diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index b66ae03f..93c04822 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -1182,6 +1182,10 @@ output_css:
 ## include images from img tags in the body and summary of
 ## stories.  Images will be converted to jpg for size if possible.
 ## include_images is *only* available in epub and html output format.
+## You can also set include_images:coveronly to exclude images in the
+## story text but still include specific cover images or
+## default_cover_image, force_cover_image, or use_old_cover cover
+## images.
 include_images:true
 
 ## Quality level to use when converting images to jpg. Range is 0-100,
@@ -1333,6 +1337,10 @@ nook_img_fix:true
 ## stories.  Images will be converted to jpg for size if possible.
 ## include_images is *only* available in epub and html output formats.
 ## include_images is *not* available in the web service in any format.
+## You can also set include_images:coveronly to exclude images in the
+## story text but still include specific cover images or
+## default_cover_image, force_cover_image, or use_old_cover cover
+## images.
 #include_images:false
 
 ## Quality level to use when converting images to jpg. Range is 0-100,
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
index ffa703bf..1098cb8b 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_storiesonlinenet.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class StoriesOnlineNetAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             soup = soup.find('header')
         # Remove some tags based on their class or id
         elements_to_remove = ['#det-link', '#s-details', '#index-list', '#s-title', '#s-auth', '.copy']
-        if not self.getConfig('include_images'):
+        if self.getConfig('include_images') != 'true':  # false or coveronly
             elements_to_remove.append('img')
         for element_name in elements_to_remove:
             elements = soup.select(element_name)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
index 793f7607..57b328d3 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_adapter.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class BaseSiteAdapter(Requestable):
             acceptable_attributes.append('title')
 
         #print("include_images:"+self.getConfig('include_images'))
-        if self.getConfig('include_images'):
+        if self.getConfig('include_images') == 'true': # not false or coveronly
             ## actually effects all tags' attrs, not just <img>, but I'm okay with that.
             acceptable_attributes.extend(('src','alt','longdesc'))
             for img in soup.find_all('img'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index d572ca9e..6a005fa0 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def get_valid_set_options():
 
                'windows_eol':(None,['txt'],boollist),
 
-               'include_images':(None,['epub','html'],boollist),
+               'include_images':(None,['epub','html'],boollist+['coveronly']),
                'jpg_quality':(None,['epub','html'],None),
                'additional_images':(None,['epub','html'],None),
                'grayscale_images':(None,['epub','html'],boollist),
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 021d88cd..854c2509 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -1172,6 +1172,10 @@ output_css:
 ## include images from img tags in the body and summary of
 ## stories.  Images will be converted to jpg for size if possible.
 ## include_images is *only* available in epub and html output format.
+## You can also set include_images:coveronly to exclude images in the
+## story text but still include specific cover images or
+## default_cover_image, force_cover_image, or use_old_cover cover
+## images.
 #include_images:false
 
 ## Quality level to use when converting images to jpg. Range is 0-100,
@@ -1323,6 +1327,10 @@ nook_img_fix:true
 ## stories.  Images will be converted to jpg for size if possible.
 ## include_images is *only* available in epub and html output formats.
 ## include_images is *not* available in the web service in any format.
+## You can also set include_images:coveronly to exclude images in the
+## story text but still include specific cover images or
+## default_cover_image, force_cover_image, or use_old_cover cover
+## images.
 #include_images:false
 
 ## Quality level to use when converting images to jpg. Range is 0-100,
diff --git a/fanficfare/story.py b/fanficfare/story.py
index 7daabf85..4149d7e4 100644
--- a/fanficfare/story.py
+++ b/fanficfare/story.py
@@ -1740,14 +1740,15 @@ class Story(Requestable):
         retlist = []
         for i, info in enumerate(self.img_store.get_imgs()):
             retlist.append(info)
-        for imgfn in self.getConfigList('additional_images'):
-            data = self.get_request_raw(imgfn)
-            (discarddata,ext,mime) = no_convert_image(imgfn,data)
-            retlist.append({
-                    'newsrc':"images/"+os.path.basename(imgfn),
-                    'mime':mime,
-                    'data':data,
-                    })
+        if self.getConfig('include_images') == 'true':
+            for imgfn in self.getConfigList('additional_images'):
+                data = self.get_request_raw(imgfn)
+                (discarddata,ext,mime) = no_convert_image(imgfn,data)
+                retlist.append({
+                        'newsrc':"images/"+os.path.basename(imgfn),
+                        'mime':mime,
+                        'data':data,
+                        })
         return retlist
 
     def __str__(self):