diff --git a/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/llm_inputs.py b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/llm_inputs.py
index 8f657ed42..838549c33 100644
--- a/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/llm_inputs.py
+++ b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/llm_inputs.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def _encode_images_in_input_dataset(cls, input_file_dataset: Dict) -> Dict:
         return input_file_dataset
 
     @classmethod
-    def _encode_image(cls, img: Image, format=ImageFormat.PNG):
+    def _encode_image(cls, img: Image.Image, format=ImageFormat.PNG):
         """Encodes an image into base64 encoding."""
         buffered = BytesIO()
         img.save(buffered, format=format.name)
diff --git a/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/synthetic_image_generator.py b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/synthetic_image_generator.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79aabd6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/genai_perf/llm_inputs/synthetic_image_generator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import base64
+from enum import Enum, auto
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import Optional, cast
+
+import numpy as np
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+class ImageFormat(Enum):
+    JPEG = auto()
+    PNG = auto()
+
+
+class SyntheticImageGenerator:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        image_width_mean: int,
+        image_height_mean: int,
+        image_width_stddev: int,
+        image_height_stddev: int,
+        image_format: ImageFormat = ImageFormat.PNG,
+        rng: Optional[np.random.Generator] = None,
+    ):
+        self._image_width_mean = image_width_mean
+        self._image_height_mean = image_height_mean
+        self._image_width_stddev = image_width_stddev
+        self._image_height_stddev = image_height_stddev
+        self.image_format = image_format
+        self.rng = cast(np.random.Generator, rng or np.random.default_rng())
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def _sample_random_positive_integer(self, mean: int, stddev: int) -> int:
+        while True:
+            n = int(self.rng.normal(mean, stddev))
+            if n > 0:
+                break
+        return n
+
+    def _get_next_image(self):
+        width = self._sample_random_positive_integer(
+            self._image_width_mean, self._image_width_stddev
+        )
+        height = self._sample_random_positive_integer(
+            self._image_height_mean, self._image_height_stddev
+        )
+        shape = width, height, 3
+        noise = self.rng.integers(0, 256, shape, dtype=np.uint8)
+        return Image.fromarray(noise)
+
+    def _encode(self, image):
+        buffered = BytesIO()
+        image.save(buffered, format=self.image_format.name)
+        data = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")
+        return f"data:image/{self.image_format.name.lower()};base64,{data}"
+
+    def __next__(self) -> str:
+        image = self._get_next_image()
+        base64_string = self._encode(image)
+        return base64_string
diff --git a/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/tests/test_synthetic_image_generator.py b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/tests/test_synthetic_image_generator.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16fb5b6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/c++/perf_analyzer/genai-perf/tests/test_synthetic_image_generator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import base64
+from io import BytesIO
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+from genai_perf.llm_inputs.synthetic_image_generator import (
+    ImageFormat,
+    SyntheticImageGenerator,
+)
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+def decode_image(base64_string):
+    _, data = base64_string.split(",")
+    decoded_data = base64.b64decode(data)
+    return Image.open(BytesIO(decoded_data))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "expected_image_size",
+    [
+        (100, 100),
+        (200, 200),
+    ],
+)
+def test_different_image_size(expected_image_size):
+    expected_width, expected_height = expected_image_size
+    sut = SyntheticImageGenerator(
+        image_width_mean=expected_width,
+        image_height_mean=expected_height,
+        image_width_stddev=0,
+        image_height_stddev=0,
+    )
+
+    base64_string = next(sut)
+    image = decode_image(base64_string)
+
+    assert image.size == expected_image_size, "image not resized to the target size"
+
+
+def test_negative_size_is_not_selected():
+    sut = SyntheticImageGenerator(
+        image_width_mean=-1,
+        image_height_mean=-1,
+        image_width_stddev=10,
+        image_height_stddev=10,
+    )
+
+    # exception is raised, when PIL.Image.resize is called with negative values
+    next(sut)
+
+
+def test_generator_deterministic():
+    IMAGE_SIZE = 100, 100
+    STDDEV = 100, 100
+    SEED = 44
+    rng1 = np.random.default_rng(seed=SEED)
+    rng2 = np.random.default_rng(seed=SEED)
+    sut1 = SyntheticImageGenerator(*IMAGE_SIZE, *STDDEV, rng=rng1)
+    sut2 = SyntheticImageGenerator(*IMAGE_SIZE, *STDDEV, rng=rng2)
+
+    for _, img1, img2 in zip(range(5), sut1, sut2):
+        assert img1 == img2, "generator is nondererministic"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("image_format", [ImageFormat.PNG, ImageFormat.JPEG])
+def test_base64_encoding_with_different_formats(image_format):
+    IMAGE_SIZE = 100, 100
+    STDDEV = 100, 100
+    sut = SyntheticImageGenerator(*IMAGE_SIZE, *STDDEV, image_format=image_format)
+
+    base64String = next(sut)
+
+    base64prefix = f"data:image/{image_format.name.lower()};base64,"
+    assert base64String.startswith(base64prefix), "unexpected prefix"
+    data = base64String[len(base64prefix) :]
+
+    # test if generator encodes to base64
+    img_data = base64.b64decode(data)
+    img_bytes = BytesIO(img_data)
+    # test if an image is encoded
+    image = Image.open(img_bytes)
+
+    assert image.format == image_format.name