diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-lemons-boil.md b/.changeset/stupid-lemons-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce334e875694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-lemons-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fix Image component and `getImage` not handling images from public correctly
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
index 1af8360da05e..bb320da05b96 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../../core/errors/index.js';
-import { isRemotePath } from '../../core/path.js';
 import { VALID_INPUT_FORMATS } from '../consts.js';
 import { isESMImportedImage } from '../internal.js';
 import type { ImageTransform, OutputFormat } from '../types.js';
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ export const baseService: Omit<LocalImageService, 'transform'> = {
 	},
 	getURL(options: ImageTransform) {
 		if (!isESMImportedImage(options.src)) {
-			// For non-ESM imported images, width and height are required to avoid CLS, as we can't infer them from the file
+			// For remote images, width and height are explicitly required as we can't infer them from the file
 			let missingDimension: 'width' | 'height' | 'both' | undefined;
 			if (!options.width && !options.height) {
 				missingDimension = 'both';
@@ -141,17 +140,12 @@ export const baseService: Omit<LocalImageService, 'transform'> = {
 					message: AstroErrorData.MissingImageDimension.message(missingDimension, options.src),
 				});
 			}
-		}
 
-		// Both our currently available local services don't handle remote images, so for them we can just return as is
-		if (!isESMImportedImage(options.src) && isRemotePath(options.src)) {
+			// Both our currently available local services don't handle remote images, so we return the path as is.
 			return options.src;
 		}
 
-		if (
-			isESMImportedImage(options.src) &&
-			!VALID_INPUT_FORMATS.includes(options.src.format as any)
-		) {
+		if (!VALID_INPUT_FORMATS.includes(options.src.format as any)) {
 			throw new AstroError({
 				...AstroErrorData.UnsupportedImageFormat,
 				message: AstroErrorData.UnsupportedImageFormat.message(
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ export const baseService: Omit<LocalImageService, 'transform'> = {
 		}
 
 		const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
-		searchParams.append('href', isESMImportedImage(options.src) ? options.src.src : options.src);
+		searchParams.append('href', options.src.src);
 
 		options.width && searchParams.append('w', options.width.toString());
 		options.height && searchParams.append('h', options.height.toString());
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
index 2eb905d94b89..59003024f79d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ describe('astro:image', () => {
 					expect(!!$img.attr('width')).to.equal(true);
 					expect(!!$img.attr('height')).to.equal(true);
 				});
+
+				it('support images from public', () => {
+					let $img = $('#public img');
+					expect($img.attr('src')).to.equal('/penguin3.jpg');
+					expect(!!$img.attr('width')).to.equal(true);
+					expect(!!$img.attr('height')).to.equal(true);
+				});
 			});
 
 			it('error if no width and height', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/public/penguin3.jpg b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/public/penguin3.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db6c44709142
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/public/penguin3.jpg differ
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro
index b9667968835f..b2ccdaeee53b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export async function getStaticPaths() {
 
 const { entry } = Astro.props;
 const { Content } = await entry.render();
-const myImage = await getImage(entry.data.image);
+const myImage = await getImage({src: entry.data.image});
 ---
 <html>
 	<head>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/index.astro
index 565aa5ab1f07..426e1706f9e1 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@ import myImage from "../assets/penguin1.jpg";
 	<div id="data-uri">
 		<Image src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="Astro logo" width="16" height="16" />
 	</div>
+
+	<div id="public">
+		<Image src="/penguin3.jpg" width={400} height={400} alt="..." />
+	</div>
 </body>
 </html>