diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index 41cb1caa..172097fd 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -2818,6 +2818,12 @@ add_to_comma_entries:,reads
 ## are reports that sound like site throttling without it.
 slow_down_sleep_time:2
 
+## wattpad.com chapters can have a banner image at the top of the
+## page.  When include_chapter_banner_images:true the banner image
+## will be prepended to the chapter text during download as:
+## <img class="photoUrl banner-image" src="<img url>">
+include_chapter_banner_images:true
+
 [www.adastrafanfic.com]
 use_basic_cache:true
 ## Some sites do not require a login, but do require the user to
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
index 14e874ea..dba2ce21 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_wattpadcom.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('siteabbrev',self.getSiteAbbrev())
         self.story.setMetadata('storyId', self.storyId)
         self._setURL('https://www.wattpad.com/story/%s' % self.storyId)
+        self.chapter_photoUrl = {}
 
         # categoryDefs do not change all that often, if at all.  Could be put in a constant, leaving it as a class var for now
         # note: classvar may be useless because of del adapter
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def doExtractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self, get_cover=True):
         try:
             storyInfo = json.loads(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYINFO % self.storyId))
-            # logger.debug('storyInfo: %s' % json.dumps(storyInfo))
+            # logger.debug('storyInfo: %s' % json.dumps(storyInfo, sort_keys=True,
+            #                                           indent=2, separators=(',', ':')))
         except Exception:
             raise exceptions.InvalidStoryURL(self.url, self.getSiteDomain(), self.getSiteExampleURLs())
 
@@ -126,7 +128,9 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
         self.story.setMetadata('dateUpdated', makeDate(storyInfo['modifyDate'].rstrip('Z'), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))
         self.story.setMetadata('datePublished', makeDate(storyInfo['createDate'].rstrip('Z'), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))
 
-        [self.add_chapter(part['title'], part['url']) for part in storyInfo['parts']]
+        for part in storyInfo['parts']:
+            self.add_chapter(part['title'], part['url'])
+            self.chapter_photoUrl[part['url']] = part['photoUrl']
         self.setCoverImage(storyInfo['url'], storyInfo['cover'].replace('-256-','-512-'))
         self.story.setMetadata('language', storyInfo['language']['name'])
 
@@ -145,7 +149,15 @@ class WattpadComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def getChapterText(self, url):
         logger.debug('%s' % url)
         chapterID = re.search(r'https://www.wattpad.com/(?P<chapterID>\d+).*', url).group('chapterID')
-        return self.utf8FromSoup(url,self.make_soup(self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYTEXT % chapterID)))
+        data = self.get_request(WattpadComAdapter.API_STORYTEXT % chapterID)
+        # logger.debug(self.chapter_photoUrl[url])
+        imgdata = ''
+        if self.chapter_photoUrl[url] and self.getConfig('include_chapter_banner_images',True):
+            imgdata = '''
+<img class="photoUrl banner-image" src="%s">
+''' % self.chapter_photoUrl[url]
+        # logger.debug(imgdata + data)
+        return self.utf8FromSoup(url,self.make_soup(imgdata + data))
 
 # adapter self-dicovery is not implemented in fanficfare (it existed for the previous project)
 def getClass():
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index d84cb66f..9cc7d51d 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def get_valid_set_options():
                'use_threadmarks_cover':(base_xenforo2_list,None,boollist),
                'skip_sticky_first_posts':(base_xenforo2_list,None,boollist),
                'include_dice_rolls':(base_xenforo2_list,None,boollist+['svg']),
+               'include_chapter_banner_images':(['wattpad.com'],None,boollist),
                'fix_excess_space': (['novelonlinefull.com', 'novelall.com'], ['epub', 'html'], boollist),
                'dedup_order_chapter_list': (['m.wuxiaworld.co', 'novelupdates.cc'], None, boollist),
                'show_nsfw_cover_images': (['fiction.live'], None, boollist),
@@ -541,6 +542,7 @@ def get_valid_keywords():
                  'use_threadmarks_cover',
                  'skip_sticky_first_posts',
                  'include_dice_rolls',
+                 'include_chapter_banner_images',
                  'datethreadmark_format',
                  'fix_pseudo_html',
                  'fix_excess_space',
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 86957041..a0bc7a1d 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -2839,6 +2839,12 @@ add_to_comma_entries:,reads
 ## are reports that sound like site throttling without it.
 slow_down_sleep_time:2
 
+## wattpad.com chapters can have a banner image at the top of the
+## page.  When include_chapter_banner_images:true the banner image
+## will be prepended to the chapter text during download as:
+## <img class="photoUrl banner-image" src="<img url>">
+include_chapter_banner_images:true
+
 [www.adastrafanfic.com]
 use_basic_cache:true
 ## Some sites do not require a login, but do require the user to