diff --git a/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/config/chat_options.dart b/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/config/chat_options.dart
index bace1a3..c1c083c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/config/chat_options.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/config/chat_options.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class ChatOptions {
     this.iconDisabledColor,
     this.chatAlignment,
     this.onNoChats,
+    this.imageQuality = 20,
     this.imageProviderResolver = _defaultImageProviderResolver,
     ChatRepositoryInterface? chatRepository,
     UserRepositoryInterface? userRepository,
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ class ChatOptions {
   /// [onNoChats] is a function that is triggered when there are no chats.
   final Function? onNoChats;
 
+  /// [imageQuality] sets the quality of the image to send over with chat image
+  /// messages. This should be a value between 1 and 100 where 1 is the worst
+  /// image quality and 100 is the best image quality. Note that the higher the
+  /// image quality is set, the larger te iage is, that is being sent over.
+  final int imageQuality;
+
   /// If [imageProviderResolver] is set, it will be used to get the images for
   /// the images in the entire userstory. If not provided, CachedNetworkImage
   /// will be used.
diff --git a/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/screens/creation/widgets/default_image_picker.dart b/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/screens/creation/widgets/default_image_picker.dart
index 2960a3d..d830868 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/screens/creation/widgets/default_image_picker.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_chat/lib/src/screens/creation/widgets/default_image_picker.dart
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ class DefaultImagePickerDialog extends StatelessWidget {
           padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
           color: Colors.white,
           child: ImagePicker(
-            config: const ImagePickerConfig(imageQuality: 20),
+            config: ImagePickerConfig(
+              imageQuality: options.imageQuality.clamp(0, 100),
+            ),
             theme: ImagePickerTheme(
               spaceBetweenIcons: 32.0,
               iconColor: theme.primaryColor,