diff --git a/wp-includes/media.php b/wp-includes/media.php
index 804adca2db..ba761c07ad 100644
--- a/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function image_resize( $file, $max_w, $max_h, $crop=false, $suffix=null, $dest_p
 	else {
 		// all other formats are converted to jpg
 		$destfilename = "{$dir}/{$name}-{$suffix}.jpg";
-		if (!imagejpeg( $newimage, $destfilename, $jpeg_quality ) )
+		if (!imagejpeg( $newimage, $destfilename, apply_filters( 'jpeg_quality', $jpeg_quality ) ) )
 			return new WP_Error('resize_path_invalid', __( 'Resize path invalid' ));
 	}