diff --git a/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/PdfUtils.java b/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/PdfUtils.java
index 6f4305bd3..ff7e64302 100644
--- a/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/PdfUtils.java
+++ b/app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/PdfUtils.java
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ public class PdfUtils {
             ImageType colorType,
             boolean singleImage,
             int DPI,
-            String filename)
+            String filename,
+            boolean includeAnnotations)
             throws IOException, Exception {
 
         // Validate and limit DPI to prevent excessive memory usage
@@ -163,6 +164,9 @@ public class PdfUtils {
         try (PDDocument document = pdfDocumentFactory.load(inputStream)) {
             PDFRenderer pdfRenderer = new PDFRenderer(document);
             pdfRenderer.setSubsamplingAllowed(true);
+            if (!includeAnnotations) {
+                pdfRenderer.setAnnotationsFilter(annotation -> false);
+            }
             int pageCount = document.getNumberOfPages();
 
             // Create a ByteArrayOutputStream to save the image(s) to
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java
index 5eff72a4a..bb34a71ab 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java
+++ b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
         String colorType = request.getColorType();
         int dpi = request.getDpi();
         String pageNumbers = request.getPageNumbers();
+        boolean includeAnnotations = Boolean.TRUE.equals(request.getIncludeAnnotations());
         Path tempFile = null;
         Path tempOutputDir = null;
         Path tempPdfPath = null;
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
                             colorTypeResult,
                             singleImage,
                             dpi,
-                            filename);
+                            filename,
+                            includeAnnotations);
             if (result == null || result.length == 0) {
                 log.error("resultant bytes for {} is null, error converting ", filename);
             }
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java
index 149676946..dbbd9f0eb 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java
+++ b/app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertToImageRequest.java
@@ -39,4 +39,9 @@ public class ConvertToImageRequest extends PDFWithPageNums {
             defaultValue = "300",
             requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
     private Integer dpi;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description = "Include annotations such as comments in the output image(s)",
+            defaultValue = "false")
+    private Boolean includeAnnotations;
 }
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties b/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
index 3414a33f2..e529defe1 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
+++ b/app/core/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@ pdfToImage.dpi=DPI (The server limit is {0} dpi)
 pdfToImage.submit=Convert
 pdfToImage.info=Python is not installed. Required for WebP conversion.
 pdfToImage.placeholder=(e.g. 1,2,8 or 4,7,12-16 or 2n-1)
+pdfToImage.includeAnnotations=Include annotations (comments, highlights etc.)
 
 
 #addPassword
diff --git a/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/convert/pdf-to-img.html b/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/convert/pdf-to-img.html
index 78c7ca901..8cd0df5ec 100644
--- a/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/convert/pdf-to-img.html
+++ b/app/core/src/main/resources/templates/convert/pdf-to-img.html
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
                   <option value="blackwhite" th:text="#{pdfToImage.blackwhite}"></option>
                 </select>
               </div>
+              <div class="mb-3 form-check">
+                <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="includeAnnotations" name="includeAnnotations">
+                <label class="form-check-label" for="includeAnnotations" th:text="#{pdfToImage.includeAnnotations}"></label>
+              </div>
               <div class="mb-3">
                 <label for="dpi">DPI:</label>
                 <input type="number" name="dpi" class="form-control" id="dpi" min="1" step="1" value="300" required>