diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/clipboard.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/clipboard.rs
index ff065a48f..bae7aaca9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/clipboard.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus/clipboard.rs
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ fn clipboard_png(app: &mut FigApp) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, f64, f64)> {
         Some(readable) => readable,
         None => with_pixel_size(encoded_clipboard_image(app)?)?,
     };
-    if w == 0 || h == 0 || u64::from(w) * u64::from(h) > MAX_PASTED_IMAGE_PIXELS {
-        return None;
-    }
     let density = figcraft_format::pixel_density(&png);
     let (w, h) = figcraft_format::placed_size(w, h, density, figcraft_engine::cmd::create::PLACED_IMAGE_MAX_SIDE);
     Some((png, w, h))
@@ -140,8 +137,14 @@ fn clipboard_png(app: &mut FigApp) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, f64, f64)> {
 const MAX_PASTED_IMAGE_PIXELS: u64 = 100_000_000;
 
 fn with_pixel_size(png: Vec<u8>) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, (u32, u32))> {
-    let size = image::ImageReader::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&png)).with_guessed_format().ok()?.into_dimensions().ok()?;
-    Some((png, size))
+    use image::ImageDecoder as _;
+    let decoder = image::ImageReader::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&png)).with_guessed_format().ok()?.into_decoder().ok()?;
+    let (w, h) = decoder.dimensions();
+    if w == 0 || h == 0 || u64::from(w) * u64::from(h) > MAX_PASTED_IMAGE_PIXELS {
+        return None;
+    }
+    image::DynamicImage::from_decoder(decoder).ok()?;
+    Some((png, (w, h)))
 }
 
 fn encoded_clipboard_image(app: &mut FigApp) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/paste_image_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/paste_image_tests.rs
index e70ea0968..756c93067 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/paste_image_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/paste_image_tests.rs
@@ -549,3 +549,18 @@ fn a_clipboard_png_past_the_byte_limit_falls_back_to_the_decoded_image() {
     let pasted = doc.nodes().find(|n| n.name == "Pasted image").expect("pasted from the decoded image");
     assert_eq!((pasted.width, pasted.height), (2.0, 2.0));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_clipboard_png_with_a_cut_off_body_falls_back_to_the_decoded_image() {
+    let mut w = Win::new();
+    let mut png = std::io::Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    image::RgbaImage::new(4, 4).write_to(&mut png, image::ImageFormat::Png).unwrap();
+    let png = png.into_inner();
+    let cut_off = png[..png.len() - 20].to_vec();
+    assert_eq!(image::ImageReader::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&cut_off)).with_guessed_format().unwrap().into_dimensions().unwrap(), (4, 4));
+    *w.clip.borrow_mut() = Clip { png: Some(cut_off), image: Some((2, 2, vec![255; 16])), ..Clip::default() };
+    w.cmd_v();
+    let doc = w.app.session.doc().unwrap();
+    let pasted = doc.nodes().find(|n| n.name == "Pasted image").expect("pasted from the decoded image");
+    assert_eq!((pasted.width, pasted.height), (2.0, 2.0));
+}