diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c68b822f..3cf777f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6824,6 +6824,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "simdutf8",
  "strum_macros",
  "tempfile",
+ "thumbhash",
  "tokio 1.49.0",
  "tower-http 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
@@ -8835,6 +8836,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thumbhash"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b7726e0245a7331bd0c9a1fb4fd99fd695bcd478ca569f0eda2ff2cb14e7a00"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tiff"
 version = "0.10.3"
diff --git a/crates/core/database/src/models/file_hashes/model.rs b/crates/core/database/src/models/file_hashes/model.rs
index 756ce3d5..b25abb12 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/src/models/file_hashes/model.rs
+++ b/crates/core/database/src/models/file_hashes/model.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ auto_derived!(
         Image {
             width: isize,
             height: isize,
+            thumbhash: Option<Vec<u8>>,
             #[serde(default)]
             animated: bool,
         },
diff --git a/crates/core/database/src/util/bridge/v0.rs b/crates/core/database/src/util/bridge/v0.rs
index e5e888d6..2e637795 100644
--- a/crates/core/database/src/util/bridge/v0.rs
+++ b/crates/core/database/src/util/bridge/v0.rs
@@ -415,11 +415,13 @@ impl From<crate::Metadata> for Metadata {
             crate::Metadata::Image {
                 width,
                 height,
+                thumbhash,
                 animated,
             } => Metadata::Image {
                 width: width as usize,
                 height: height as usize,
-                animated: animated as bool,
+                thumbhash,
+                animated,
             },
             crate::Metadata::Video { width, height } => Metadata::Video {
                 width: width as usize,
@@ -438,10 +440,12 @@ impl From<Metadata> for crate::Metadata {
             Metadata::Image {
                 width,
                 height,
+                thumbhash,
                 animated,
             } => crate::Metadata::Image {
                 width: width as isize,
                 height: height as isize,
+                thumbhash,
                 animated,
             },
             Metadata::Video { width, height } => crate::Metadata::Video {
@@ -531,7 +535,9 @@ impl From<crate::SystemMessage> for SystemMessage {
             crate::SystemMessage::UserRemove { id, by } => Self::UserRemove { id, by },
             crate::SystemMessage::MessagePinned { id, by } => Self::MessagePinned { id, by },
             crate::SystemMessage::MessageUnpinned { id, by } => Self::MessageUnpinned { id, by },
-            crate::SystemMessage::CallStarted { by, finished_at } => Self::CallStarted { by, finished_at }
+            crate::SystemMessage::CallStarted { by, finished_at } => {
+                Self::CallStarted { by, finished_at }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1398,7 +1404,7 @@ impl From<FieldsMessage> for crate::FieldsMessage {
 impl From<VoiceInformation> for crate::VoiceInformation {
     fn from(value: VoiceInformation) -> Self {
         crate::VoiceInformation {
-            max_users: value.max_users
+            max_users: value.max_users,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1406,7 +1412,7 @@ impl From<VoiceInformation> for crate::VoiceInformation {
 impl From<crate::VoiceInformation> for VoiceInformation {
     fn from(value: crate::VoiceInformation) -> Self {
         VoiceInformation {
-            max_users: value.max_users
+            max_users: value.max_users,
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/crates/core/models/src/v0/files.rs b/crates/core/models/src/v0/files.rs
index 7ed1e20e..32ccf0e1 100644
--- a/crates/core/models/src/v0/files.rs
+++ b/crates/core/models/src/v0/files.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ auto_derived!(
         Image {
             width: usize,
             height: usize,
+            thumbhash: Option<Vec<u8>>,
             animated: bool,
         },
         /// File is a video with specific dimensions
diff --git a/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml b/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
index 84cf6531..ba426dc8 100644
--- a/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/services/autumn/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jxl-oxide = "0.8.1"
 kamadak-exif = "0.5.4"
 # revolt_little_exif = "0.5.1"
 image = { version = "0.25.2" } # avif encode requires dav1d system library: features = ["avif-native"]
+thumbhash = "0.1.0"
 
 # File processing
 revolt_clamav-client = { version = "0.1.5" }
diff --git a/crates/services/autumn/src/exif.rs b/crates/services/autumn/src/exif.rs
index 562f975e..af02953e 100644
--- a/crates/services/autumn/src/exif.rs
+++ b/crates/services/autumn/src/exif.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub async fn strip_metadata(
         Metadata::Image {
             width,
             height,
+            thumbhash,
             animated,
         } => match mime {
             // // little_exif does not appear to parse JPEGs correctly? had 2/2 files fail
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ pub async fn strip_metadata(
                     Metadata::Image {
                         width,
                         height,
+                        thumbhash: thumbhash.clone(),
                         animated: *animated,
                     },
                 ))
diff --git a/crates/services/autumn/src/metadata.rs b/crates/services/autumn/src/metadata.rs
index 3c69cf84..3493cf49 100644
--- a/crates/services/autumn/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/services/autumn/src/metadata.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::io::Cursor;
 
+use image::{GenericImageView, ImageError, ImageReader};
 use revolt_database::Metadata;
 use revolt_files::{image_size, is_animated, video_size};
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
@@ -26,6 +27,16 @@ pub fn generate_metadata(f: &NamedTempFile, mime_type: &str) -> Metadata {
             .map(|(width, height)| Metadata::Image {
                 width: width as isize,
                 height: height as isize,
+                thumbhash: ImageReader::open(f)
+                    .and_then(|r| r.with_guessed_format())
+                    .map_err(ImageError::from)
+                    .and_then(|r| r.decode())
+                    .map(|img| img.thumbnail(100, 100))
+                    .map(|img| (img.dimensions(), img.to_rgba8().into_raw()))
+                    .map(|((width, height), rgba)| {
+                        thumbhash::rgba_to_thumb_hash(width as usize, height as usize, &rgba)
+                    })
+                    .ok(),
                 animated: is_animated(f, mime_type).unwrap_or(false),
             })
             .unwrap_or_default()