diff --git a/src/vs/platform/browserView/common/browserView.ts b/src/vs/platform/browserView/common/browserView.ts
index cfff846b44301..9a20dd0264047 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/browserView/common/browserView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/browserView/common/browserView.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ export interface IBrowserViewBounds {
 }
 
 export interface IBrowserViewCaptureScreenshotOptions {
+	/** Image format. Defaults to `'jpeg'`. */
+	format?: 'jpeg' | 'png';
+	/** Image quality (0-100). Only applies when {@link format} is `'jpeg'`. Defaults to 80. */
 	quality?: number;
 	screenRect?: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number };
 	pageRect?: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number };
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/browserView/electron-main/browserView.ts b/src/vs/platform/browserView/electron-main/browserView.ts
index e1ae26c8e2626..8e613ffe11de2 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/browserView/electron-main/browserView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/browserView/electron-main/browserView.ts
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ export class BrowserView extends Disposable {
 		const image = await this._view.webContents.capturePage(options?.screenRect, {
 			stayHidden: true
 		});
-		const buffer = image.toJPEG(quality);
+		const buffer = options?.format === 'png' ? image.toPNG() : image.toJPEG(quality);
 		const screenshot = VSBuffer.wrap(buffer);
 		// Only update _lastScreenshot if capturing the full view
 		if (!options?.screenRect) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/features/browserEditorChatFeatures.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/features/browserEditorChatFeatures.ts
index 9d806cae05e1e..de40a587e4966 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/features/browserEditorChatFeatures.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/features/browserEditorChatFeatures.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class BrowserEditorChatIntegration extends BrowserEditorContribution {
 		const attachImages = this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('chat.sendElementsToChat.attachImages');
 		if (attachImages) {
 			const screenshotBuffer = await model.captureScreenshot({
-				quality: 90,
+				format: 'png',
 				pageRect: bounds
 			});