diff --git a/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/CoreData/DraftAttachment.swift b/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/CoreData/DraftAttachment.swift
index 64ecf94594..d71fb082fd 100644
--- a/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/CoreData/DraftAttachment.swift
+++ b/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/CoreData/DraftAttachment.swift
@@ -167,11 +167,23 @@ extension DraftAttachment: NSItemProviderReading {
             type = .png
         }
         
+        // Read the caption from the image itself, if there is one.
+        let caption: String
+        if let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(data as CFData, [kCGImageSourceTypeIdentifierHint: typeIdentifier as CFString] as CFDictionary),
+           let properties = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source, 0, nil) as? [String: Any],
+           // This is the dictionary for TIFF properties, but it's present for other image types too
+           let tiffProperties = properties[kCGImagePropertyTIFFDictionary as String] as? [String: Any],
+           let imageDescription = tiffProperties[kCGImagePropertyTIFFImageDescription as String] as? String {
+            caption = imageDescription
+        } else {
+            caption = ""
+        }
+        
         let attachment = DraftAttachment(entity: DraftsPersistentContainer.shared.persistentStoreCoordinator.managedObjectModel.entitiesByName["DraftAttachment"]!, insertInto: nil)
         attachment.id = UUID()
         attachment.fileURL = try writeDataToFile(data, id: attachment.id, type: type)
         attachment.fileType = type.identifier
-        attachment.attachmentDescription = ""
+        attachment.attachmentDescription = caption
         return attachment
     }