diff --git a/patterns.js b/patterns.js
index 9851122..070f9e3 100644
--- a/patterns.js
+++ b/patterns.js
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ module.exports = [
     }
   }, {
     /**
-     * bla `click()`{.c}
+     * bla `click()`{.c} ![](img.png){.d}
+     *
+     * differs from 'inline attributes' as it does
+     * not have a closing tag (nesting: -1)
      */
-    name: 'code inline',
+    name: 'inline nesting 0',
     tests: [
       {
         shift: 0,
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = [
         children: [
           {
             shift: -1,
-            type: 'code_inline'  // does not have nesting: -1
+            type: (str) => str === 'image' || str === 'code_inline'
           }, {
             shift: 0,
             type: 'text',
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index f2c7fc2..42aea1b 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -223,5 +223,11 @@ describe('markdown-it-attrs', () => {
     expected += '</ul>\n';
     assert.equal(md.render(src), expected);
   });
+
+  it('should support images', () => {
+    src =  '![alt](img.png){.a}';
+    expected = '<p><img src="img.png" alt="alt" class="a"></p>\n';
+    assert.equal(md.render(src), expected);
+  });
 });