diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
index 4ab40f5a61ec..1e64a114d871 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
@@ -177,7 +177,36 @@ metaStyles = M.fromList [ ("Title", "title")
                         , ("Abstract", "abstract")]
 
 sepBodyParts :: [BodyPart] -> ([BodyPart], [BodyPart])
-sepBodyParts = span (\bp -> isMetaPar bp || isEmptyPar bp)
+sepBodyParts = span seperator
+  where
+    -- | Meta is either empty, specifically has a meta style, but never is exclusively
+    -- containing visuals.
+    seperator :: BodyPart -> Bool
+    seperator par = isEmptyPar par || (isMetaPar par && not (isVisualBodyPart par))
+
+isVisualBodyPart :: BodyPart -> Bool
+isVisualBodyPart (Paragraph _ []) = False
+isVisualBodyPart (Paragraph _ pps) = isVisualParParts pps
+isVisualBodyPart _ = False
+
+isVisualParParts :: [ParPart] -> Bool
+isVisualParParts = all isVisualParPart
+
+isVisualParPart :: ParPart -> Bool
+isVisualParPart (Field _ pps) = isVisualParParts pps
+isVisualParPart (PlainRun run) = isVisualRun run
+isVisualParPart Drawing{} = True
+isVisualParPart Chart = True
+isVisualParPart Diagram = True
+isVisualParPart PlainOMath{} = True
+isVisualParPart OMathPara{} = True
+isVisualParPart _ = False
+
+isVisualRun :: Run -> Bool
+isVisualRun InlineDrawing{} = True
+isVisualRun InlineDiagram{} = True
+isVisualRun InlineChart{} = True
+isVisualRun _ = False
 
 isMetaPar :: BodyPart -> Bool
 isMetaPar (Paragraph pPr _) =
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Docx.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Docx.hs
index d9935967f6c2..b51893ae9b23 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Docx.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Docx.hs
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ tests = [ testGroup "document"
             "i18n blocks (headers and blockquotes)"
             "docx/i18n_blocks.docx"
             "docx/i18n_blocks.native"
+          , testCompare
+            "Image as Title"
+            "docx/image-as-title.docx"
+            "docx/image-as-title.native"
           , testCompare
             "lists"
             "docx/lists.docx"
diff --git a/test/docx/image-as-title.docx b/test/docx/image-as-title.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e2f1a20c896
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/docx/image-as-title.docx differ
diff --git a/test/docx/image-as-title.native b/test/docx/image-as-title.native
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..433f96374d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/docx/image-as-title.native
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[ Para
+     [ Image
+         ( ""
+         , []
+         , [ ( "width" , "6.268055555555556in" )
+           , ( "height" , "6.268055555555556in" )
+           ]
+         )
+         []
+         ( "media/image1.png" , "" )
+     ]
+ , Para
+     [ Str "An"
+     , Space
+     , Str "Image"
+     , Space
+     , Str "as"
+     , Space
+     , Str "a"
+     , Space
+     , Str "title"
+     , Space
+     , Str "should"
+     , Space
+     , Str "be"
+     , Space
+     , Str "downgraded"
+     , Space
+     , Str "to"
+     , Space
+     , Str "a"
+     , Space
+     , Str "normal"
+     , Space
+     , Str "paragraph!"
+     ]
+ ]