diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 6eb0053e7..c9ff0da9d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  - fixed #12065: "Data error" in AssetManager if URL is Cyrillic
  - fixed #12075: Underground Style - Search does not search
  - fixed #12084: Greenportal links are sometimes white on white
+ - rfe   #618:   Syndicated Content Asset: Make images in the downloaded
+   RSS-feeds available in the template.
 
 7.10.12
  - fixed #12072: Product, related and accessory assets
diff --git a/docs/gotcha.txt b/docs/gotcha.txt
index 868f57f11..077093ad7 100644
--- a/docs/gotcha.txt
+++ b/docs/gotcha.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ upgrading from one version to the next, or even between multiple
 versions. Be sure to heed the warnings contained herein as they will
 save you many hours of grief.
 
+7.10.13
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * WebGUI now depends on XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS.
+
 7.10.12
 --------------------------------------------------------------------
     * The Dashboard has been extended to include Asset Dashlets.  This gives
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
index f8625e439..6ac468f2f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use Class::C3;
 use base qw(WebGUI::AssetAspect::RssFeed WebGUI::Asset::Wobject);
 use WebGUI::Macro;
 use XML::FeedPP;
-
+use XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS;
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ A reference to an XML::FeedPP object.
 
 sub getTemplateVariables {
 	my ($self, $feed) = @_;
+	my $media = XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS->new($feed);
 	my @items = $feed->get_item;
 	my %var;
 	$var{channel_title} = WebGUI::HTML::filter(scalar $feed->title, 'javascript');
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ sub getTemplateVariables {
 	$var{channel_image_height} = WebGUI::HTML::filter($image[5], 'javascript');
 	foreach my $object (@items) {
 		my %item;
+		$item{media} = [ $media->for_item($object) ];
         $item{title} = WebGUI::HTML::filter(scalar $object->title, 'javascript');
         $item{date} = WebGUI::HTML::filter(scalar $object->get_pubDate_epoch, 'javascript');
         $item{category} = WebGUI::HTML::filter(scalar $object->category, 'javascript');
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
index 82a3dd2d5..bc8d827d3 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Help/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ our $HELP = {
                     { 'name' => 'category' },
                     { 'name' => 'author' },
                     { 'name' => 'guid' },
+                    { 'name' => 'media' },
                     { 'name' => 'description' },
                     { 'name' => 'descriptionFirst100words' },
                     { 'name' => 'descriptionFirst75words' },
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
index 0dcbdacee..c1b5b9724 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ our $I18N = {
 		lastUpdated => 0,
 	},
 
+	'media' => {
+		message => q|Any MediaRSS entries for this item: structure is directly copied from <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS#KEYS" >XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS</a>|,
+		lastUpdated => 1301495766,
+	},
+
 	'channel_description' => {
 		message => q|A description of the content available through this channel. This variable will be populated by the first feed in a multi-feed list.|,
 		lastUpdated => 0,
diff --git a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
index d6d2df0bf..0c7a314cb 100755
--- a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
+++ b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ checkModule("HTML::Template",               2.9          );
 checkModule("HTML::Template::Expr",         0.07,      2 );
 checkModule("Template",                     2.20,      2 );
 checkModule("XML::FeedPP",                  0.40         );
+checkModule("XML::FeedPP::MediaRSS",        0.02         );
 checkModule("JSON",                         2.12         );
 checkModule("Config::JSON",                 "1.3.1"      );
 checkModule("Text::CSV_XS",                 "0.64"       );
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
index 4a3857af1..c6b164635 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.t
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 
 use WebGUI::Test;
 use WebGUI::Session;
-use Test::More tests => 29; # increment this value for each test you create
+use Test::More tests => 30; # increment this value for each test you create
 use Test::Deep;
 use WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent;
 use XML::FeedPP;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ok( defined $vars->{item_loop}->[0]->{description}, 'getTemplateVariables: descr
 ##Construct a feed with a wrapped description, to check for paragraph handling.
 $feed = XML::FeedPP->new(<<EOFEED);
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<rss version="2.0">
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss">
 <channel>
 <title>The WebGUI buglist</title>
 <link>/tbb</link>
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ character, creating invalid markup.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;No more text is shown of the first paragraph beyond the bold characters of the first line.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p&gt;Third paragraph, for completeness.&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>
+<media:content
+    url="http://www.plainblack.com/wg_btn.jpg"
+    filesize="1415"
+    type="image/jpeg"
+    medium="image" />
 </item>
 </channel>
 </rss>
@@ -185,6 +190,15 @@ is $vars->{item_loop}->[0]->{descriptionFirstSentence},
 Rich Text editor in the first sentence of the description.",
 '... first sentence, with HTML stripped';
 
+is_deeply $vars->{item_loop}->[0]->{media}, [
+    {
+        url      => 'http://www.plainblack.com/wg_btn.jpg',
+        type     => 'image/jpeg',
+        medium   => 'image',
+        filesize => 1415,
+    }
+], 'MediaRSS';
+
 ####################################################################
 #
 #  generateFeed, hasTerms