diff --git a/src/extractionresult.h b/src/extractionresult.h
--- a/src/extractionresult.h
+++ b/src/extractionresult.h
@@ -46,11 +46,19 @@
 class KFILEMETADATA_EXPORT ExtractionResult
 {
 public:
+    /**
+     * Flags which determine which properties shall be extracted.
+     * @todo KF6 cleanup flag naming
+     */
     enum Flag {
         ExtractNothing = 0,
         ExtractMetaData = 1,
         ExtractPlainText = 2,
-        ExtractEverything = (ExtractMetaData | ExtractPlainText)
+        ExtractEverything = (ExtractMetaData | ExtractPlainText),
+     /**
+      * @since 5.69
+      */
+        ExtractImageData = 4,
     };
     Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Flags, Flag)
 
diff --git a/src/properties.h b/src/properties.h
--- a/src/properties.h
+++ b/src/properties.h
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@
      */
     Description,
 
+    /**
+      * Contains the front cover image of e.g. an album as binary
+      * data. The ExtractionResult::ExtractImageData flag must
+      * be set to extract this property.
+      * @since 5.69
+      */
+    FrontCover,
+
     PropertyCount,
     LastProperty = PropertyCount-1,
 
diff --git a/src/propertyinfo.cpp b/src/propertyinfo.cpp
--- a/src/propertyinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/propertyinfo.cpp
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@
             d->shouldBeIndexed = false;
             break;
 
+        case Property::FrontCover:
+            d->name = QStringLiteral("frontCover");
+            d->displayName = i18nc("@label", "Front Cover Image");
+            d->valueType = QVariant::ByteArray;
+            break;
+
         case Property::PropertyCount: // To silence the compiler.
             break;
 
@@ -736,7 +742,8 @@
         { QStringLiteral("originurl"), Property::OriginUrl },
         { QStringLiteral("originemailsubject"), Property::OriginEmailSubject },
         { QStringLiteral("originemailsender"), Property::OriginEmailSender },
-        { QStringLiteral("originemailmessageid"), Property::OriginEmailMessageId }
+        { QStringLiteral("originemailmessageid"), Property::OriginEmailMessageId },
+        { QStringLiteral("frontcover"), Property::FrontCover }
     };
 
     return PropertyInfo(propertyHash.value(name.toLower()));