diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
index 62652066fa..fc11337bf7 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/restore.ts
@@ -254,6 +254,14 @@ const restoreElement = (
         status: element.status || "pending",
         fileId: element.fileId,
         scale: element.scale || [1, 1],
+        crop: element.crop ?? null,
+        // TODO: restore properly
+        widthAtCreation: element.widthAtCreation,
+        heightAtCreation: element.heightAtCreation,
+        naturalWidth: element.naturalWidth,
+        naturalHeight: element.naturalHeight,
+        resizedFactorX: element.resizedFactorX,
+        resizedFactorY: element.resizedFactorY,
       });
     case "line":
     // @ts-ignore LEGACY type
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/newElement.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/newElement.ts
index a3b259e366..f209532658 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/newElement.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/newElement.ts
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ export const newImageElement = (
     status?: ExcalidrawImageElement["status"];
     fileId?: ExcalidrawImageElement["fileId"];
     scale?: ExcalidrawImageElement["scale"];
+    crop?: ExcalidrawImageElement["crop"];
   } & ElementConstructorOpts,
 ): NonDeleted<ExcalidrawImageElement> => {
   return {
@@ -488,6 +489,13 @@ export const newImageElement = (
     status: opts.status ?? "pending",
     fileId: opts.fileId ?? null,
     scale: opts.scale ?? [1, 1],
+    widthAtCreation: 0,
+    heightAtCreation: 0,
+    naturalWidth: 0,
+    naturalHeight: 0,
+    crop: opts.crop ?? null,
+    resizedFactorX: 1,
+    resizedFactorY: 1,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/types.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/types.ts
index 9b09254276..967df2bcb0 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/types.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/types.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@ export type ExcalidrawImageElement = _ExcalidrawElementBase &
     status: "pending" | "saved" | "error";
     /** X and Y scale factors <-1, 1>, used for image axis flipping */
     scale: [number, number];
+
+    /** the image's dimension after adjustment at creation */
+    widthAtCreation: number;
+    heightAtCreation: number;
+    /** how much the image has been resized with respect the dimension at creation */
+    resizedFactorX: number;
+    resizedFactorY: number;
+
+    naturalWidth: number;
+    naturalHeight: number;
+
+    crop: {
+      x: number;
+      y: number;
+      width: number;
+      height: number;
+    } | null;
   }>;
 
 export type InitializedExcalidrawImageElement = MarkNonNullable<