@ final class PodcastFeedGenerationTests: PublishTestCase {
         let feedB = try folder.file(at: "Output/feed.rss").readAsString()
         XCTAssertNotEqual(feedA, feedB)
     }
+    
+    func testUseOptionalItemImageIfAvailableDefaultToConfigImage() throws {
+        let folder = try Folder.createTemporary()
+
+        try generateFeed(in: folder, content: [
+            "one/a.md": """
+            \(makeStubbedAudioMetadata(including:"image: image-item.png"))
+            # Image included
+            """,
+            "one/b": """
+            \(makeStubbedAudioMetadata())
+            # Image not included
+            """
+        ])
+
+        let feed = try folder.file(at: "Output/feed.rss").readAsString()
+        XCTAssertTrue(feed.contains("image.png"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(feed.contains("image-item.png"))
+    }
 }
 
 private extension PodcastFeedGenerationTests {