diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
index b8009fda3c262d0c629696da9998eeda668b4188..0c1220e408ff9c3947ca376f7a2cf49c7dd4a611 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/tasks.py
@@ -55,19 +55,21 @@ def update_album_cover(
             )
 
 
-IMAGE_TYPES = [("jpg", "image/jpeg"), ("png", "image/png")]
+IMAGE_TYPES = [("jpg", "image/jpeg"), ("jpeg", "image/jpeg"), ("png", "image/png")]
+FOLDER_IMAGE_NAMES = ["cover", "folder"]
 
 
 def get_cover_from_fs(dir_path):
     if os.path.exists(dir_path):
-        for e, m in IMAGE_TYPES:
-            cover_path = os.path.join(dir_path, "cover.{}".format(e))
-            if not os.path.exists(cover_path):
-                logger.debug("Cover %s does not exists", cover_path)
-                continue
-            with open(cover_path, "rb") as c:
-                logger.info("Found cover at %s", cover_path)
-                return {"mimetype": m, "content": c.read()}
+        for name in FOLDER_IMAGE_NAMES:
+            for e, m in IMAGE_TYPES:
+                cover_path = os.path.join(dir_path, "{}.{}".format(name, e))
+                if not os.path.exists(cover_path):
+                    logger.debug("Cover %s does not exists", cover_path)
+                    continue
+                with open(cover_path, "rb") as c:
+                    logger.info("Found cover at %s", cover_path)
+                    return {"mimetype": m, "content": c.read()}
 
 
 @celery.app.task(name="music.start_library_scan")
diff --git a/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py b/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
index 51ea71635b166307db39173e43965d4f859d8378..439c74b728320a98ab7d43ba3ea0b0e867fd12a5 100644
--- a/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
+++ b/api/tests/music/test_tasks.py
@@ -843,3 +843,34 @@ def test_update_library_entity(factories, mocker):
 
     artist.refresh_from_db()
     assert artist.name == "Hello"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "name, ext, mimetype",
+    [
+        ("cover", "png", "image/png"),
+        ("cover", "jpg", "image/jpeg"),
+        ("cover", "jpeg", "image/jpeg"),
+        ("folder", "png", "image/png"),
+        ("folder", "jpg", "image/jpeg"),
+        ("folder", "jpeg", "image/jpeg"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_cover_from_fs(name, ext, mimetype, tmpdir):
+    cover_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "{}.{}".format(name, ext))
+    content = "Hello"
+    with open(cover_path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+    expected = {"mimetype": mimetype, "content": content.encode()}
+    assert tasks.get_cover_from_fs(tmpdir) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["cover.gif", "folder.gif"])
+def test_get_cover_from_fs_ignored(name, tmpdir):
+    cover_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, name)
+    content = "Hello"
+    with open(cover_path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+    assert tasks.get_cover_from_fs(tmpdir) is None
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/898.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/898.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80476e4a3d20a520df534cfc6178799026c079e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/898.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Pickup folder.png and folder.jpg files for cover art when importing from CLI (#898)