diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1df80f197..83c44b1c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### Added
 
+- Zoomable image viewer in Markdown (posts and comments) _community pr!_ ([#5387](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/5387))
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5ebfbd21..cb41c2fc7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
     "raw-loader": "^2.0.0",
     "rc-progress": "^2.0.6",
     "react": "^16.8.2",
+    "react-awesome-lightbox": "^1.7.3",
     "react-confetti": "^4.0.1",
     "react-dom": "^16.8.2",
     "react-draggable": "^3.3.0",
diff --git a/ui/component/common/markdown-preview.jsx b/ui/component/common/markdown-preview.jsx
index 4c1b94681..1242624d5 100644
--- a/ui/component/common/markdown-preview.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/common/markdown-preview.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import MarkdownLink from 'component/markdownLink';
 import defaultSchema from 'hast-util-sanitize/lib/github.json';
 import { formatedLinks, inlineLinks } from 'util/remark-lbry';
 import { formattedTimestamp, inlineTimestamp } from 'util/remark-timestamp';
+import ZoomableImage from 'component/zoomableImage';
 
 type SimpleTextProps = {
   children?: React.Node,
@@ -33,10 +34,16 @@ type MarkdownProps = {
   isMarkdownPost?: boolean,
 };
 
+// ****************************************************************************
+// ****************************************************************************
+
 const SimpleText = (props: SimpleTextProps) => {
   return <span>{props.children}</span>;
 };
 
+// ****************************************************************************
+// ****************************************************************************
+
 const SimpleLink = (props: SimpleLinkProps) => {
   const { title, children, href } = props;
 
@@ -70,6 +77,9 @@ const SimpleLink = (props: SimpleLinkProps) => {
   return <a title={title}>{children}</a>;
 };
 
+// ****************************************************************************
+// ****************************************************************************
+
 // Use github sanitation schema
 const schema = { ...defaultSchema };
 
@@ -79,6 +89,9 @@ schema.attributes.a.push('embed');
 
 const REPLACE_REGEX = /(<iframe\s+src=["'])(.*?(?=))(["']\s*><\/iframe>)/g;
 
+// ****************************************************************************
+// ****************************************************************************
+
 const MarkdownPreview = (props: MarkdownProps) => {
   const { content, strip, simpleLinks, noDataStore, className, parentCommentId, isMarkdownPost } = props;
   const strippedContent = content
@@ -116,6 +129,7 @@ const MarkdownPreview = (props: MarkdownProps) => {
           ),
       // Workaraund of remarkOptions.Fragment
       div: React.Fragment,
+      img: ZoomableImage,
     },
   };
 
diff --git a/ui/component/zoomableImage/index.js b/ui/component/zoomableImage/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4293feb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/zoomableImage/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { doOpenModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
+import ZoomableImage from './view';
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  openModal: (modal, props) => dispatch(doOpenModal(modal, props)),
+});
+
+export default connect(null, perform)(ZoomableImage);
diff --git a/ui/component/zoomableImage/view.jsx b/ui/component/zoomableImage/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..737315403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/component/zoomableImage/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
+
+type Props = {
+  openModal: (string, {}) => void,
+};
+
+function ZoomableImage(props: Props) {
+  const { openModal, ...imgProps } = props;
+
+  const onClick = () => {
+    // $FlowFixMe
+    openModal(MODALS.VIEW_IMAGE, { src: imgProps.src, title: imgProps.title || imgProps.alt });
+  };
+
+  return <img className="img__zoomable" {...imgProps} onClick={onClick} />;
+}
+
+export default ZoomableImage;
diff --git a/ui/constants/modal_types.js b/ui/constants/modal_types.js
index 8b6a0b4f9..6d677dbf8 100644
--- a/ui/constants/modal_types.js
+++ b/ui/constants/modal_types.js
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ export const SYNC_ENABLE = 'SYNC_ENABLE';
 export const REMOVE_BLOCKED = 'remove_blocked';
 export const IMAGE_UPLOAD = 'image_upload';
 export const MOBILE_SEARCH = 'mobile_search';
+export const VIEW_IMAGE = 'view_image';
diff --git a/ui/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx b/ui/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
index bb16b56b0..ba72f3a9d 100644
--- a/ui/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/modal/modalRouter/view.jsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import ModalFileSelection from 'modal/modalFileSelection';
 import ModalSyncEnable from 'modal/modalSyncEnable';
 import ModalImageUpload from 'modal/modalImageUpload';
 import ModalMobileSearch from 'modal/modalMobileSearch';
+import ModalViewImage from 'modal/modalViewImage';
 
 type Props = {
   modal: { id: string, modalProps: {} },
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ function ModalRouter(props: Props) {
       return <ModalSyncEnable {...modalProps} />;
     case MODALS.MOBILE_SEARCH:
       return <ModalMobileSearch {...modalProps} />;
+    case MODALS.VIEW_IMAGE:
+      return <ModalViewImage {...modalProps} />;
     default:
       return null;
   }
diff --git a/ui/modal/modalViewImage/index.js b/ui/modal/modalViewImage/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d02f4806f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/modal/modalViewImage/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { doHideModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
+import ModalViewImage from './view';
+
+const perform = dispatch => ({
+  closeModal: () => dispatch(doHideModal()),
+});
+
+export default connect(null, perform)(ModalViewImage);
diff --git a/ui/modal/modalViewImage/view.jsx b/ui/modal/modalViewImage/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0967e22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/modal/modalViewImage/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// @flow
+import React from 'react';
+import { Modal } from 'modal/modal';
+import Lightbox from 'react-awesome-lightbox';
+import 'react-awesome-lightbox/build/style.css';
+
+type Props = {
+  src: string,
+  title: String,
+  closeModal: () => void,
+};
+
+export default function ModalMobileSearch(props: Props) {
+  const { src, title, closeModal } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <Modal onAborted={closeModal} isOpen type="custom">
+      <Lightbox image={src} title={title} onClose={closeModal} />
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/scss/component/_markdown-preview.scss b/ui/scss/component/_markdown-preview.scss
index cf2f4b3d2..21c77aab6 100644
--- a/ui/scss/component/_markdown-preview.scss
+++ b/ui/scss/component/_markdown-preview.scss
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .img__zoomable {
+    cursor: pointer; // 'zoom-in' would be ideal, but browser-dependant.
+  }
+
   // Horizontal Rule
   hr {
     margin-bottom: 2rem;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7fdcb1670..698962f1a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9748,6 +9748,11 @@ react-async-script@^1.1.1:
     hoist-non-react-statics "^3.3.0"
     prop-types "^15.5.0"
 
+react-awesome-lightbox@^1.7.3:
+  version "1.7.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-awesome-lightbox/-/react-awesome-lightbox-1.7.3.tgz#ee1c00fd4197e0e65bf996aa219eac4d8b6db5a0"
+  integrity sha512-mSxdL3KGzuh2eR8I00nv9njiolmMoXITuCvfd71DBXK13JW3e+Z/sCMENS9+dngBJU8/m7dR1Ix0W6afS5cFsA==
+
 react-compound-slider@^2.5.0:
   version "2.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-compound-slider/-/react-compound-slider-2.5.0.tgz#99771a3397f4ab00aa2a37f8410da87e6ca2449b"