diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/types.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/types.ts
index 71362ef95248..9c5990cb77ae 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/types.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/types.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export type LocalImageProps<T> = ImageSharedProps<T> & {
 	 *	<Image src={myImage} alt="..."></Image>
 	 * ```
 	 */
-	src: ImageMetadata;
+	src: ImageMetadata | Promise<{ default: ImageMetadata }>;
 	/**
 	 * Desired output format for the image. Defaults to `webp`.
 	 *
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
index 4d5f467bfc0f..8c09de245211 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/core-image.test.js
@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@ describe('astro:image', () => {
 					})
 				).to.be.true;
 			});
+
+			it('supports inlined imports', async () => {
+				let res = await fixture.fetch('/inlineImport');
+				let html = await res.text();
+				$ = cheerio.load(html);
+
+				let $img = $('img');
+				expect($img).to.have.a.lengthOf(1);
+
+				let src = $img.attr('src');
+				res = await fixture.fetch(src);
+				expect(res.status).to.equal(200);
+			});
 		});
 
 		describe('vite-isms', () => {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/inlineImport.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/inlineImport.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3235879934c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/core-image/src/pages/inlineImport.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+import { getImage } from "astro:assets";
+
+const optimizedImage = await getImage({src: import('../assets/penguin1.jpg')})
+---
+
+<img src={optimizedImage.src} {...optimizedImage.attributes} />