diff --git a/src/io/ReadImageArrayBufferOptions.ts b/src/io/ReadImageArrayBufferOptions.ts
index f4e86f273..5807e3fe2 100644
--- a/src/io/ReadImageArrayBufferOptions.ts
+++ b/src/io/ReadImageArrayBufferOptions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import CastImageOptions from '../core/CastImageOptions.js'
 
 interface ReadImageArrayBufferOptions extends CastImageOptions {
-  mimeType: string
+  mimeType?: string
 }
 
 export default ReadImageArrayBufferOptions
diff --git a/src/io/readImageFile.ts b/src/io/readImageFile.ts
index b0a60ac31..86ed74b07 100644
--- a/src/io/readImageFile.ts
+++ b/src/io/readImageFile.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ import { readAsArrayBuffer } from 'promise-file-reader'
 
 import readImageArrayBuffer from './readImageArrayBuffer.js'
 import ReadImageResult from './ReadImageResult.js'
+import CastImageOptions from '../core/CastImageOptions.js'
+import ReadImageArrayBufferOptions from './ReadImageArrayBufferOptions.js'
 
-async function readImageFile (webWorker: Worker | null, file: File): Promise<ReadImageResult> {
+async function readImageFile (webWorker: Worker | null, file: File, options?: CastImageOptions): Promise<ReadImageResult> {
   const arrayBuffer = await readAsArrayBuffer(file)
-  return await readImageArrayBuffer(webWorker, arrayBuffer, file.name, file.type)
+  const optionsToPass: ReadImageArrayBufferOptions = typeof options === 'undefined' ? {} : { ...options }
+  optionsToPass.mimeType = file.type
+  return await readImageArrayBuffer(webWorker, arrayBuffer, file.name, optionsToPass)
 }
 
 export default readImageFile
diff --git a/test/browser/io/readImageTest.js b/test/browser/io/readImageTest.js
index 8a28988f3..aa607187f 100644
--- a/test/browser/io/readImageTest.js
+++ b/test/browser/io/readImageTest.js
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ export default function () {
     verifyImage(t, image, componentType, pixelType)
   })
 
+  test('readImageFile reads a File, given componentType, pixelType', async (t) => {
+    const componentType = IntTypes.UInt16
+    const pixelType = PixelTypes.Vector
+    const { image, webWorker } = await readImageFile(null, cthead1SmallFile, { componentType, pixelType })
+    webWorker.terminate()
+    verifyImage(t, image, componentType, pixelType)
+  })
+
   test('readImageFile re-uses a WebWorker', async (t) => {
     const { webWorker } = await readImageFile(null, cthead1SmallFile)
     const { image } = await readImageFile(webWorker, cthead1SmallFile)