diff --git a/filer/management/commands/filer_check.py b/filer/management/commands/filer_check.py
index 3a2de61b3..3eb77d12b 100644
--- a/filer/management/commands/filer_check.py
+++ b/filer/management/commands/filer_check.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
+from PIL import UnidentifiedImageError
+
 from filer import settings as filer_settings
 
 
@@ -41,6 +43,13 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
             default=False,
             help="Delete references in database if files are missing in media folder.",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--image-dimensions',
+            action='store_true',
+            dest='image_dimensions',
+            default=False,
+            help="Look for images without dimensions set, set them accordingly.",
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             '--noinput',
             '--no-input',
@@ -72,6 +81,8 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                     self.stdout.write("Aborted: Delete orphaned files from storage.")
                     return
             self.verify_storages(options)
+        if options['image_dimensions']:
+            self.image_dimensions(options)
 
     def verify_references(self, options):
         from filer.models.filemodels import File
@@ -112,3 +123,41 @@ def walk(prefix):
         filer_public = filer_settings.FILER_STORAGES['public']['main']
         storage = import_string(filer_public['ENGINE'])()
         walk(filer_public['UPLOAD_TO_PREFIX'])
+
+    def image_dimensions(self, options):
+        from django.db.models import Q
+
+        import easy_thumbnails
+        from easy_thumbnails.VIL import Image as VILImage
+
+        from filer.models.imagemodels import Image
+        from filer.utils.compatibility import PILImage
+
+        no_dimensions = Image.objects.filter(
+            Q(_width=0) | Q(_width__isnull=True)
+        )
+        self.stdout.write(f"trying to set dimensions on {no_dimensions.count()} files")
+        for image in no_dimensions:
+            if image.file_ptr:
+                file_holder = image.file_ptr
+            else:
+                file_holder = image
+            try:
+                imgfile = file_holder.file
+                imgfile.seek(0)
+            except (FileNotFoundError):
+                pass
+            else:
+                if image.file.name.lower().endswith('.svg'):
+                    with VILImage.load(imgfile) as vil_image:
+                        # invalid svg doesnt throw errors
+                        image._width, image._height = vil_image.size
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        with PILImage.open(imgfile) as pil_image:
+                            image._width, image._height = pil_image.size
+                            image._transparent = easy_thumbnails.utils.is_transparent(pil_image)
+                    except UnidentifiedImageError:
+                        continue
+                image.save()
+        return
diff --git a/tests/test_filer_check.py b/tests/test_filer_check.py
index 01b951ca0..f18bd389c 100644
--- a/tests/test_filer_check.py
+++ b/tests/test_filer_check.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import shutil
-from io import StringIO
+from io import BytesIO, StringIO
 
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.core.management import call_command
@@ -9,10 +9,21 @@
 
 from filer import settings as filer_settings
 from filer.models.filemodels import File
+from filer.models.imagemodels import Image
 from tests.helpers import create_image
 
 
 class FilerCheckTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    svg_file_string = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+    <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "
+    http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
+    <svg version="1.1" baseProfile="full" width="50" height="50" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+       <polygon id="triangle" points="0,0 0,50 50,0" fill="#009900"
+    stroke="#004400"/>
+       {}
+    </svg>"""
+
     def setUp(self):
         # ensure that filer_public directory is empty from previous tests
         storage = import_string(filer_settings.FILER_STORAGES['public']['main']['ENGINE'])()
@@ -67,3 +78,81 @@ def test_delete_orphans(self):
 
         call_command('filer_check', delete_orphans=True, interactive=False, verbosity=0)
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(orphan_file))
+
+    def test_image_dimensions_corrupted_file(self):
+        original_filename = 'testimage.jpg'
+        file_obj = SimpleUploadedFile(
+            name=original_filename,
+            # corrupted!
+            content=create_image().tobytes(),
+            content_type='image/jpeg')
+        self.filer_image = Image.objects.create(
+            file=file_obj,
+            original_filename=original_filename)
+
+        self.filer_image._width = 0
+        self.filer_image.save()
+        call_command('filer_check', image_dimensions=True)
+
+    def test_image_dimensions_file_not_found(self):
+        self.filer_image = Image.objects.create(
+            file="123.jpg",
+            original_filename="123.jpg")
+        call_command('filer_check', image_dimensions=True)
+        self.filer_image.refresh_from_db()
+
+    def test_image_dimensions(self):
+
+        original_filename = 'testimage.jpg'
+        with BytesIO() as jpg:
+            create_image().save(jpg, format='JPEG')
+            jpg.seek(0)
+            file_obj = SimpleUploadedFile(
+                name=original_filename,
+                content=jpg.read(),
+                content_type='image/jpeg')
+            self.filer_image = Image.objects.create(
+                file=file_obj,
+                original_filename=original_filename)
+
+        self.filer_image._width = 0
+        self.filer_image.save()
+
+        call_command('filer_check', image_dimensions=True)
+        self.filer_image.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertGreater(self.filer_image._width, 0)
+
+    def test_image_dimensions_invalid_svg(self):
+
+        original_filename = 'test.svg'
+        svg_file = bytes("<asdva>" + self.svg_file_string, "utf-8")
+        file_obj = SimpleUploadedFile(
+            name=original_filename,
+            content=svg_file,
+            content_type='image/svg+xml')
+        self.filer_image = Image.objects.create(
+            file=file_obj,
+            original_filename=original_filename)
+
+        self.filer_image._width = 0
+        self.filer_image.save()
+        call_command('filer_check', image_dimensions=True)
+
+    def test_image_dimensions_svg(self):
+
+        original_filename = 'test.svg'
+        svg_file = bytes(self.svg_file_string, "utf-8")
+        file_obj = SimpleUploadedFile(
+            name=original_filename,
+            content=svg_file,
+            content_type='image/svg+xml')
+        self.filer_image = Image.objects.create(
+            file=file_obj,
+            original_filename=original_filename)
+
+        self.filer_image._width = 0
+        self.filer_image.save()
+
+        call_command('filer_check', image_dimensions=True)
+        self.filer_image.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertGreater(self.filer_image._width, 0)