diff --git a/layouts/partials/cover.html b/layouts/partials/cover.html
index 6c7d1ae3..8ba2cd35 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/cover.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/cover.html
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
         {{- if $addLink }}<a href="{{ (path.Join .RelPermalink .Params.cover.image) | absURL }}" target="_blank"
             rel="noopener noreferrer">{{ end -}}
         {{- $sizes := (slice "360" "480" "720" "1080" "1500") }}
-        {{- $processableFormats := (slice "jpg" "jpeg" "png" "tif" "bmp" "gif") }}
+        {{- $processableFormats := (slice "jpg" "jpeg" "png" "tif" "bmp" "gif") -}}
+        {{- if hugo.IsExtended -}}
+            {{- $processableFormats = $processableFormats | append "webp" -}}
+        {{- end -}}
         {{- $prod := (hugo.IsProduction | or (eq .Site.Params.env "production")) }}
         {{- if (and (in $processableFormats $cover.MediaType.SubType) ($responsiveImages) (eq $prod true)) }}
         <img loading="lazy" srcset="{{- range $size := $sizes -}}