diff --git a/changes/pr-443.md b/changes/pr-443.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1723dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/pr-443.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[png] HEIC fallback to JPEG option
diff --git a/pkgs/bash-packages/converters/png.nix b/pkgs/bash-packages/converters/png.nix
index 9c598af7..0960beee 100644
--- a/pkgs/bash-packages/converters/png.nix
+++ b/pkgs/bash-packages/converters/png.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let
       commands = ''
         tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
         _stp1="$tmpdir/_stp1.png"
-        ${libheif}/bin/heif-dec "$infile" "$_stp1" ${redirects.suppress_all}
+        ${libheif}/bin/heif-dec "$infile" "$_stp1" ${redirects.suppress_all} || ${imagemagick}/bin/convert "$infile" "$_stp1" ${redirects.suppress_all}
         if [[ ! -z "$resize" ]]; then
             ${apply_resize "$tmpdir" "$_stp1" "_stp2"}
         else