diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Component/Image/Image.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Component/Image/Image.php
index e2552441593a..3438232920c7 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Component/Image/Image.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Component/Image/Image.php
@@ -99,4 +99,14 @@ public function withAction($action): Image;
      * @return string|Signal[]
      */
     public function getAction();
+
+    /**
+     * Set if the image action should be opened in a new viewport.
+     */
+    public function withOpenInNewViewport(bool $open_in_new_viewport): Image;
+
+    /**
+     * Get if the image action should be opened in a new viewport.
+     */
+    public function getOpenInNewViewport(): bool;
 }
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Image.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Image.php
index 77758a9b93e6..04cf9f44c946 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Image.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Image.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Image implements C\Image\Image
     private array $additional_high_res_sources = [];
     private string $alt;
     protected ?string $action = '';
+    protected bool $open_in_new_viewport = false;
 
     public function __construct(string $type, string $source, string $alt)
     {
@@ -165,4 +166,22 @@ public function appendOnClick(Signal $signal): C\Clickable
     {
         return $this->appendTriggeredSignal($signal, 'click');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function withOpenInNewViewport(bool $open_in_new_viewport): C\Image\Image
+    {
+        $clone = clone $this;
+        $clone->open_in_new_viewport = $open_in_new_viewport;
+        return $clone;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function getOpenInNewViewport(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->open_in_new_viewport;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Renderer.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Renderer.php
index 11b7f119c0ba..9838effcbf0e 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Renderer.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/Implementation/Component/Image/Renderer.php
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ public function render(Component\Component $component, RendererInterface $defaul
                 $tpl->setCurrentBlock("with_href");
                 $tpl->setVariable("HREF", $component->getAction());
                 $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
+
+                if ($component->getOpenInNewViewport()) {
+                    $tpl->setCurrentBlock("with_target");
+                    $tpl->setVariable("TARGET", "_blank");
+                    $tpl->parseCurrentBlock();
+                }
             }
 
             if (is_array($component->getAction())) {
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/examples/Image/Standard/with_string_action.php b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/examples/Image/Standard/with_string_action.php
index 547f5c099c4d..7cef36b76f5f 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/examples/Image/Standard/with_string_action.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/examples/Image/Standard/with_string_action.php
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ function with_string_action()
     $image = $f->image()->standard(
         "assets/ui-examples/images/Image/HeaderIconLarge.svg",
         "Thumbnail Example"
-    )->withAction("https://www.ilias.de");
+    )->withAction("https://www.ilias.de")
+        ->withOpenInNewViewport(true);
 
     $html = $renderer->render($image);
 
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Image/tpl.image.html b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Image/tpl.image.html
index eb57826b0c5c..59c0452fd381 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Image/tpl.image.html
+++ b/components/ILIAS/UI/src/templates/default/Image/tpl.image.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- BEGIN action_begin -->
-<a<!-- BEGIN with_href --> href="{HREF}"<!-- END with_href --><!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id -->>
+<a<!-- BEGIN with_href --> href="{HREF}"<!-- END with_href --><!-- BEGIN with_id --> id="{ID}"<!-- END with_id --><!-- BEGIN with_target --> target="{TARGET}" rel="noopener"<!-- END with_target -->>
 <!-- END action_begin -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN standard -->
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 
 <!-- BEGIN action_end -->
 </a>
-<!-- END action_end -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- END action_end -->