diff --git a/docs/neofetch.1 b/docs/neofetch.1
index 5b534732..e46bcb2d 100644
--- a/docs/neofetch.1
+++ b/docs/neofetch.1
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Possible values: bar, infobar, barinfo, off
 \fB\-\-backend\fR backend
 Which image backend to use.
 Possible values: 'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'chafa', 'jp2a',
-\&'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'viu'
+\&'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'lowsixel', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'viu'
 .TP
 \fB\-\-source\fR source
 Which image or ascii file to use.
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ Shortcut to use 'jp2a' backend.
 \fB\-\-kitty\fR source
 Shortcut to use 'kitty' backend.
 .TP
+\fB\-\-lowsixel\fR source
+Shortcut to use 'lowsixel' backend.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-pot\fR source
 Shortcut to use 'pot' backend.
 .TP
diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 97107b98..6e8662fb 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@ disk_display="off"
 #
 # Default:  'ascii'
 # Values:   'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'chafa', 'jp2a', 'iterm2', 'off',
-#           'pot', 'termpix', 'pixterm', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'ueberzug',
-#           'viu'
+#           'pot', 'termpix', 'pixterm', 'sixel', 'lowsixel', 'tycat', 'w3m',
+#           'kitty', 'ueberzug', 'viu'
 
 # Flag:     --backend
 image_backend="ascii"
@@ -5534,7 +5534,7 @@ image_backend() {
         "off") image_backend="off" ;;
 
         "caca" | "catimg" | "chafa" | "jp2a" | "iterm2" | "termpix" |\
-        "tycat" | "w3m" | "sixel" | "pixterm" | "kitty" | "pot", | "ueberzug" |\
+        "tycat" | "w3m" | "sixel" | "lowsixel" | "pixterm" | "kitty" | "pot", | "ueberzug" |\
          "viu")
             get_image_source
 
@@ -5561,8 +5561,8 @@ image_backend() {
         *)
             err "Image: Unknown image backend specified '$image_backend'."
             err "Image: Valid backends are: 'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'chafa', 'jp2a', 'iterm2',
-                                            'kitty', 'off', 'sixel', 'pot', 'pixterm', 'termpix',
-                                            'tycat', 'w3m', 'viu')"
+                                            'kitty', 'off', 'sixel', 'lowsixel', 'pot', 'pixterm',
+                                            'termpix', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'viu')"
             err "Image: Falling back to ascii mode."
             print_ascii
         ;;
@@ -6054,6 +6054,13 @@ display_image() {
             "$image"
         ;;
 
+        "lowsixel")
+            img2sixel \
+                -w "$width" \
+                -h "$height" \
+            "$image"
+        ;;
+
         "termpix")
             termpix \
                 --width "$((width / font_width))" \
@@ -6697,7 +6704,7 @@ BARS:
 IMAGE BACKEND:
     --backend backend           Which image backend to use.
                                 Possible values: 'ascii', 'caca', 'catimg', 'chafa', 'jp2a',
-                                'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'viu'
+                                'iterm2', 'off', 'sixel', 'lowsixel', 'tycat', 'w3m', 'kitty', 'viu'
     --source source             Which image or ascii file to use.
                                 Possible values: 'auto', 'ascii', 'wallpaper', '/path/to/img',
                                 '/path/to/ascii', '/path/to/dir/', 'command output' [ascii]
@@ -6712,6 +6719,7 @@ IMAGE BACKEND:
     --iterm2 source             Shortcut to use 'iterm2' backend.
     --jp2a source               Shortcut to use 'jp2a' backend.
     --kitty source              Shortcut to use 'kitty' backend.
+    --lowsixel source           Shortcut to use 'lowsixel' backend.
     --pot source                Shortcut to use 'pot' backend.
     --pixterm source            Shortcut to use 'pixterm' backend.
     --sixel source              Shortcut to use 'sixel' backend.
@@ -6979,7 +6987,7 @@ get_args() {
             "--backend") image_backend="$2" ;;
             "--source") image_source="$2" ;;
             "--ascii" | "--caca" | "--catimg" | "--chafa" | "--jp2a" | "--iterm2" | "--off" |\
-            "--pot" | "--pixterm" | "--sixel" | "--termpix" | "--tycat" | "--w3m" | "--kitty" |\
+            "--pot" | "--pixterm" | "--sixel" | "--lowsixel" | "--termpix" | "--tycat" | "--w3m" | "--kitty" |\
             "--ueberzug" | "--viu")
                 image_backend="${1/--}"
                 case $2 in