diff --git a/searx/engines/ipernity.py b/searx/engines/ipernity.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e5eb7872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/ipernity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Ipernity (images)"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from json import loads, JSONDecodeError
+
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus
+from lxml import html
+
+from searx.utils import extr, extract_text, eval_xpath, eval_xpath_list
+
+about = {
+    'website': 'https://www.ipernity.com',
+    'official_api_documentation': 'https://www.ipernity.com/help/api',
+    'use_official_api': False,
+    'require_api_key': False,
+    'results': 'HTML',
+}
+
+paging = True
+categories = ['images']
+
+
+base_url = 'https://www.ipernity.com'
+page_size = 10
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    params['url'] = f"{base_url}/search/photo/@/page:{params['pageno']}:{page_size}?q={quote_plus(query)}"
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+
+    doc = html.fromstring(resp.text)
+
+    images = eval_xpath_list(doc, '//a[starts-with(@href, "/doc")]//img')
+
+    result_index = 0
+    for result in eval_xpath_list(doc, '//script[@type="text/javascript"]'):
+        info_js = extr(extract_text(result), '] = ', '};') + '}'
+
+        if not info_js:
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            info_item = loads(info_js)
+
+            if not info_item.get('mediakey'):
+                continue
+
+            thumbnail_src = extract_text(eval_xpath(images[result_index], './@src'))
+            img_src = thumbnail_src.replace('240.jpg', '640.jpg')
+
+            resolution = None
+            if info_item.get("width") and info_item.get("height"):
+                resolution = f'{info_item["width"]}x{info_item["height"]}'
+
+            item = {
+                'template': 'images.html',
+                'url': f"{base_url}/doc/{info_item['user_id']}/{info_item['doc_id']}",
+                'title': info_item.get('title'),
+                'content': info_item.get('content', ''),
+                'resolution': resolution,
+                'publishedDate': datetime.fromtimestamp(int(info_item['posted_at'])),
+                'thumbnail_src': thumbnail_src,
+                'img_src': img_src,
+            }
+            results.append(item)
+
+            result_index += 1
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            continue
+
+    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 4fad73b40..0772ac97f 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1045,6 +1045,11 @@ engines:
     timeout: 3.0
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: ipernity
+    engine: ipernity
+    shortcut: ip
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: jisho
     engine: jisho
     shortcut: js