diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.2.0")
 
+include(FindPkgConfig)
+
+if(NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "pkg-config not found!" )
+endif()
+
 find_package(ECM 1.0.0 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
@@ -12,6 +18,7 @@
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 
+pkg_check_modules(taglib REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET taglib)
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui)
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO I18n Config)
 find_package(FFmpeg COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT SWSCALE)
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(ffmpegthumbs_PART_SRCS ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfgc)
 add_library(ffmpegthumbs MODULE ${ffmpegthumbs_PART_SRCS})
 
-target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbs Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES} )
+target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbs Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES} PkgConfig::taglib )
 
 install(FILES ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.kcfg DESTINATION ${KCFG_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(TARGETS ffmpegthumbs DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp b/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
--- a/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailer.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 //    Copyright (C) 2010 Dirk Vanden Boer <dirk.vdb@gmail.com>
+//    Copyright (C) 2019 Heiko Schäfer <heiko@rangun.de>
 //
 //    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 //    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "ffmpegthumbnailer.h"
 #include "ffmpegthumbnailersettings5.h"
 
+#include <taglib/mp4file.h>
+
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -44,6 +47,24 @@
 
 bool FFMpegThumbnailer::create(const QString& path, int width, int /*height*/, QImage& img)
 {
+    TagLib::MP4::File f(path.toStdString().c_str(), false);
+
+    if (f.isValid()) {
+
+        TagLib::MP4::Tag* tag = f.tag();
+        TagLib::MP4::ItemListMap itemsListMap = tag->itemListMap();
+        TagLib::MP4::Item coverItem = itemsListMap["covr"];
+        TagLib::MP4::CoverArtList coverArtList = coverItem.toCoverArtList();
+
+        if (!coverArtList.isEmpty()) {
+            TagLib::MP4::CoverArt coverArt = coverArtList.front();
+            img.loadFromData((const uchar *)coverArt.data().data(),
+                         coverArt.data().size());
+
+            if (!img.isNull()) return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     m_Thumbnailer.setThumbnailSize(width);
     // 20% seek inside the video to generate the preview
     m_Thumbnailer.setSeekPercentage(20);
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailer/filmstripfilter.h b/ffmpegthumbnailer/filmstripfilter.h
--- a/ffmpegthumbnailer/filmstripfilter.h
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailer/filmstripfilter.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 {
 public:
     virtual ~FilmStripFilter() {}
-    virtual void process(VideoFrame& videoFrame);
+    virtual void process(VideoFrame& videoFrame) override;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/ffmpegthumbnailer/moviedecoder.cpp b/ffmpegthumbnailer/moviedecoder.cpp
--- a/ffmpegthumbnailer/moviedecoder.cpp
+++ b/ffmpegthumbnailer/moviedecoder.cpp
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@
 
     av_frame_unref(m_pFrame);
 
-    int frameFinished = 0;
-
     avcodec_send_packet(m_pVideoCodecContext, m_pPacket);
     int ret = avcodec_receive_frame(m_pVideoCodecContext, m_pFrame);
     if (ret == AVERROR(EAGAIN)) {
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 add_executable(ffmpegthumbtest ${ffmpegthumbtest_SRCS} )
 
-target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbtest Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(ffmpegthumbtest Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui KF5::KIOWidgets KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n KF5::ConfigCore KF5::ConfigGui ${AVUTIL_LIBRARIES} ${AVFILTER_LIBRARIES} ${AVFORMAT_LIBRARIES} ${AVCODEC_LIBRARIES} ${SWSCALE_LIBRARIES} PkgConfig::taglib)