diff --git a/src/element/typeChecks.ts b/src/element/typeChecks.ts
index 8e634060e..63cb0ec79 100644
--- a/src/element/typeChecks.ts
+++ b/src/element/typeChecks.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export const isBindableElement = (
     (element.type === "rectangle" ||
       element.type === "diamond" ||
       element.type === "ellipse" ||
+      element.type === "image" ||
       element.type === "text")
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
index 9fddadd77..7e47409f0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ const renderBindingHighlightForBindableElement = (
   switch (element.type) {
     case "rectangle":
     case "text":
+    case "image":
       strokeRectWithRotation(
         context,
         x1 - padding,