diff --git a/org_test_documents/regular_link/image_links.org b/org_test_documents/regular_link/image_links.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2ddf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org_test_documents/regular_link/image_links.org
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[[file:image.svg]]
+
+[[file:/image.svg]]
+
+[[file:./image.svg]]
+
+[[/image.svg]]
+
+[[./image.svg]]
+
+# Check capitalization of extension
+[[./image.SVG]]
+
+# Check spaces in path
+[[./image and stuff.SVG]]
+
+[[/ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg]]
+
+[[file:/ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg]]
+
+# Check multiple parts in the path
+[[file:/foo/bar/baz/image.svg]]
diff --git a/src/intermediate/regular_link.rs b/src/intermediate/regular_link.rs
index 6050c7e..b9fce81 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/regular_link.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/regular_link.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use organic::types::LinkType;
 use organic::types::StandardProperties;
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -31,8 +35,11 @@ intermediate!(
             ret
         };
         let raw_link = original.get_raw_link();
-        let target =
-            LinkTarget::from_string(intermediate_context.clone(), raw_link.clone().into_owned())?;
+        let target = LinkTarget::from_string(
+            intermediate_context.clone(),
+            raw_link.clone().into_owned(),
+            &original.link_type,
+        )?;
         Ok(IRegularLink {
             raw_link: raw_link.into_owned(),
             children,
@@ -52,13 +59,28 @@ pub(crate) enum LinkTarget {
     Target {
         target_id: String,
     },
+    Image {
+        src: String,
+        alt: String,
+    },
 }
 
 impl LinkTarget {
     pub(crate) fn from_string(
         intermediate_context: IntermediateContext<'_, '_>,
         input: String,
+        link_type: &LinkType<'_>,
     ) -> Result<LinkTarget, CustomError> {
+        // If link type is file and the path ends in .svg then make it an image target
+        if let LinkType::File = link_type
+            && input.to_ascii_lowercase().ends_with(".svg")
+        {
+            let src = Self::get_image_src(&input)?;
+            let alt = Self::get_image_alt(&input)?;
+
+            return Ok(LinkTarget::Image { src, alt });
+        };
+
         let parsed = Url::parse(&input);
         if let Err(url::ParseError::RelativeUrlWithoutBase) = parsed {
             let target_id = {
@@ -121,12 +143,64 @@ impl LinkTarget {
                     .unwrap_or_default(),
                 target_id
             ))),
+            LinkTarget::Image { src, .. } => Ok(Some(src.clone())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the value for the src attribute of the image.
+    fn get_image_src(input: &str) -> Result<String, CustomError> {
+        let input = if input.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with("file:") {
+            Cow::Borrowed(&input[5..])
+        } else {
+            Cow::Borrowed(input)
+        };
+        let path = Path::new(input.as_ref());
+
+        if input.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with("/ssh:") {
+            return Ok(format!("file:/{}", input));
+        }
+
+        if path.is_absolute() {
+            return Ok(format!("file://{}", input));
+        }
+        return Ok(input.into_owned());
+    }
+
+    /// Get file name from the last segment of an image path.
+    fn get_image_alt(input: &str) -> Result<String, CustomError> {
+        let input = if input.to_ascii_lowercase().starts_with("file:") {
+            Cow::Borrowed(&input[5..])
+        } else {
+            Cow::Borrowed(input)
+        };
+        let path = Path::new(input.as_ref());
+        match path
+            .components()
+            .last()
+            .ok_or("Images should have at least one component in their path.")?
+        {
+            std::path::Component::Prefix(_) => {
+                // Prefix components only occur on windows
+                panic!("Prefix components are not supporterd.")
+            }
+            std::path::Component::RootDir
+            | std::path::Component::CurDir
+            | std::path::Component::ParentDir => {
+                return Err(
+                    "Final component of an image path should be a normal component.".into(),
+                );
+            }
+            std::path::Component::Normal(file_name) => Ok(file_name
+                .to_str()
+                .ok_or("Image link was not valid utf-8.")?
+                .to_owned()),
         }
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::borrow::Cow;
     use std::sync::Arc;
     use std::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -139,12 +213,78 @@ mod tests {
         let registry = Registry::new();
         let registry = Arc::new(Mutex::new(registry));
         let intermediate_context = IntermediateContext::new(registry)?;
-        for inp in ["https://test.example/foo"] {
+        for (inp, typ) in [(
+            "https://test.example/foo",
+            LinkType::Protocol(Cow::from("https")),
+        )] {
             assert_eq!(
-                LinkTarget::from_string(intermediate_context.clone(), inp.to_owned())?,
+                LinkTarget::from_string(intermediate_context.clone(), inp.to_owned(), &typ)?,
                 LinkTarget::Raw(inp.to_owned())
             );
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn link_target_image() -> Result<(), CustomError> {
+        let registry = Registry::new();
+        let registry = Arc::new(Mutex::new(registry));
+        let intermediate_context = IntermediateContext::new(registry)?;
+        for (inp, typ, expected_src, expected_alt) in [
+            ("file:image.svg", LinkType::File, "image.svg", "image.svg"),
+            (
+                "file:/image.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "file:///image.svg",
+                "image.svg",
+            ),
+            (
+                "file:./image.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "./image.svg",
+                "image.svg",
+            ),
+            (
+                "/image.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "file:///image.svg",
+                "image.svg",
+            ),
+            ("./image.svg", LinkType::File, "./image.svg", "image.svg"),
+            ("./image.SVG", LinkType::File, "./image.SVG", "image.SVG"),
+            (
+                "./image and stuff.SVG",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "./image and stuff.SVG",
+                "image and stuff.SVG",
+            ),
+            (
+                "/ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "file://ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg",
+                "file.svg",
+            ),
+            (
+                "file:/ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "file://ssh:admin@test.example:important/file.svg",
+                "file.svg",
+            ),
+            (
+                "file:/foo/bar/baz/image.svg",
+                LinkType::File,
+                "file:///foo/bar/baz/image.svg",
+                "image.svg",
+            ),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                LinkTarget::from_string(intermediate_context.clone(), inp.to_owned(), &typ)?,
+                LinkTarget::Image {
+                    src: expected_src.to_owned(),
+                    alt: expected_alt.to_owned()
+                }
+            );
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }