diff --git a/app/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider.ts b/app/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider.ts
index 7cd5df91..881aedd8 100644
--- a/app/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider.ts
+++ b/app/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,45 @@ const defaultModifiers = {
 interface ImgproxyProviderOptions {
   baseUrl: string
   internalProxyUrl: string
+  mediaProxyUrls?: string[]
+}
+
+const gelbooruHostSuffix = 'gelbooru.com'
+
+function isGelbooruMediaSource(sourceUrl: URL) {
+  return sourceUrl.hostname === gelbooruHostSuffix || sourceUrl.hostname.endsWith(`.${gelbooruHostSuffix}`)
+}
+
+function stableIndex(value: string, length: number) {
+  let hash = 0
+
+  for (const char of value) {
+    hash = (hash + char.charCodeAt(0)) >>> 0
+  }
+
+  return hash % length
+}
+
+function getMediaProxySourceUrl(src: string, mediaProxyUrls: string[] | undefined) {
+  if (!mediaProxyUrls?.length) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const selectedProxyUrl = mediaProxyUrls[stableIndex(src, mediaProxyUrls.length)]
+
+  if (!selectedProxyUrl) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const proxyUrl = URL.parse(selectedProxyUrl)
+
+  if (!proxyUrl) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  proxyUrl.searchParams.set('q', src)
+
+  return proxyUrl.toString()
 }
 
 /**
@@ -78,15 +117,18 @@ const getImage: ProviderGetImage<ImgproxyProviderOptions> = (src, options) => {
     return { url: src }
   }
 
-  const { modifiers, baseUrl, internalProxyUrl } = options
+  const { modifiers, baseUrl, internalProxyUrl, mediaProxyUrls } = options
 
   const mergeModifiers = { ...defaultModifiers, ...modifiers }
 
   // Remove dimensions from imgproxy operations so the same source reuses a common cached URL.
   const { width, height, ...modifiersWithoutSize } = mergeModifiers
 
-  // Build rewriter URL: nginx-proxy fetches the source and strips headers
-  const rewriterUrl = `${internalProxyUrl}${src}`
+  const mediaProxySourceUrl = isGelbooruMediaSource(sourceUrl) ? getMediaProxySourceUrl(src, mediaProxyUrls) : undefined
+
+  // Build rewriter URL: nginx-proxy fetches the source and strips headers.
+  // Gelbooru media is fetched through Cloudflare Workers first because Gelbooru rate-limits the VM egress IP.
+  const rewriterUrl = mediaProxySourceUrl ?? `${internalProxyUrl}${src}`
   const encodedUrl = urlSafeBase64(rewriterUrl)
 
   const path = joinURL('/insecure', operationsGenerator(modifiersWithoutSize), encodedUrl)
diff --git a/config/project.ts b/config/project.ts
index 68ec4206..c5b62410 100644
--- a/config/project.ts
+++ b/config/project.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface Social {
 export interface Imgproxy {
   baseUrl: string
   internalProxyUrl: string
+  mediaProxyUrls: string[]
 }
 
 export interface DiscordOauth {
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ export const project: ProjectConfig = {
   },
   imgproxy: {
     baseUrl: 'https://imgproxy2.r34.app',
-    internalProxyUrl: 'http://nginx-proxy/proxy?url='
+    internalProxyUrl: 'http://nginx-proxy/proxy?url=',
+    mediaProxyUrls: ['https://cors-proxy2.rule34.workers.dev/', 'https://cors-proxy.refinedsoftware00.workers.dev/']
   },
   sentry: {
     applicationKey: 'r34-app'
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
index 4633b898..37857541 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
       strictSeo: {
         canonicalQueries: ['tags'] // Non-functional — kept as intent. See server/plugins/.
       },
-      
+
       compactRoutes: true // TODO: Remove once default
     }
   },
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
         provider: '~/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider',
         options: {
           baseUrl: project.imgproxy.baseUrl,
-          internalProxyUrl: project.imgproxy.internalProxyUrl
+          internalProxyUrl: project.imgproxy.internalProxyUrl,
+          mediaProxyUrls: project.imgproxy.mediaProxyUrls
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/test/assets/imgproxy-provider.test.ts b/test/assets/imgproxy-provider.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bedaaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/imgproxy-provider.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import imgproxyProvider from '../../app/assets/js/nuxt-image/imgproxy.provider'
+
+function decodeImgproxySource(url: string) {
+  const parsedUrl = URL.parse(url)
+
+  if (!parsedUrl) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid imgproxy URL: ${url}`)
+  }
+
+  const encodedSource = parsedUrl.pathname.split('/').at(-1)
+
+  if (!encodedSource) {
+    throw new Error('Missing encoded imgproxy source')
+  }
+
+  const padded = encodedSource.padEnd(Math.ceil(encodedSource.length / 4) * 4, '=')
+  return Buffer.from(padded.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/'), 'base64').toString('utf8')
+}
+
+describe('imgproxy provider', () => {
+  const providerOptions = {
+    baseUrl: 'https://imgproxy2.r34.app',
+    internalProxyUrl: 'http://nginx-proxy/proxy?url=',
+    mediaProxyUrls: ['https://cors-proxy2.rule34.workers.dev/', 'https://cors-proxy.refinedsoftware00.workers.dev/'],
+    modifiers: {
+      format: 'webp',
+      width: 320
+    }
+  }
+
+  it('routes Gelbooru media through the configured outbound media proxies before imgproxy fetches it', () => {
+    const sourceUrl = 'https://img2.gelbooru.com/images/fb/59/fb593a551b9f89548b9a4b47f4c3bac4.png'
+
+    const image = imgproxyProvider().getImage(sourceUrl, providerOptions)
+
+    expect(decodeImgproxySource(image.url)).toBe(
+      'https://cors-proxy2.rule34.workers.dev/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fimg2.gelbooru.com%2Fimages%2Ffb%2F59%2Ffb593a551b9f89548b9a4b47f4c3bac4.png'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('keeps non-Gelbooru media on the internal nginx proxy', () => {
+    const sourceUrl = 'https://api-cdn.rule34.xxx/images/1234/example.png'
+
+    const image = imgproxyProvider().getImage(sourceUrl, providerOptions)
+
+    expect(decodeImgproxySource(image.url)).toBe(
+      'http://nginx-proxy/proxy?url=https://api-cdn.rule34.xxx/images/1234/example.png'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('chooses the same outbound media proxy for the same source URL', () => {
+    const sourceUrl = 'https://img2.gelbooru.com/images/aa/bb/example.png'
+
+    const firstImage = imgproxyProvider().getImage(sourceUrl, providerOptions)
+    const secondImage = imgproxyProvider().getImage(sourceUrl, providerOptions)
+
+    expect(decodeImgproxySource(secondImage.url)).toBe(decodeImgproxySource(firstImage.url))
+    expect(decodeImgproxySource(firstImage.url)).toBe(
+      'https://cors-proxy.refinedsoftware00.workers.dev/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fimg2.gelbooru.com%2Fimages%2Faa%2Fbb%2Fexample.png'
+    )
+  })
+})