diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e-contrib.el b/mu4e/mu4e-contrib.el
index 547b9107..d84d943c 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e-contrib.el
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e-contrib.el
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
 `mu4e-html2text-command' in a new enough emacs. Based on code by
 Titus von der Malsburg."
   (interactive)
-  (let ((dom (libxml-parse-html-region (point-min) (point-max))))
+  (let ((dom (libxml-parse-html-region (point-min) (point-max)))
+	 ;; When HTML emails contain references to remote images,
+	 ;; retrieving these images leaks information. For example,
+	 ;; the sender can see when I openend the email and from which
+	 ;; computer (IP address). For this reason, it is preferrable
+	 ;; to not retrieve images.
+	 ;; See this discussion on mu-discuss:
+	 ;; https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mu-discuss/gr1cwNNZnXo
+	(shr-inhibit-images t))
     (erase-buffer)
     (shr-insert-document dom)
     (goto-char (point-min))))