diff --git a/src/runtime/components/NuxtImg.vue b/src/runtime/components/NuxtImg.vue
index 53ecad0eb..1868b9642 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/NuxtImg.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/NuxtImg.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <img
     v-if="!custom"
     ref="imgEl"
-    :class="placeholder ? placeholderClass : undefined"
+    :class="placeholderSrc ? _placeholderClass : undefined"
     v-bind="imgAttrs"
     :src="src"
   >
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
 defineSlots<{ default(props: DefaultSlotProps): any }>()
 
 const $img = useImage()
+
 const { providerOptions, normalizedAttrs, imageModifiers } = useImageProps(props)
 
 const sizes = computed(() => $img.getSizes(props.src!, {
@@ -56,43 +57,46 @@ const sizes = computed(() => $img.getSizes(props.src!, {
 
 const placeholderLoaded = ref(false)
 
-const attrs = useAttrs() as ImgHTMLAttributes
-const imgAttrs = computed(() => ({
-  ...normalizedAttrs.value,
-  'data-nuxt-img': '',
-  ...(!props.placeholder || placeholderLoaded.value)
-    ? { sizes: sizes.value.sizes, srcset: sizes.value.srcset }
-    : {},
-  ...import.meta.server ? { onerror: 'this.setAttribute(\'data-error\', 1)' } : {},
-  ...attrs,
-}))
+const _placeholder = computed(
+  () => props.placeholder || (props.preset && $img.options.presets[props.preset]?.placeholder),
+)
+
+const _placeholderClass = computed(
+  () => props.placeholderClass || (props.preset && $img.options.presets[props.preset]?.placeholderClass),
+)
 
-const placeholder = computed(() => {
+const placeholderSrc = computed(() => {
   if (placeholderLoaded.value) {
-    return false
+    return undefined
   }
 
-  const placeholder = props.placeholder === '' ? [10, 10] : props.placeholder
+  const src = _placeholder.value
 
-  if (!placeholder) {
-    return false
+  if (!src) {
+    return undefined
   }
 
-  if (typeof placeholder === 'string') {
-    return placeholder
+  if (typeof src === 'string') {
+    return src
   }
 
-  const [width = 10, height = width, quality = 50, blur = 3] = Array.isArray(placeholder)
-    ? placeholder
-    : typeof placeholder === 'number' ? [placeholder] : []
-
-  return $img(props.src!, {
-    ...imageModifiers.value,
-    width,
-    height,
-    quality,
-    blur,
-  }, providerOptions.value)
+  const [width = 10, height = width, quality = 50, blur = 3] = Array.isArray(src)
+    ? src
+    : typeof src === 'number'
+      ? [src]
+      : []
+
+  return $img(
+    props.src!,
+    {
+      ...imageModifiers.value,
+      width,
+      height,
+      quality,
+      blur,
+    },
+    providerOptions.value,
+  )
 })
 
 const mainSrc = computed(() =>
@@ -101,7 +105,19 @@ const mainSrc = computed(() =>
     : $img(props.src!, imageModifiers.value, providerOptions.value),
 )
 
-const src = computed(() => placeholder.value || mainSrc.value)
+const src = computed(() => placeholderSrc.value || mainSrc.value)
+
+const attrs = useAttrs() as ImgHTMLAttributes
+
+const imgAttrs = computed(() => ({
+  ...normalizedAttrs.value,
+  'data-nuxt-img': '',
+  ...!placeholderSrc.value
+    ? { sizes: sizes.value.sizes, srcset: sizes.value.srcset }
+    : {},
+  ...import.meta.server ? { onerror: 'this.setAttribute(\'data-error\', 1)' } : {},
+  ...attrs,
+}))
 
 if (import.meta.server && props.preload) {
   const hasMultipleDensities = sizes.value.srcset.includes('x, ')
@@ -134,7 +150,7 @@ const imgEl = useTemplateRef('imgEl')
 defineExpose({ imgEl })
 
 onMounted(() => {
-  if (placeholder.value || props.custom) {
+  if (placeholderSrc.value || props.custom) {
     const img = new Image()
 
     if (mainSrc.value) {
diff --git a/src/types/image.ts b/src/types/image.ts
index ae0f06ffc..0133aba3e 100644
--- a/src/types/image.ts
+++ b/src/types/image.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export interface ImageOptions<Provider extends keyof ConfiguredImageProviders =
   provider?: Provider
   preset?: string
   densities?: string
+  placeholder?:
+    | boolean
+    | string
+    | number
+    | [w: number, h: number, q?: number, b?: number]
+  placeholderClass?: string
   modifiers?: Partial<Omit<ImageModifiers, 'format' | 'quality' | 'background' | 'fit'>>
     & ('modifiers' extends keyof ConfiguredImageProviders[Provider] ? ConfiguredImageProviders[Provider]['modifiers'] : Record<string, unknown>)
   sizes?: string | Record<string, any>
diff --git a/test/nuxt/image.test.ts b/test/nuxt/image.test.ts
index 60446a74a..98ead9154 100644
--- a/test/nuxt/image.test.ts
+++ b/test/nuxt/image.test.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ describe('Sizes and densities behavior', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('Preset sizes and densities inheritance', () => {
+describe('Preset inheritance', () => {
   const src = '/image.png'
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -505,6 +505,34 @@ describe('Preset sizes and densities inheritance', () => {
     expect(srcset).not.toMatch(/\b\d+w\b/)
     expect(sizes).toBeFalsy()
   })
+
+  it('preset placeholder and placeholderClass are inherited', () => {
+    setImageContext({
+      presets: {
+        withPlaceholder: {
+          placeholder: true,
+          placeholderClass: 'placeholder-class',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    const wrapper = mount(NuxtImg, {
+      propsData: {
+        src,
+        width: 200,
+        height: 200,
+        preset: 'withPlaceholder',
+      },
+    })
+
+    const imgElement = wrapper.find('img').element
+    const domSrc = imgElement.getAttribute('src')
+
+    expect(domSrc).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      '"/_ipx/q_50&blur_3&s_10x10/image.png"',
+    )
+    expect(imgElement.classList).toContain('placeholder-class')
+  })
 })
 
 describe('Renders image, applies module config', () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/bundle.test.ts b/test/unit/bundle.test.ts
index eea4df32d..8ba3ada0f 100644
--- a/test/unit/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/bundle.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.ECOSYSTEM_CI || isWindows)('nuxt image bundle size',
       image: { provider: 'ipx' },
     })
 
-    expect(roundToKilobytes(withImage.totalBytes - withoutImage.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"12.6k"`)
+    expect(roundToKilobytes(withImage.totalBytes - withoutImage.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"12.8k"`)
   })
 })