diff --git a/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js b/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
index 36d09102c..c68b5de88 100644
--- a/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
+++ b/packages/readabilityjs/Readability.js
@@ -504,15 +504,17 @@ Readability.prototype = {
     });
   },
 
-  /** Creates imageproxy links for all article images */
+  /** Creates imageproxy links for all article images with href source */
   _createImageProxyLinks: function (articleContent) {
     if (this.createImageProxyUrl !== undefined) {
-      // replace all image src's
+      // replace all images' href source
       const images = articleContent.getElementsByTagName('img');
       Array.from(images).forEach(image => {
         const src = image.getAttribute("src");
+        const dataUriRegex = /^data:image\/(?:png|jpe?g|gif);base64,/;
 
-        if (src) {
+        // do not proxy data uri
+        if (src && !dataUriRegex.test(src)) {
           const absoluteSrc = this.toAbsoluteURI(src);
           const attToNumber = (str) => {
             if (!str) { return 0; }
diff --git a/packages/readabilityjs/test/test-readability.js b/packages/readabilityjs/test/test-readability.js
index 7c80abfe6..44c00e44b 100644
--- a/packages/readabilityjs/test/test-readability.js
+++ b/packages/readabilityjs/test/test-readability.js
@@ -270,6 +270,17 @@ describe("Readability API", function() {
       }).parse().content;
       expect(content).eql(expected_xhtml);
     });
+
+    it("should not proxy image with data uri", function() {
+      var dom = new JSDOM("My cat: <img src=\"data:image/png;base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA" +
+        "AAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\"" +
+        " alt=\"Red dot\" />");
+      var expected_xhtml = "<div id=\"readability-page-1\" class=\"page\">My cat: <img src=\"data:image/png;base64," +
+        " iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0" +
+        "Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Red dot\"></div>";
+      var content = new Readability(dom.window.document).parse().content;
+      expect(content).eql(expected_xhtml);
+    });
   });
 });