diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d2c4204e..a78b30fa0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.23.6 (not yet released)
+* decoder
+  - opus: fix "readpicture" on Opus files
 
 ver 0.23.5 (2021/12/01)
 * protocol
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/OpusTags.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/OpusTags.cxx
index 74f2c0997..ab9fe8d48 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/OpusTags.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/OpusTags.cxx
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ ScanOpusTags(const void *data, size_t size,
 	if (!r.Expect("OpusTags", 8))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!handler.WantPair() && !handler.WantTag())
+	if (!handler.WantPair() && !handler.WantTag() &&
+	    !handler.WantPicture())
 		return true;
 
 	if (!r.SkipString())