diff --git a/atomstrom.py b/atomstrom.py
index 11abb0c..0644918 100755
--- a/atomstrom.py
+++ b/atomstrom.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Feed(Base):
     readability = Column(Boolean)
     fullpage = Column(Boolean)
     html2textsummary = Column(Boolean)
+    html2textignoreimages = Column(Boolean)
     enabled = Column(Boolean)
 
     def __init__(self, url, daily, readability, fullpage, enabled, html2textsummary):
@@ -270,6 +271,8 @@ def process_feed_entry(session, feed, entry):
             print '    converting summary'
             h2t = html2text.HTML2Text()
             h2t.body_width = 0
+            if feed.html2textignoreimages:
+                h2t.ignore_images = True
             summary = thisentry.summary.decode('latin-1')
             summary = h2t.handle(summary)
             thisentry.summary = summary.encode('latin-1', 'replace')