diff --git a/src/zm_event.cpp b/src/zm_event.cpp
index 243c1b055..763ce94a1 100644
--- a/src/zm_event.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_event.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ bool Event::SendFrameImage( const Image *image, bool alarm_frame )
 	static int jpg_buffer_size = 0;
 	static unsigned char jpg_buffer[ZM_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE];
 
-	image->EncodeJpeg( jpg_buffer, &jpg_buffer_size );
+	image->EncodeJpeg( jpg_buffer, &jpg_buffer_size, config.jpeg_file_quality );
 
 	static FrameHeader frame_header;
 
diff --git a/src/zm_image.cpp b/src/zm_image.cpp
index aeaf1845d..76cbd6100 100644
--- a/src/zm_image.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_image.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ bool Image::ReadJpeg( const char *filename )
 	return( true );
 }
 
-bool Image::WriteJpeg( const char *filename ) const
+bool Image::WriteJpeg( const char *filename, int quality_override ) const
 {
 	if ( config.colour_jpeg_files && colours == 1 )
 	{
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ bool Image::WriteJpeg( const char *filename ) const
 	}
 	jpeg_set_defaults(&cinfo);
 	cinfo.dct_method = JDCT_FASTEST;
-	jpeg_set_quality(&cinfo, config.jpeg_file_quality, false);
+	jpeg_set_quality(&cinfo, quality_override?quality_override:config.jpeg_file_quality, false);
 	jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, TRUE);
 
 	JSAMPROW row_pointer;	/* pointer to a single row */
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ bool Image::DecodeJpeg( JOCTET *inbuffer, int inbuffer_size )
 	return( true );
 }
 
-bool Image::EncodeJpeg( JOCTET *outbuffer, int *outbuffer_size ) const
+bool Image::EncodeJpeg( JOCTET *outbuffer, int *outbuffer_size, int quality_override ) const
 {
 	if ( config.colour_jpeg_files && colours == 1 )
 	{
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ bool Image::EncodeJpeg( JOCTET *outbuffer, int *outbuffer_size ) const
 	}
 	jpeg_set_defaults(&cinfo);
 	cinfo.dct_method = JDCT_FASTEST;
-	jpeg_set_quality(&cinfo, config.jpeg_image_quality, false);
+	jpeg_set_quality(&cinfo, quality_override?quality_override:config.jpeg_image_quality, false);
 	jpeg_start_compress(&cinfo, TRUE);
 
 	JSAMPROW row_pointer;	/* pointer to a single row */
diff --git a/src/zm_image.h b/src/zm_image.h
index 23df63bef..03f5c9ec7 100644
--- a/src/zm_image.h
+++ b/src/zm_image.h
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	bool ReadJpeg( const char *filename );
-	bool WriteJpeg( const char *filename ) const;
+	bool WriteJpeg( const char *filename, int quality_override=0 ) const;
 	bool DecodeJpeg( JOCTET *inbuffer, int inbuffer_size );
-	bool EncodeJpeg( JOCTET *outbuffer, int *outbuffer_size ) const;
+	bool EncodeJpeg( JOCTET *outbuffer, int *outbuffer_size, int quality_override=0 ) const;
 
 	void Overlay( const Image &image );
 	void Blend( const Image &image, int transparency=10 ) const;