diff --git a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
index f26c45830c6..44937dfa2c3 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ public:
             if (m_basePath.isEmpty())
                 localUrls.clear();
 
+            if (!m_loadRemoteImages)
+                remoteUrls.clear();
+
             const LoopList remoteIterator(remoteUrls);
             const LoopList localIterator(localUrls);
 
@@ -360,11 +363,13 @@ public:
     }
 
     void setBasePath(const FilePath &filePath) { m_basePath = filePath; }
+    void setAllowRemoteImages(bool allow) { m_loadRemoteImages = allow; }
 
 private:
     AnimatedImageHandler m_imageHandler;
     QList<QUrl> m_urlsToLoad;
     bool m_needsToRestartLoading = false;
+    bool m_loadRemoteImages = false;
     Tasking::TaskTreeRunner m_imageLoaderTree;
     FilePath m_basePath;
 };
@@ -375,6 +380,11 @@ MarkdownBrowser::MarkdownBrowser(QWidget *parent)
     setDocument(new AnimatedDocument(this));
 }
 
+void MarkdownBrowser::setAllowRemoteImages(bool allow)
+{
+    static_cast<AnimatedDocument *>(document())->setAllowRemoteImages(allow);
+}
+
 void MarkdownBrowser::setBasePath(const FilePath &filePath)
 {
     static_cast<AnimatedDocument *>(document())->setBasePath(filePath);
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.h b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.h
index ccd48712b63..9ac2c3f2cb3 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/markdownbrowser.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public:
 
     void setMarkdown(const QString &markdown);
     void setBasePath(const FilePath &filePath);
+    void setAllowRemoteImages(bool allow);
 };
 
 } // namespace Utils
diff --git a/src/plugins/extensionmanager/extensionmanagerwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/extensionmanager/extensionmanagerwidget.cpp
index d5730005cd7..0239907c5c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/extensionmanager/extensionmanagerwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/extensionmanager/extensionmanagerwidget.cpp
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ ExtensionManagerWidget::ExtensionManagerWidget()
 
     m_headingWidget = new HeadingWidget;
     m_description = new MarkdownBrowser;
+    m_description->setAllowRemoteImages(true);
     m_description->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
     m_description->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
     QPalette browserPal = m_description->palette();