diff --git a/src/odr/html.hpp b/src/odr/html.hpp
index 2e8088b4..ebe5e4a0 100644
--- a/src/odr/html.hpp
+++ b/src/odr/html.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ struct HtmlConfig {
   std::string page_output_file_name{"page{index}.html"};
 
   // embedding
-  bool embed_resources{true};
+  bool embed_images{true};
+  bool embed_shipped_resources{true};
 
   // resources
   std::string external_resource_path;
diff --git a/src/odr/http_server.cpp b/src/odr/http_server.cpp
index 60d0ceef..b8e53d6f 100644
--- a/src/odr/http_server.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/http_server.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class HttpServer::Impl {
 
     // TODO
     HtmlConfig config;
-    config.embed_resources = false;
+    config.embed_images = false;
+    config.embed_shipped_resources = false;
     std::string output_path = "/tmp/" + id;
 
     std::filesystem::create_directories(output_path);
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/html/common.cpp b/src/odr/internal/html/common.cpp
index bddc1946..fff4e1c6 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/html/common.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/html/common.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ HtmlResourceLocator html::local_resource_locator(const std::string &output_path,
     if (!resource.is_relocatable()) {
       return resource.path();
     }
-
-    if (config.embed_resources) {
+    if ((config.embed_shipped_resources && resource.is_shipped()) ||
+        (config.embed_images && resource.type() == HtmlResourceType::image)) {
       return std::nullopt;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/src/html_output_test.cpp b/test/src/html_output_test.cpp
index 61315d37..06284345 100644
--- a/test/src/html_output_test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/html_output_test.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ TEST_P(HtmlOutputTests, html_meta) {
   OpenDocumentReader::copy_resources(resource_path);
 
   HtmlConfig config;
-  config.embed_resources = false;
+  config.embed_images = true;
+  config.embed_shipped_resources = false;
   config.external_resource_path = resource_path;
   config.relative_resource_paths = true;
   config.editable = true;