diff --git a/ThunderTable/TableRow.swift b/ThunderTable/TableRow.swift
index 8d0b782..a3e729c 100644
--- a/ThunderTable/TableRow.swift
+++ b/ThunderTable/TableRow.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ public protocol Row {
     /// An image to be displayed in the row
     var image: UIImage? { get set }
     
+    /// An image to be used as placeholder when using asynchronous image loading and `image` is nil
+    var placeholderImage: UIImage? { get }
+    
     /// The size of the image which will be displayed in the row
 	/// 
 	/// This will be used when displaying an image using imageURL in order
@@ -168,6 +171,10 @@ extension Row {
         return nil
     }
     
+    public var placeholderImage: UIImage? {
+        return nil
+    }
+    
     public var image: UIImage? {
         get { return nil }
         set {}
@@ -253,6 +260,8 @@ open class TableRow: Row {
     
     open var image: UIImage?
     
+    open var placeholderImage: UIImage?
+    
     open var imageSize: CGSize?
     
     open var imageURL: URL? {
diff --git a/ThunderTable/TableViewController.swift b/ThunderTable/TableViewController.swift
index 15fcf8f..35afe33 100644
--- a/ThunderTable/TableViewController.swift
+++ b/ThunderTable/TableViewController.swift
@@ -310,11 +310,15 @@ open class TableViewController: UITableViewController, UIContentSizeCategoryAdju
             size = imageSize
         }
         
-        imageView?.set(imageURL: row.imageURL, withPlaceholder: row.image, imageSize: size, animated: true, completion: { [weak self] (image, error) -> (Void) in
-            
-            if let welf = self, _row.image == nil {
+        imageView?.set(
+            imageURL: row.imageURL,
+            withPlaceholder: row.image ?? row.placeholderImage,
+            imageSize: size,
+            animated: true,
+            completion: { [weak self] (image, error) -> (Void) in
+            if _row.image == nil {
                 _row.image = image
-                welf.tableView.reloadRows(at: [indexPath], with: .none)
+                self?.tableView.reloadRows(at: [indexPath], with: .none)
             }
         })
 		
diff --git a/ThunderTableDemo/ViewController.swift b/ThunderTableDemo/ViewController.swift
index 5597338..0e4085e 100644
--- a/ThunderTableDemo/ViewController.swift
+++ b/ThunderTableDemo/ViewController.swift
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ class ViewController: TableViewController {
         let imageRow = TableRow(title: "Bundled Image", subtitle: "With Footer", image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "logo"), selectionHandler: nil)
         let remoteImageRow = TableRow(title: "Remote Image")
         remoteImageRow.imageURL = URL(string: "http://via.placeholder.com/120x80")
+        remoteImageRow.imageSize = .init(width: 120, height: 80)
+        
+        let remoteImageWithPlaceholderRow = TableRow(title: "Remote Image w/ Placeholder")
+        remoteImageWithPlaceholderRow.placeholderImage = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "logo")
+        remoteImageWithPlaceholderRow.imageURL = URL(string: "http://via.placeholder.com/80x80")
         
         let actionRow = TableRow(title: "Show Alert", subtitle: nil, image: nil) { (row, selected, indexPath, tableView) -> (Void) in
             
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ class ViewController: TableViewController {
             self.present(alertViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
         }
         
-        let basicsSection = TableSection(rows: [row, subtitleRow, imageRow, remoteImageRow, actionRow], header: "Header", footer: "Footer", selectionHandler: nil)
+        let basicsSection = TableSection(rows: [row, subtitleRow, imageRow, remoteImageRow, remoteImageWithPlaceholderRow, actionRow], header: "Header", footer: "Footer", selectionHandler: nil)
         
         return basicsSection
     }