diff --git a/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py b/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
index ae2948d73..906188184 100644
--- a/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ IGNORED_EXTENSIONS = [
     "svg",
     "cdr",
     "ico",
+    "webp",
     # audio
     "mp3",
     "wma",