diff --git a/.yarn/versions/19bdd400.yml b/.yarn/versions/19bdd400.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d060d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/19bdd400.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+releases:
+  "@radix-ui/react-avatar": patch
+
+declined:
+  - primitives
diff --git a/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.test.tsx b/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.test.tsx
index e1705c6f3..4e71f84ed 100644
--- a/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { axe } from 'jest-axe';
 import type { RenderResult } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import * as Avatar from '@radix-ui/react-avatar';
 
 const ROOT_TEST_ID = 'avatar-root';
@@ -100,3 +100,90 @@ describe('given an Avatar with fallback and delayed render', () => {
     expect(fallback).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
+
+describe('given an Avatar with an image that only works when referrerPolicy=no-referrer', () => {
+  let rendered: RenderResult;
+  const orignalGlobalImage = window.Image;
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    (window.Image as any) = class MockImage {
+      onload: () => void = () => {};
+      onerror: () => void = () => {};
+      src: string = '';
+      referrerPolicy: string | undefined;
+      constructor() {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          if (this.referrerPolicy === 'no-referrer') {
+            this.onload();
+          } else {
+            this.onerror();
+          }
+        }, DELAY);
+        return this;
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    window.Image = orignalGlobalImage;
+  });
+
+  describe('referrerPolicy=no-referrer', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      rendered = render(
+        <Avatar.Root data-testid={ROOT_TEST_ID}>
+          <Avatar.Fallback>{FALLBACK_TEXT}</Avatar.Fallback>
+          <Avatar.Image src="/test.jpg" alt={IMAGE_ALT_TEXT} referrerPolicy="no-referrer" />
+        </Avatar.Root>
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should render the fallback initially', () => {
+      const fallback = rendered.queryByText(FALLBACK_TEXT);
+      expect(fallback).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should not render the image initially', () => {
+      const image = rendered.queryByRole('img');
+      expect(image).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should render the image after it has loaded', async () => {
+      const image = await rendered.findByRole('img');
+      expect(image).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should have alt text on the image', async () => {
+      const image = await rendered.findByAltText(IMAGE_ALT_TEXT);
+      expect(image).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('referrerPolicy=origin', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      rendered = render(
+        <Avatar.Root data-testid={ROOT_TEST_ID}>
+          <Avatar.Fallback>{FALLBACK_TEXT}</Avatar.Fallback>
+          <Avatar.Image src="/test.jpg" alt={IMAGE_ALT_TEXT} referrerPolicy="origin" />
+        </Avatar.Root>
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should render the fallback initially', () => {
+      const fallback = rendered.queryByText(FALLBACK_TEXT);
+      expect(fallback).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('should never render the image', async () => {
+      try {
+        await waitFor(() => rendered.getByRole('img'), {
+          timeout: DELAY + 100,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+        expect((error as Error).name).toBe('TestingLibraryElementError');
+        expect((error as Error).message).toContain('Unable to find role="img"');
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.tsx b/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.tsx
index 3749fc218..53841b7f0 100644
--- a/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/avatar/src/Avatar.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const AvatarImage = React.forwardRef<AvatarImageElement, AvatarImageProps>(
   (props: ScopedProps<AvatarImageProps>, forwardedRef) => {
     const { __scopeAvatar, src, onLoadingStatusChange = () => {}, ...imageProps } = props;
     const context = useAvatarContext(IMAGE_NAME, __scopeAvatar);
-    const imageLoadingStatus = useImageLoadingStatus(src);
+    const imageLoadingStatus = useImageLoadingStatus(src, imageProps.referrerPolicy);
     const handleLoadingStatusChange = useCallbackRef((status: ImageLoadingStatus) => {
       onLoadingStatusChange(status);
       context.onImageLoadingStatusChange(status);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ AvatarFallback.displayName = FALLBACK_NAME;
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-function useImageLoadingStatus(src?: string) {
+function useImageLoadingStatus(src?: string, referrerPolicy?: React.HTMLAttributeReferrerPolicy) {
   const [loadingStatus, setLoadingStatus] = React.useState<ImageLoadingStatus>('idle');
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -137,11 +137,14 @@ function useImageLoadingStatus(src?: string) {
     image.onload = updateStatus('loaded');
     image.onerror = updateStatus('error');
     image.src = src;
+    if (referrerPolicy) {
+      image.referrerPolicy = referrerPolicy;
+    }
 
     return () => {
       isMounted = false;
     };
-  }, [src]);
+  }, [src, referrerPolicy]);
 
   return loadingStatus;
 }