diff --git a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/cropper.state.ts b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/cropper.state.ts
index 7044218..a19ccf1 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/cropper.state.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/cropper.state.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export class CropperState {
     containWithinAspectRatio: false,
     hideResizeSquares: false,
     alignImage: 'center',
-    cropperFrameAriaLabel: undefined
+    cropperFrameAriaLabel: undefined,
+    checkImageType: true
   };
 
   loadedImage?: LoadedImage;
diff --git a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/image-cropper.component.ts b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/image-cropper.component.ts
index 8862a9a..0578711 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/image-cropper.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/component/image-cropper.component.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export class ImageCropperComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit {
   @Input() containWithinAspectRatio?: boolean;
   @Input() hideResizeSquares?: boolean;
   @Input() allowMoveImage = false;
+  @Input() checkImageType = true;
   @Input() alignImage?: 'left' | 'center';
 
   @HostBinding('class.disabled')
diff --git a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/interfaces/cropper-options.interface.ts b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/interfaces/cropper-options.interface.ts
index 65dd0f2..4a788ef 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/interfaces/cropper-options.interface.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/interfaces/cropper-options.interface.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface CropperOptions {
   hideResizeSquares: boolean;
   alignImage: 'left' | 'center';
   cropperFrameAriaLabel: string | undefined;
+  checkImageType: boolean;
 }
 
 export type OutputFormat = 'png' | 'jpeg' | 'bmp' | 'webp' | 'ico';
diff --git a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/services/load-image.service.ts b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/services/load-image.service.ts
index c5e6f83..3346786 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/services/load-image.service.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-image-cropper/src/lib/services/load-image.service.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ export class LoadImageService {
 
   async loadImageFile(file: File, cropperSettings: CropperState): Promise<LoadedImage> {
     const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
-    return await this.checkImageTypeAndLoadImageFromArrayBuffer(arrayBuffer, file.type, cropperSettings);
+    if (cropperSettings.options.checkImageType) {
+      return await this.checkImageTypeAndLoadImageFromArrayBuffer(arrayBuffer, file.type, cropperSettings);
+    }
+    return await this.loadImageFromArrayBuffer(arrayBuffer, cropperSettings);
   }
 
   private checkImageTypeAndLoadImageFromArrayBuffer(arrayBuffer: ArrayBufferLike, imageType: string, cropperSettings: CropperState): Promise<LoadedImage> {
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export class LoadImageService {
   }
 
   private isValidImageType(type: string): boolean {
-    return /image\/(png|jpg|jpeg|bmp|gif|tiff|svg|webp|x-icon|vnd.microsoft.icon)/.test(type);
+    return /image\/(png|jpg|jpeg|heic|bmp|gif|tiff|svg|webp|x-icon|vnd.microsoft.icon)/.test(type);
   }
 
   async loadImageFromURL(url: string, cropperSettings: CropperState): Promise<LoadedImage> {