diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61dc7dd5..4ff29ca9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Make eager prop work again for Image and skip lazy load if prop isEager
+
 ## [8.136.1] - 2025-03-28
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/react/components/LazyImages.tsx b/react/components/LazyImages.tsx
index 10f40fef..13466859 100644
--- a/react/components/LazyImages.tsx
+++ b/react/components/LazyImages.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ const MaybeLazyImage: FC<MaybeLazyImageProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const { lazyLoad, method } = useLazyImagesContext()
 
-  if (lazyLoad) {
+  const isEager = imageProps.loading === 'eager'
+
+  if (lazyLoad && !isEager) {
     let newImageProps = imageProps
 
     switch (method) {