diff --git a/src/opus.cc b/src/opus.cc
index 40da782..36b4772 100644
--- a/src/opus.cc
+++ b/src/opus.cc
@@ -110,3 +110,54 @@ ot::dynamic_ogg_packet ot::render_tags(const opus_tags& tags)
 
 	return op;
 }
+
+/**
+ * The METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE binary data, after base64 decoding, is organized like this:
+ *
+ *  - 4 bytes for the picture type,
+ *  - 4 + n bytes for the MIME type,
+ *  - 4 + n bytes for the description string,
+ *  - 16 bytes of picture attributes,
+ *  - 4 + n bytes for the picture data.
+ *
+ * Integers are all big endian.
+ */
+ot::picture::picture(std::string block)
+	: storage(std::move(block))
+{
+	auto bytes = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(storage.data());
+
+	size_t mime_offset = 4;
+	if (storage.size() < mime_offset + 4)
+		throw status { st::invalid_size, "missing MIME type in picture block" };
+	uint32_t mime_size = be32toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(bytes + mime_offset));
+
+	size_t desc_offset = mime_offset + 4 + mime_size;
+	if (storage.size() < desc_offset + 4)
+		throw status { st::invalid_size, "missing description in picture block" };
+	uint32_t desc_size = be32toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(bytes + desc_offset));
+
+	size_t pic_offset = desc_offset + 4 + desc_size + 16;
+	if (storage.size() < pic_offset + 4)
+		throw status { st::invalid_size, "missing picture data in picture block" };
+	uint32_t pic_size = be32toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(bytes + pic_offset));
+
+	if (storage.size() != pic_offset + 4 + pic_size)
+		throw status { st::invalid_size, "invalid picture block size" };
+
+	mime_type = std::string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bytes + mime_offset + 4), mime_size);
+	picture_data = std::string_view(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bytes + pic_offset + 4), pic_size);
+}
+
+std::optional<ot::picture> ot::extract_cover(const ot::opus_tags& tags)
+{
+	static const std::string_view prefix = "METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE="sv;
+	auto is_cover = [](const std::string& tag) { return tag.starts_with(prefix); };
+	auto cover_tag = std::find_if(tags.comments.begin(), tags.comments.end(), is_cover);
+	if (cover_tag == tags.comments.end())
+		return {}; // No cover art.
+
+	std::string_view cover_value = *cover_tag;
+	cover_value.remove_prefix(prefix.size());
+	return picture(decode_base64(cover_value));
+}
diff --git a/src/opustags.h b/src/opustags.h
index a04bb9c..f18d567 100644
--- a/src/opustags.h
+++ b/src/opustags.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include <libkern/OSByteOrder.h>
 #define htole32(x) OSSwapHostToLittleInt32(x)
 #define le32toh(x) OSSwapLittleToHostInt32(x)
+#define htobe32(x) OSSwapHostToBigInt32(x)
+#define be32toh(x) OSSwapBigToHostInt32(x)
 #endif
 
 using namespace std::literals;
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ enum class st {
 	cut_comment_count,
 	cut_comment_length,
 	cut_comment_data,
+	invalid_size,
 	/* CLI */
 	bad_arguments,
 };
@@ -398,6 +401,26 @@ opus_tags parse_tags(const ogg_packet& packet);
  */
 dynamic_ogg_packet render_tags(const opus_tags& tags);
 
+/**
+ * Extracted data from the METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE tag. See
+ * <https://xiph.org/flac/format.html#metadata_block_picture> for the full specifications.
+ *
+ * It may contain all kinds of metadata but most are not used at all. For now, let’s assume all
+ * pictures have picture type 3 (front cover), and empty metadata.
+ */
+struct picture {
+	/** Extract the picture information from serialized binary data.*/
+	picture(std::string block);
+	std::string_view mime_type;
+	std::string_view picture_data;
+	/** To avoid needless copies of the picture data, move the original data block there. The
+	 *  string_view attributes will refer to it. */
+	std::string storage;
+};
+
+/** Extract the first picture embedded in the tags, regardless of its type. */
+std::optional<picture> extract_cover(const opus_tags& tags);
+
 /** \} */
 
 /***********************************************************************************************//**
diff --git a/t/opus.cc b/t/opus.cc
index 3988451..cb83bea 100644
--- a/t/opus.cc
+++ b/t/opus.cc
@@ -135,12 +135,43 @@ static void recode_padding()
 		throw failure("the rendered packet is not what we expected");
 }
 
+static void extract_cover()
+{
+	std::string_view picture_data = ""sv
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x03" // Picture type 3.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x09" "image/foo" // MIME type.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00" "" // Description.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00" // Width.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00" // Height.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00" // Color depth.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00" // Palette size.
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x0C" "Picture data";
+
+	ot::opus_tags tags;
+	tags.comments.push_front("METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE=" + ot::encode_base64(picture_data));
+	std::optional<ot::picture> cover = ot::extract_cover(tags);
+	if (!cover)
+		throw failure("could not extract the cover");
+	if (cover->mime_type != "image/foo")
+		throw failure("bad extracted MIME type");
+	if (cover->picture_data != "Picture data")
+		throw failure("bad extracted picture data");
+
+	std::string_view truncated_data = picture_data.substr(0, picture_data.size() - 1);
+	tags.comments.push_front("METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE=" + ot::encode_base64(truncated_data));
+	try {
+		ot::extract_cover(tags);
+		throw failure("accepted a bad picture block");
+	} catch (const ot::status& rc) {}
+}
+
 int main()
 {
-	std::cout << "1..4\n";
+	std::cout << "1..5\n";
 	run(parse_standard, "parse a standard OpusTags packet");
 	run(parse_corrupted, "correctly reject invalid packets");
 	run(recode_standard, "recode a standard OpusTags packet");
 	run(recode_padding, "recode a OpusTags packet with padding");
+	run(extract_cover, "extract the cover art");
 	return 0;
 }