diff --git a/src/app/components/image/image.ts b/src/app/components/image/image.ts
index 7038d7d0a9b..225844f734e 100755
--- a/src/app/components/image/image.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/image/image.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { FocusTrapModule } from 'primeng/focustrap';
     selector: 'p-image',
     template: `
         <span [ngClass]="containerClass()" [class]="styleClass" [ngStyle]="style">
-            <img [attr.src]="src" [attr.srcset]="srcSet" [attr.sizes]="sizes" [attr.alt]="alt" [attr.width]="width" [attr.height]="height" [ngStyle]="imageStyle" [class]="imageClass" (error)="imageError($event)" />
+            <img [attr.src]="src" [attr.srcset]="srcSet" [attr.sizes]="sizes" [attr.alt]="alt" [attr.width]="width" [attr.height]="height" [attr.loading]="loading" [ngStyle]="imageStyle" [class]="imageClass" (error)="imageError($event)" />
             <button type="button" class="p-image-preview-indicator" (click)="onImageClick()" #previewButton [ngStyle]="{ height: height + 'px', width: width + 'px' }" style="border: 'none';">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="indicatorTemplate; else defaultTemplate">
                     <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="indicatorTemplate"></ng-container>
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ export class Image implements AfterContentInit {
      * @group Props
      */
     @Input() height: string | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Attribute of the image element.
+     * @group Props
+     */
+    @Input() loading: 'lazy' | 'eager' | undefined;
     /**
      * Target element to attach the dialog, valid values are "body" or a local ng-template variable of another element (note: use binding with brackets for template variables, e.g. [appendTo]="mydiv" for a div element having #mydiv as variable name).
      * @group Props