diff --git a/ext/js/app/frontend.js b/ext/js/app/frontend.js
index 8ac279798c..c3022908d1 100644
--- a/ext/js/app/frontend.js
+++ b/ext/js/app/frontend.js
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ export class Frontend {
             matchTypePrefix: scanningOptions.matchTypePrefix,
             preventMiddleMouse,
             sentenceParsingOptions,
+            scanAltText: scanningOptions.scanAltText,
         });
         this._updateTextScannerEnabled();
 
diff --git a/ext/js/data/options-util.js b/ext/js/data/options-util.js
index 8af299d8e2..bd409fcab6 100644
--- a/ext/js/data/options-util.js
+++ b/ext/js/data/options-util.js
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ export class OptionsUtil {
                 enableOnSearchPage: true,
                 enableSearchTags: false,
                 layoutAwareScan: false,
+                scanAltText: true,
             },
 
             translation: {
diff --git a/ext/js/display/display.js b/ext/js/display/display.js
index 3d18e41609..014063826c 100644
--- a/ext/js/display/display.js
+++ b/ext/js/display/display.js
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ export class Display extends EventDispatcher {
                 preventMiddleMouse: scanningOptions.preventMiddleMouse.onSearchQuery,
                 matchTypePrefix: false,
                 sentenceParsingOptions,
+                scanAltText: scanningOptions.scanAltText,
             },
         });
 
@@ -1984,6 +1985,7 @@ export class Display extends EventDispatcher {
             layoutAwareScan: scanningOptions.layoutAwareScan,
             preventMiddleMouse: false,
             sentenceParsingOptions,
+            scanAltText: scanningOptions.scanAltText,
         });
 
         this._contentTextScanner.setEnabled(true);
diff --git a/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js b/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
index 249a2eda3d..8582ea6600 100644
--- a/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
+++ b/ext/js/language/text-scanner.js
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ export class TextScanner extends EventDispatcher {
         this._sentenceBackwardQuoteMap = new Map();
         /** @type {import('text-scanner').InputConfig[]} */
         this._inputs = [];
+        /** @type {boolean} */
+        this._scanAltText = true;
 
         /** @type {boolean} */
         this._enabled = false;
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ export class TextScanner extends EventDispatcher {
         preventMiddleMouse,
         sentenceParsingOptions,
         matchTypePrefix,
+        scanAltText,
     }) {
         if (Array.isArray(inputs)) {
             this._inputs = inputs.map((input) => this._convertInput(input));
@@ -289,6 +292,9 @@ export class TextScanner extends EventDispatcher {
         if (typeof matchTypePrefix === 'boolean') {
             this._matchTypePrefix = matchTypePrefix;
         }
+        if (typeof scanAltText === 'boolean') {
+            this._scanAltText = scanAltText;
+        }
         if (typeof sentenceParsingOptions === 'object' && sentenceParsingOptions !== null) {
             const {scanExtent, terminationCharacterMode, terminationCharacters} = sentenceParsingOptions;
             if (typeof scanExtent === 'number') {
diff --git a/ext/settings.html b/ext/settings.html
index dfd562a9ca..ccd6dc9b93 100644
--- a/ext/settings.html
+++ b/ext/settings.html
@@ -415,6 +415,15 @@ <h1>Yomitan Settings</h1>
                 <label class="toggle"><input type="checkbox" data-setting="scanning.deepDomScan"><span class="toggle-body"><span class="toggle-track"></span><span class="toggle-knob"></span></span></label>
             </div>
         </div></div>
+        <div class="settings-item"><div class="settings-item-inner">
+            <div class="settings-item-left">
+                <div class="settings-item-label">Scan alt text</div>
+                <div class="settings-item-description">Scan text that is used for image and button descriptions.</div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="settings-item-right">
+                <label class="toggle"><input type="checkbox" data-setting="scanning.scanAltText"><span class="toggle-body"><span class="toggle-track"></span><span class="toggle-knob"></span></span></label>
+            </div>
+        </div></div>
         <div class="settings-item advanced-only">
             <div class="settings-item-inner">
                 <div class="settings-item-left">
diff --git a/test/options-util.test.js b/test/options-util.test.js
index 253b965067..f3e52a1537 100644
--- a/test/options-util.test.js
+++ b/test/options-util.test.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function createProfileOptionsTestData1() {
             enableOnSearchPage: true,
             enableSearchTags: false,
             layoutAwareScan: false,
+            scanAltText: true,
         },
         translation: {
             convertHalfWidthCharacters: 'false',
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ function createProfileOptionsUpdatedTestData1() {
             hidePopupOnCursorExit: false,
             hidePopupOnCursorExitDelay: 0,
             normalizeCssZoom: true,
+            scanAltText: true,
             preventMiddleMouse: {
                 onWebPages: false,
                 onPopupPages: false,
diff --git a/types/ext/settings.d.ts b/types/ext/settings.d.ts
index 559a27c425..b84942b174 100644
--- a/types/ext/settings.d.ts
+++ b/types/ext/settings.d.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export type ScanningOptions = {
     hidePopupOnCursorExit: boolean;
     hidePopupOnCursorExitDelay: number;
     normalizeCssZoom: boolean;
+    scanAltText: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ScanningInput = {
diff --git a/types/ext/text-scanner.d.ts b/types/ext/text-scanner.d.ts
index 4277d49afc..0af55d72a7 100644
--- a/types/ext/text-scanner.d.ts
+++ b/types/ext/text-scanner.d.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type Options = {
     preventMiddleMouse?: boolean;
     matchTypePrefix?: boolean;
     sentenceParsingOptions?: SentenceParsingOptions;
+    scanAltText?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type InputOptionsOuter = {