diff --git a/latex2edx/plastexit.py b/latex2edx/plastexit.py
index 19ea34f..e655699 100644
--- a/latex2edx/plastexit.py
+++ b/latex2edx/plastexit.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def filter_fix_displaymathverbatim(cls, m):
         x = m.group(1).strip()			# plastex2.1 - already escaped
         return '[mathjax]%s[/mathjax]' % x.replace('\\end{edXmath}', '')
 
-    filter_fix_image_match = '<includegraphics style="(.*?)">(.*?)</includegraphics>'
+    filter_fix_image_match = '<includegraphics style="(.*?)" alt="(.*?)">(.*?)</includegraphics>'
 
     def filter_fix_image(self, m):
         width = 400
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ def filter_fix_image(self, m):
         attribs = ';'.join(attribs)
         if attribs:
             attribs = 'style="' + attribs + '"'
+        alt = m.group(2)
+        if alt:
+            # Note for an empty alt text must have one single space
+            if alt == " ":
+                alt = ""
+            attribs = attribs + ' alt="' + alt + '"'
 
         def make_image_html(fn,k,attribs):
             self.imfnset.append(fn+k)
@@ -163,7 +169,7 @@ def make_image_html(fn,k,attribs):
             src = self.imurl_fmt.format(imurl=self.imurl, fnbase=fnbase)
             return '<img src="%s" width="%d" %s/>' % (src, width, attribs)
 
-        fnset = [m.group(2)]
+        fnset = [m.group(3)]
         fnsuftab = ['','.png','.pdf','.png','.jpg']
         for k in fnsuftab:
             for fn in fnset:
diff --git a/latex2edx/plastexpy/edXpsl.py b/latex2edx/plastexpy/edXpsl.py
index e481d6d..28a835d 100755
--- a/latex2edx/plastexpy/edXpsl.py
+++ b/latex2edx/plastexpy/edXpsl.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class edXdiscussion(Base.Command):
 
 
 class includegraphics(Base.Command):
-    args = '[ width ] self'
+    args = '[ width ] [ alt ] self'
 
 
 class marginote(Base.Command):  # tooltip margin note \marginote[options]{note}{anchor text}
diff --git a/latex2edx/render/edXpsl.zpts b/latex2edx/render/edXpsl.zpts
index 697ac61..364bf4b 100755
--- a/latex2edx/render/edXpsl.zpts
+++ b/latex2edx/render/edXpsl.zpts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ name: edXdiscussion
 <discussion tal:attributes='display_name self/attributes/display_name; attrib_string self/attributes/attrib_string' tal:content='self'></discussion>
 
 name: includegraphics
-<includegraphics tal:attributes="style string:${self/attributes/width}" tal:content='self'></includegraphics>
+<includegraphics tal:attributes="style string:${self/attributes/width}; alt string:${self/attributes/alt}" tal:content='self'></includegraphics>
 
 name: edXcite
 <edxcite tal:attributes="ref string:${self/attributes/ref}" tal:content='self'></edxcite>