diff --git a/docs/IMAGES.md b/docs/IMAGES.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec4be8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/IMAGES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Image support
+
+Mark Text can automatically copy your images into a specified directory or handle images from clipboard.
+
+### Upload to cloud using selected uploader
+
+Please see [here](IMAGE_UPLOADER_CONFIGRATION.md) for more information.
+
+### Move to designated local folder
+
+All images are automatically copied into the specified local directory that may be relative.
+
+**Prefer relative assets folder:**
+
+When this option is enabled, all images are copied relative to the opened file or the root directory when a project is opened. You can specify the path via the *relative image folder name* text box. The local resource directory is used if the file is not saved.
+
+NB: The assets directory name must be a valid path name and Mark Text need write access to the directory.
+
+Examples for relative paths:
+
+- `assets`
+- `../assets`
+- `.`: current file directory
+- `assets/123`
+
+### Keep original location
+
+Mark Text only saves images from clipboard into the specified local directory.
diff --git a/src/main/preferences/schema.json b/src/main/preferences/schema.json
index f0010599..0e447886 100644
--- a/src/main/preferences/schema.json
+++ b/src/main/preferences/schema.json
@@ -355,6 +355,16 @@
     ],
     "default": "path"
   },
+  "imagePreferRelativeDirectory": {
+    "description": "Image--Whether to prefer the relative image directory.",
+    "type": "boolean",
+    "default": false
+  },
+  "imageRelativeDirectoryName": {
+    "description": "Image--The relative image folder name.",
+    "type": "string",
+    "default": "assets"
+  },
   "sideBarVisibility": {
     "description": "View--Whether the side bar is visible.",
     "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/editorWithTabs/editor.vue b/src/renderer/components/editorWithTabs/editor.vue
index 0694b54b..e22d41cd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/editorWithTabs/editor.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/components/editorWithTabs/editor.vue
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@
 
 <script>
 import { shell } from 'electron'
+import path from 'path'
 import log from 'electron-log'
 import { mapState } from 'vuex'
 // import ViewImage from 'view-image'
+import { isChildOfDirectory } from 'common/filesystem/paths'
 import Muya from 'muya/lib'
 import TablePicker from 'muya/lib/ui/tablePicker'
 import QuickInsert from 'muya/lib/ui/quickInsert'
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ import notice from '@/services/notification'
 import Printer from '@/services/printService'
 import { isOsSpellcheckerSupported, offsetToWordCursor, validateLineCursor, SpellChecker } from '@/spellchecker'
 import { delay, isOsx, animatedScrollTo } from '@/util'
-import { moveImageToFolder, uploadImage } from '@/util/fileSystem'
+import { moveImageToFolder, moveToRelativeFolder, uploadImage } from '@/util/fileSystem'
 import { guessClipboardFilePath } from '@/util/clipboard'
 import { getCssForOptions, getHtmlToc } from '@/util/pdf'
 import { addCommonStyle, setEditorWidth } from '@/util/theme'
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ export default {
       autoCheck: state => state.preferences.autoCheck,
       editorLineWidth: state => state.preferences.editorLineWidth,
       imageInsertAction: state => state.preferences.imageInsertAction,
+      imagePreferRelativeDirectory: state => state.preferences.imagePreferRelativeDirectory,
+      imageRelativeDirectoryName: state => state.preferences.imageRelativeDirectoryName,
       imageFolderPath: state => state.preferences.imageFolderPath,
       theme: state => state.preferences.theme,
       sequenceTheme: state => state.preferences.sequenceTheme,
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ export default {
       spellcheckerLanguage: state => state.preferences.spellcheckerLanguage,
 
       currentFile: state => state.editor.currentFile,
+      projectTree: state => state.project.projectTree,
 
       // edit modes
       typewriter: state => state.preferences.typewriter,
@@ -768,9 +773,26 @@ export default {
     },
 
     async imageAction (image, id, alt = '') {
-      const { imageInsertAction, imageFolderPath, preferences } = this
+      const {
+        imageInsertAction,
+        imageFolderPath,
+        imagePreferRelativeDirectory,
+        imageRelativeDirectoryName,
+        preferences
+      } = this
       const { pathname } = this.currentFile
-      let result
+
+      // Figure out the current working directory.
+      let cwd = pathname ? path.dirname(pathname) : null
+      if (pathname && this.projectTree) {
+        const { pathname: rootPath } = this.projectTree
+        if (rootPath && isChildOfDirectory(rootPath, pathname)) {
+          // Save assets relative to root directory.
+          cwd = rootPath
+        }
+      }
+
+      let result = ''
       switch (imageInsertAction) {
         case 'upload': {
           try {
@@ -787,6 +809,9 @@ export default {
         }
         case 'folder': {
           result = await moveImageToFolder(pathname, image, imageFolderPath)
+          if (cwd && imagePreferRelativeDirectory) {
+            result = moveToRelativeFolder(cwd, result, imageRelativeDirectoryName)
+          }
           break
         }
         case 'path': {
@@ -795,6 +820,11 @@ export default {
           } else {
             // Move image to image folder if it's Blob object.
             result = await moveImageToFolder(pathname, image, imageFolderPath)
+
+            // Respect user preferences if file exist on disk.
+            if (cwd && imagePreferRelativeDirectory) {
+              result = moveToRelativeFolder(cwd, result, imageRelativeDirectoryName)
+            }
           }
           break
         }
diff --git a/src/renderer/prefComponents/image/index.vue b/src/renderer/prefComponents/image/index.vue
index 2f3b96a5..18f73c56 100644
--- a/src/renderer/prefComponents/image/index.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/prefComponents/image/index.vue
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <div class="pref-image">
     <h4>Image</h4>
     <section class="image-ctrl">
-      <div>Default action after image is inserted from local folder
-        <el-tooltip class='item' effect='dark' content='Mark Text can not get image path from paste event on Linux.' placement='top-start'>
+      <div>Default action after image is inserted from local folder or clipboard
+        <el-tooltip class='item' effect='dark' content='Clipboard handling is only fully supported on macOS and Windows.' placement='top-start'>
           <i class="el-icon-info"></i>
         </el-tooltip>
       </div>
@@ -21,23 +21,45 @@
         <el-button size="mini" @click="modifyImageFolderPath">Modify</el-button>
         <el-button size="mini" @click="openImageFolder">Open Folder</el-button>
       </div>
+      <bool
+        description="Prefer relative assets folder"
+        more="https://github.com/marktext/marktext/blob/develop/docs/IMAGES.md"
+        :bool="imagePreferRelativeDirectory"
+        :onChange="value => onSelectChange('imagePreferRelativeDirectory', value)"
+      ></bool>
+      <text-box
+        description="Relative image folder name"
+        :input="imageRelativeDirectoryName"
+        :regexValidator="/^(?:$|(?![a-zA-Z]:)[^\/\\].*$)/"
+        :defaultValue="relativeDirectoryNamePlaceholder"
+        :onChange="value => onSelectChange('imageRelativeDirectoryName', value)"
+      ></text-box>
     </section>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import Separator from '../common/separator'
+import { mapState } from 'vuex'
 import { shell } from 'electron'
+import Bool from '../common/bool'
+import Separator from '../common/separator'
+import TextBox from '../common/textBox'
 
 export default {
   components: {
-    Separator
+    Bool,
+    Separator,
+    TextBox
   },
   data () {
     return {
     }
   },
   computed: {
+    ...mapState({
+      imagePreferRelativeDirectory: state => state.preferences.imagePreferRelativeDirectory,
+      imageRelativeDirectoryName: state => state.preferences.imageRelativeDirectoryName
+    }),
     imageInsertAction: {
       get: function () {
         return this.$store.state.preferences.imageInsertAction
@@ -51,6 +73,11 @@ export default {
       get: function () {
         return this.$store.state.preferences.imageFolderPath
       }
+    },
+    relativeDirectoryNamePlaceholder: {
+      get: function () {
+        return this.$store.state.preferences.imageRelativeDirectoryName || 'assets'
+      }
     }
   },
   methods: {
@@ -59,6 +86,9 @@ export default {
     },
     modifyImageFolderPath () {
       return this.$store.dispatch('SET_IMAGE_FOLDER_PATH')
+    },
+    onSelectChange (type, value) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('SET_SINGLE_PREFERENCE', { type, value })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/preferences.js b/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
index 82489c5d..25259719 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/preferences.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const state = {
   textDirection: 'ltr',
   hideQuickInsertHint: false,
   imageInsertAction: 'folder',
+  imagePreferRelativeDirectory: false,
+  imageRelativeDirectoryName: 'assets',
   hideLinkPopup: false,
   autoCheck: false,
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/fileSystem.js b/src/renderer/util/fileSystem.js
index e8165e55..abc62c6b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/util/fileSystem.js
+++ b/src/renderer/util/fileSystem.js
@@ -1,29 +1,59 @@
 import path from 'path'
+import crypto from 'crypto'
 import { clipboard } from 'electron'
-import fse from 'fs-extra'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import Octokit from '@octokit/rest'
+import { ensureDirSync } from 'common/filesystem'
 import { isImageFile } from 'common/filesystem/paths'
-import { dataURItoBlob, getContentHash } from './index'
+import { dataURItoBlob } from './index'
 import axios from '../axios'
 
 export const create = (pathname, type) => {
   if (type === 'directory') {
-    return fse.ensureDir(pathname)
+    return fs.ensureDir(pathname)
   } else {
-    return fse.outputFile(pathname, '')
+    return fs.outputFile(pathname, '')
   }
 }
 
 export const paste = ({ src, dest, type }) => {
-  return type === 'cut' ? fse.move(src, dest) : fse.copy(src, dest)
+  return type === 'cut' ? fs.move(src, dest) : fs.copy(src, dest)
 }
 
 export const rename = (src, dest) => {
-  return fse.move(src, dest)
+  return fs.move(src, dest)
+}
+
+export const getHash = (content, encoding, type) => {
+  return crypto.createHash(type).update(content, encoding).digest('hex')
+}
+
+export const getContentHash = content => {
+  return getHash(content, 'utf8', 'sha1')
+}
+
+export const moveToRelativeFolder = async (cwd, imagePath, relativeName) => {
+  if (!relativeName) {
+    // Use fallback name according settings description
+    relativeName = 'assets'
+  } else if (path.isAbsolute(relativeName)) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid relative directory name')
+  }
+
+  // Path combination:
+  //  - markdown file directory + relative directory name or
+  //  - root directory + relative directory name
+  const absPath = path.resolve(cwd, relativeName)
+  ensureDirSync(absPath)
+
+  const dstPath = path.resolve(absPath, path.basename(imagePath))
+  await fs.move(imagePath, dstPath, { overwrite: true })
+  return dstPath
 }
 
 export const moveImageToFolder = async (pathname, image, dir) => {
+  ensureDirSync(dir)
   const isPath = typeof image === 'string'
   if (isPath) {
     const dirname = path.dirname(pathname)
@@ -39,7 +69,7 @@ export const moveImageToFolder = async (pathname, image, dir) => {
       const hash = getContentHash(imagePath)
       // To avoid name conflict.
       const hashFilePath = path.join(dir, `${hash}${extname}`)
-      await fse.copy(imagePath, hashFilePath)
+      await fs.copy(imagePath, hashFilePath)
       return hashFilePath
     } else {
       return Promise.resolve(image)
@@ -55,7 +85,7 @@ export const moveImageToFolder = async (pathname, image, dir) => {
 
       fileReader.readAsBinaryString(image)
     })
-    await fse.writeFile(imagePath, binaryString, 'binary')
+    await fs.writeFile(imagePath, binaryString, 'binary')
     return imagePath
   }
 }
@@ -137,11 +167,11 @@ export const uploadImage = async (pathname, image, preferences) => {
     const imagePath = path.resolve(dirname, image)
     const isImage = isImageFile(imagePath)
     if (isImage) {
-      const { size } = await fse.stat(imagePath)
+      const { size } = await fs.stat(imagePath)
       if (size > MAX_SIZE) {
         notification()
       } else {
-        const imageFile = await fse.readFile(imagePath)
+        const imageFile = await fs.readFile(imagePath)
         const blobFile = new Blob([imageFile])
         if (currentUploader === 'smms') {
           uploadToSMMS(blobFile)
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/index.js b/src/renderer/util/index.js
index 233d4892..b81bf93b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/util/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/util/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import crypto from 'crypto'
-
 export const delay = time => {
   let timerId
   let rejectFn
@@ -210,14 +208,6 @@ export const cloneObj = (obj, deepCopy = true) => {
   return deepCopy ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj)) : Object.assign({}, obj)
 }
 
-export const getHash = (content, encoding, type) => {
-  return crypto.createHash(type).update(content, encoding).digest('hex')
-}
-
-export const getContentHash = content => {
-  return getHash(content, 'utf8', 'sha1')
-}
-
 export const isOsx = process.platform === 'darwin'
 export const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
 export const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux'
diff --git a/static/preference.json b/static/preference.json
index 6e64f7fc..b3312d81 100644
--- a/static/preference.json
+++ b/static/preference.json
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   "textDirection": "ltr",
   "hideQuickInsertHint": false,
   "imageInsertAction": "path",
+  "imagePreferRelativeDirectory": false,
+  "imageRelativeDirectoryName": "assets",
   "hideLinkPopup": false,
   "autoCheck": false,