diff --git a/MultimediaViewer.php b/MultimediaViewer.php
index c1548b4b0..5751abac8 100644
--- a/MultimediaViewer.php
+++ b/MultimediaViewer.php
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ if ( !isset( $wgMediaViewerEnableByDefaultForAnonymous ) ) {
 	$wgMediaViewerEnableByDefaultForAnonymous = $wgMediaViewerEnableByDefault;
 }
 
+if ( !isset( $wgMediaViewerImageQueryParameter ) ) {
+	/**
+	 * If set, adds a query parameter to image requests made by Media Viewer
+	 * @var string|bool
+	 */
+	$wgMediaViewerImageQueryParameter = false;
+}
+
 $wgMessagesDirs['MultimediaViewer'] = __DIR__ . '/i18n';
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['MultimediaViewer'] = __DIR__ . '/MultimediaViewer.i18n.php';
 
@@ -300,6 +308,7 @@ $wgResourceModules += array(
 
 		'dependencies' => array(
 			'mediawiki.Title',
+			'mediawiki.Uri',
 			'mmv.model',
 			'mmv.model.IwTitle',
 			'mmv.model.Image',
diff --git a/MultimediaViewerHooks.php b/MultimediaViewerHooks.php
index bf6d36fb8..5e87291be 100644
--- a/MultimediaViewerHooks.php
+++ b/MultimediaViewerHooks.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class MultimediaViewerHooks {
 		global $wgMediaViewerActionLoggingSamplingFactorMap, $wgNetworkPerformanceSamplingFactor,
 		       $wgMediaViewerDurationLoggingSamplingFactor, $wgMediaViewerDurationLoggingLoggedinSamplingFactor,
 		       $wgMediaViewerAttributionLoggingSamplingFactor, $wgMediaViewerDimensionLoggingSamplingFactor,
-		       $wgMediaViewerIsInBeta, $wgMediaViewerUseThumbnailGuessing;
+		       $wgMediaViewerIsInBeta, $wgMediaViewerUseThumbnailGuessing, $wgMediaViewerImageQueryParameter;
 		$vars['wgMultimediaViewer'] = array(
 			'infoLink' => self::$infoLink,
 			'discussionLink' => self::$discussionLink,
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class MultimediaViewerHooks {
 			'actionLoggingSamplingFactorMap' => $wgMediaViewerActionLoggingSamplingFactorMap,
 			'attributionSamplingFactor' => $wgMediaViewerAttributionLoggingSamplingFactor,
 			'dimensionSamplingFactor' => $wgMediaViewerDimensionLoggingSamplingFactor,
+			'imageQueryParameter' => $wgMediaViewerImageQueryParameter,
 			'tooltipDelay' => 1000,
 		);
 		$vars['wgMediaViewer'] = true;
diff --git a/resources/mmv/mmv.js b/resources/mmv/mmv.js
index 0b1f8b45a..af4d381ef 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/mmv.js
+++ b/resources/mmv/mmv.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		 * @property {mw.mmv.provider.Image}
 		 * @private
 		 */
-		this.imageProvider = new mw.mmv.provider.Image();
+		this.imageProvider = new mw.mmv.provider.Image( mw.config.get( 'wgMultimediaViewer' ).imageQueryParameter );
 
 		/**
 		 * @property {mw.mmv.provider.ImageInfo}
diff --git a/resources/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.js b/resources/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.js
index e2e1b2be7..58e4cf9f1 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.js
+++ b/resources/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.js
@@ -20,14 +20,18 @@
 	/**
 	 * Loads an image.
 	 * @class mw.mmv.provider.Image
+	 * @constructor
+	 * @param {string} imageQueryParameter When defined, is a query parameter to add to every image request
 	 */
-	function Image() {
+	function Image( imageQueryParameter ) {
 		/**
 		 * @property {mw.mmv.logging.Performance}
 		 * @private
 		 */
 		this.performance = new mw.mmv.logging.Performance();
 
+		this.imageQueryParameter = imageQueryParameter;
+
 		/**
 		 * AJAX call cache.
 		 * @property {Object.<string, jQuery.Promise>} cache
@@ -47,8 +51,16 @@
 	Image.prototype.get = function ( url ) {
 		var provider = this,
 			cacheKey = url,
+			extraParam = {},
 			start,
-			rawGet;
+			rawGet,
+			uri;
+
+		if ( this.imageQueryParameter ) {
+			uri = new mw.Uri( url );
+			extraParam[ this.imageQueryParameter ] = null;
+			url = uri.extend( extraParam ).toString();
+		}
 
 		if ( !this.cache[cacheKey] ) {
 			if ( this.imagePreloadingSupported() ) {
diff --git a/tests/qunit/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.test.js b/tests/qunit/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.test.js
index 6879bf773..307b05b06 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.test.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/mmv/provider/mmv.provider.Image.test.js
@@ -200,4 +200,17 @@
 			QUnit.start();
 		} );
 	} );
+
+	QUnit.test( 'imageQueryParameter', 1, function ( assert ) {
+		var imageProvider = new mw.mmv.provider.Image( 'foo' );
+
+		imageProvider.imagePreloadingSupported = function () { return false; };
+		imageProvider.rawGet = function () { return $.Deferred().resolve(); };
+
+		imageProvider.performance.recordEntry = function ( type, total, url ) {
+			assert.strictEqual( url, 'http://www.wikipedia.org/?foo', 'Extra parameter added' );
+		};
+
+		imageProvider.get( 'http://www.wikipedia.org/' );
+	} );
 }( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );