diff --git a/changelog.d/card-image-description.add b/changelog.d/card-image-description.add
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf423ebb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/card-image-description.add
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include image description in status media cards
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/status.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/status.ex
index a4052803b..6e537b5da 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/status.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/api_spec/schemas/status.ex
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ApiSpec.Schemas.Status do
             format: :uri,
             description: "Preview thumbnail"
           },
+          image_description: %Schema{
+            type: :string,
+            description: "Alternate text that describes what is in the thumbnail"
+          },
           title: %Schema{type: :string, description: "Title of linked resource"},
           description: %Schema{type: :string, description: "Description of preview"}
         }
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 77af69eef..c945290c1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusView do
       provider_url: page_url_data.scheme <> "://" <> page_url_data.host,
       url: page_url,
       image: image_url,
+      image_description: rich_media["image:alt"] || "",
       title: rich_media["title"] || "",
       description: rich_media["description"] || "",
       pleroma: %{
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
index 663610442..1c2d7f7fd 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusViewTest do
       {:ok, card} =
         Card.create(page_url, %{image: page_url <> "/example.jpg", title: "Example website"})
 
-      %{provider_name: "example.com"} = StatusView.render("card.json", card)
+      assert match?(%{provider_name: "example.com"}, StatusView.render("card.json", card))
     end
 
     test "a rich media card without a site name or image renders correctly" do
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusViewTest do
 
       {:ok, card} = Card.create(page_url, fields)
 
-      %{provider_name: "example.com"} = StatusView.render("card.json", card)
+      assert match?(%{provider_name: "example.com"}, StatusView.render("card.json", card))
     end
 
     test "a rich media card without an image renders correctly" do
@@ -765,7 +765,24 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusViewTest do
 
       {:ok, card} = Card.create(page_url, fields)
 
-      %{provider_name: "example.com"} = StatusView.render("card.json", card)
+      assert match?(%{provider_name: "example.com"}, StatusView.render("card.json", card))
+    end
+
+    test "a rich media card without descriptions returns the fields with empty strings" do
+      page_url = "https://example.com"
+
+      fields = %{
+        "url" => page_url,
+        "site_name" => "Example site name",
+        "title" => "Example website"
+      }
+
+      {:ok, card} = Card.create(page_url, fields)
+
+      assert match?(
+               %{description: "", image_description: ""},
+               StatusView.render("card.json", card)
+             )
     end
 
     test "a rich media card with all relevant data renders correctly" do
@@ -781,7 +798,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.StatusViewTest do
 
       {:ok, card} = Card.create(page_url, fields)
 
-      %{provider_name: "example.com"} = StatusView.render("card.json", card)
+      assert match?(%{provider_name: "example.com"}, StatusView.render("card.json", card))
     end
 
     test "a rich media card has all media proxied" do