diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 110c4b377..e7033fc93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -221,6 +221,19 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "av-data"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fca67ba5d317924c02180c576157afd54babe48a76ebc66ce6d34bb8ba08308e"
+dependencies = [
+ "byte-slice-cast",
+ "bytes",
+ "num-derive",
+ "num-rational",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "av-scenechange"
 version = "0.14.1"
@@ -264,7 +277,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "bitreader",
  "byteorder",
- "fallible_collections",
+ "fallible_collections 0.5.1",
  "leb128",
  "log",
 ]
@@ -480,6 +493,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byte-slice-cast"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7575182f7272186991736b70173b0ea045398f984bf5ebbb3804736ce1330c9d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytecheck"
 version = "0.6.12"
@@ -574,6 +593,16 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d43a04d8753f35258c91f8ec639f792891f748a1edbd759cf1dcea3382ad83c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-expr"
+version = "0.20.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78cef5b5a1a6827c7322ae2a636368a573006b27cfa76c7ebd53e834daeaab6a"
+dependencies = [
+ "smallvec",
+ "target-lexicon",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1117,6 +1146,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "matches",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dav1d"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80c3f80814db85397819d464bb553268992c393b4b3b5554b89c1655996d5926"
+dependencies = [
+ "av-data",
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "dav1d-sys",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dav1d-sys"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3c91aea6668645415331133ed6f8ddf0e7f40160cd97a12d59e68716a58704b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "system-deps",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.5.5"
@@ -1415,6 +1466,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-inflate",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fallible_collections"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a88c69768c0a15262df21899142bc6df9b9b823546d4b4b9a7bc2d6c448ec6fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown 0.13.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fallible_collections"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -1784,6 +1844,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.7.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.12",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.5"
@@ -2085,10 +2154,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder-lite",
  "color_quant",
+ "dav1d",
  "exr",
  "gif",
  "image-webp",
  "moxcms",
+ "mp4parse",
  "num-traits",
  "png",
  "qoi",
@@ -2100,6 +2171,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "zune-jpeg 0.5.12",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "image-compare"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "176623a137baf75908084aff53578d6336cbd932bffaf12fabe26b343eb13338"
+dependencies = [
+ "image",
+ "itertools 0.14.0",
+ "rayon",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "image-webp"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -2948,6 +3031,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "pxfm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mp4parse"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "63a35203d3c6ce92d5251c77520acb2e57108c88728695aa883f70023624c570"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitreader",
+ "byteorder",
+ "fallible_collections 0.4.9",
+ "log",
+ "num-traits",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mutate_once"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -3724,6 +3821,18 @@ version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "perceptual-image"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "030ca5c725240423c0128b873e8ffb664e4ce22c5a22273687e6490115aa7a84"
+dependencies = [
+ "image",
+ "image-compare",
+ "phf 0.13.1",
+ "webp",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
 version = "0.11.3"
@@ -4112,7 +4221,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2",
  "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4567,7 +4676,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "security-framework",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4856,6 +4965,7 @@ name = "site"
 version = "0.23.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "aho-corasick",
  "config",
  "content",
  "criterion",
@@ -4863,6 +4973,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs-err",
  "globset",
  "grass",
+ "image",
  "imageproc",
  "insta",
  "link_checker",
@@ -4871,6 +4982,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "minify-html",
  "path-slash",
+ "perceptual-image",
  "rayon",
  "relative-path",
  "render",
@@ -5052,6 +5164,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-deps"
+version = "7.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48c8f33736f986f16d69b6cb8b03f55ddcad5c41acc4ccc39dd88e84aa805e7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-expr",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "toml",
+ "version-compare",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -5069,6 +5194,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "xattr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "target-lexicon"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df7f62577c25e07834649fc3b39fafdc597c0a3527dc1c60129201ccfcbaa50c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-winres"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -5678,6 +5809,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version-compare"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03c2856837ef78f57382f06b2b8563a2f512f7185d732608fd9176cb3b8edf0e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/components/config/src/config/image_compression.rs b/components/config/src/config/image_compression.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a792ba68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/config/src/config/image_compression.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum ImageFormat {
+    Jpeg,
+    Webp,
+    Avif,
+}
+
+impl ImageFormat {
+    pub fn file_extension(&self) -> &str {
+        match self {
+            ImageFormat::Jpeg => "jpg",
+            ImageFormat::Webp => "webp",
+            ImageFormat::Avif => "avif",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ImageCompression {
+    /// Glob of files to run the compression on.
+    pub glob: String,
+    /// The codec to encode files to.
+    pub format: ImageFormat,
+    /// Target SSIM score.
+    #[serde(default = "default_ssim")]
+    pub target_ssim: f64,
+    /// Number of iterations to try and reach target SSIM.
+    #[serde(default = "default_iterations")]
+    pub max_iterations: u8,
+}
+
+fn default_ssim() -> f64 {
+    0.8295
+}
+
+fn default_iterations() -> u8 {
+    5
+}
diff --git a/components/config/src/config/mod.rs b/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
index 61d70d9ca..50110fcd0 100644
--- a/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod image_compression;
 pub mod languages;
 pub mod link_checker;
 pub mod markup;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub compile_sass: bool,
     /// Whether to minify the html output
     pub minify_html: bool,
+    pub compress_images: Option<Vec<image_compression::ImageCompression>>,
     /// Whether to build the search index for the content
     pub build_search_index: bool,
     /// A list of file glob patterns to ignore when processing the content folder. Defaults to none.
@@ -466,6 +468,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             author: None,
             compile_sass: false,
             minify_html: false,
+            compress_images: None,
             mode: Mode::Build,
             build_search_index: false,
             ignored_content: Vec::new(),
diff --git a/components/config/src/lib.rs b/components/config/src/lib.rs
index 54e4487b6..c06e2efc1 100644
--- a/components/config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/config/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 pub use crate::config::{
     Config,
+    image_compression::{ImageCompression, ImageFormat},
     languages::LanguageOptions,
     link_checker::LinkChecker,
     link_checker::LinkCheckerLevel,
diff --git a/components/site/Cargo.toml b/components/site/Cargo.toml
index 50ef7eb3e..4cef42bc1 100644
--- a/components/site/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/site/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ content = { workspace = true }
 render = { workspace = true }
 markdown = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
+perceptual-image = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["jpeg", "avif", "webp"] }
+image.workspace = true
+aho-corasick = "1.1.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/components/site/src/compress_images.rs b/components/site/src/compress_images.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..100b8047a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/site/src/compress_images.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use std::{
+    fs::{self, File},
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
+
+use aho_corasick::{AhoCorasick, MatchKind};
+use config::ImageCompression;
+use errors::Result;
+use perceptual_image::{
+    PerceptualCompressor,
+    encoders::{PerceptualAVIFEncoder, PerceptualJpegEncoder, PerceptualWebPEncoder},
+};
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+pub fn compress_images(
+    static_path: &Path,
+    output_path: &Path,
+    globs: &Vec<ImageCompression>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    // Setup paths
+    let compressed_path = {
+        let mut compressed_path = PathBuf::from(static_path);
+        compressed_path.push("compressed_images");
+        compressed_path
+    };
+
+    // Setup record of compressed files
+    let mut old_files = Vec::new();
+    let mut new_files = Vec::new();
+
+    for item in globs {
+        let glob = globset::GlobBuilder::new(&item.glob).build()?.compile_matcher();
+        for entry in WalkDir::new(&static_path)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_entry(|e| !e.path().starts_with(&compressed_path))
+        {
+            let entry = entry?;
+            let input_path = entry.path();
+
+            // Search for matches to glob and compress
+            if glob.is_match(entry.path()) {
+                let mut output_path =
+                    compressed_path.join(entry.path().strip_prefix(&static_path)?);
+                output_path.set_extension(item.format.file_extension());
+
+                fs::create_dir_all(&output_path.parent().unwrap())?;
+                old_files.push(input_path.strip_prefix(&static_path)?.display().to_string());
+                new_files.push(output_path.strip_prefix(&static_path)?.display().to_string());
+
+                // Only run compression if output file does not already exist
+                if !Path::exists(&output_path) {
+                    let file = File::create(output_path.clone())?;
+                    let source = image::open(entry.path())?;
+                    let compressor = PerceptualCompressor::new(&source)
+                        .max_iterations(item.max_iterations as usize)
+                        .target_score(item.target_ssim);
+
+                    match item.format {
+                        config::ImageFormat::Avif => {
+                            let encoder = PerceptualAVIFEncoder::new();
+                            compressor.encode(file, encoder)?;
+                        }
+                        config::ImageFormat::Jpeg => {
+                            let encoder = PerceptualJpegEncoder::new();
+                            compressor.encode(file, encoder)?;
+                        }
+                        config::ImageFormat::Webp => {
+                            let encoder = PerceptualWebPEncoder::new();
+                            compressor.encode(file, encoder)?;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Clean any orphaned files from compressed_images.
+    for entry in WalkDir::new(compressed_path.clone()) {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        let comp_path = entry.path().strip_prefix(&static_path)?.display().to_string();
+
+        if !entry.path().is_dir() && new_files.iter().find(|x| *x == &comp_path).is_none() {
+            fs::remove_file(entry.path())?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Finally, rewrite references to file in output html.
+    let glob = globset::GlobBuilder::new("**/*.html").build()?.compile_matcher();
+    for entry in WalkDir::new(output_path) {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        if glob.is_match(entry.path()) {
+            let contents = fs::read_to_string(entry.path())?;
+
+            // Find any references to replaced files.
+            let new_contents = AhoCorasick::builder()
+                .match_kind(MatchKind::LeftmostFirst)
+                .build(&old_files)?
+                .replace_all(&contents, &new_files);
+
+            fs::write(entry.path(), new_contents)?;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index ea5892ebe..1581adbef 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod compress_images;
 pub mod feeds;
 pub mod link_checking;
 mod md_render;
@@ -733,6 +734,14 @@ impl Site {
         // or from templates
         self.process_images()?;
         start = log_time(start, "Processed images");
+
+        if let Some(compress) = &self.config.compress_images
+            && self.build_mode == BuildMode::Disk
+        {
+            compress_images::compress_images(&self.static_path, &self.output_path, compress)?;
+            start = log_time(start, "Compressed images");
+        }
+
         // Processed images will be in static so the last step is to copy it
         self.copy_static_directories()?;
         log_time(start, "Copied static dir");