diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php
index 30bef88f86..e915ff474a 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Image.php
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ class Image extends Base
     /**
      * Generate the URL that will return a random image
      *
-     * @example 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/'
+     * Set randomize to false to remove the random GET parameter at the end of the url.
+     *
+     * @example 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/?12345'
      */
-    public static function imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480, $category = null)
+    public static function imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480, $category = null, $randomize = true)
     {
         $url = "http://lorempixel.com/{$width}/{$height}/";
         if ($category) {
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ public static function imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480, $category = null)
             $url .= "{$category}/";
         }
 
+        if ($randomize) {
+            $url .= '?' . static::randomNumber(5, true);
+        }
+
         return $url;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php
index 8f64a1a50e..02f2d49071 100644
--- a/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/ImageTest.php
@@ -6,19 +6,28 @@
 
 class ImageTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    public function testUrlWithDefaults()
+    public function testImageUrlUses640x680AsTheDefaultSize()
     {
-        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(), 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/');
+        $this->assertRegExp('#^http://lorempixel.com/640/480/#', Image::imageUrl());
     }
 
-    public function testUrlWithDimensions()
+    public function testImageUrlAcceptsCustomWidthAndHeight()
     {
-        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(800, 400), 'http://lorempixel.com/800/400/');
+        $this->assertRegExp('#^http://lorempixel.com/800/400/#', Image::imageUrl(800, 400));
     }
 
-    public function testUrlWithDimensionsAndCategory()
+    public function testImageUrlAcceptsCustomCategory()
     {
-        $this->assertEquals(Image::imageUrl(800, 400, 'nature'), 'http://lorempixel.com/800/400/nature/');
+        $this->assertRegExp('#^http://lorempixel.com/800/400/nature/#', Image::imageUrl(800, 400, 'nature'));
+    }
+
+    public function testImageUrlAddsARandomGetParameterByDefault()
+    {
+        $url = Image::imageUrl(800, 400);
+        $splitUrl = preg_split('/\?/', $url);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(count($splitUrl), 2);
+        $this->assertRegexp('#\d{5}#', $splitUrl[1]);
     }
 
     /**