diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index 10baff41..07d60bc9 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enableSearch = true
 enableCodeCopy = true
 enableImageLazyLoading = true
 enableWebp = true
+enableLqip = true
 
 # robots = ""
 fingerprintAlgorithm = "sha256"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/picture.html b/layouts/partials/picture.html
index a8a26819..6e50973b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/picture.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/picture.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 {{ $lazyLoad := .context.Page.Site.Params.enableImageLazyLoading | default true }}
 {{ $webp := .context.Page.Site.Params.enableWebp | default true }}
+{{ $lqip := .context.Page.Site.Params.enableLqip | default true }}
 
 {{ if findRE "^https?" $url.Scheme }}
   <img
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
     {{ $resource = resources.Get ($url.String) }}
   {{ end }}
   {{ with $resource }}
-    {{ if ne .MediaType.SubType "svg" }}
+    {{ if (and (ne .MediaType.SubType "svg") $lqip) }}
       {{ $lqip := (.Resize "20x webp").Content | base64Encode }}
       <picture 
         style="background: url(data:image/webp;base64,{{ $lqip }}); background-size: cover"