diff --git a/pod_feeder.pl b/pod_feeder.pl
index 689814e..75751ca 100755
--- a/pod_feeder.pl
+++ b/pod_feeder.pl
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ sub get_feed_items {
                         push ( @hashtags, @categories );
                 }
 
-		# extract image link and hover text if it exists
+		# extract image link and hover text from description if it exists
 		if( defined $item->{'description'} ){
 			$item->{'description'} =~ / src='(https?:\/\/[^']+)/ unless $item->{'description'} =~ / src="(https?:\/\/[^"]+)/;
 
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ sub get_feed_items {
 			}
 		}
 
+		# extract the image link from the enclosure tag if it exists
+		if( not length $image and defined $item->{'enclosure'} and defined $item->{'enclosure'}->{'type'} and $item->{'enclosure'}->{'type'} =~ /^image\// ){
+			$image = $item->{'enclosure'}->{'url'} if defined $item->{'enclosure'}->{'url'};
+		}
+
                 @hashtags = sort @hashtags;
 
                 if( defined $item->{'guid'} ){