diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
index 4f43aa89..642dee69 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::getPageImages()
 
     // NOTE: If support of inherited resources (see above comment) is
     // implemented, edit comment in QPDFObjectHandle.hh for this
-    // function.
+    // function.  Also remove call to pushInheritedAttributesToPage
+    // from qpdf.cc when show_page_images is true.
 
     std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> result;
     if (this->hasKey("/Resources"))
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.cc b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
index 0788388b..148dff04 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.cc
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.cc
@@ -945,6 +945,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	    }
 	    if (show_pages)
 	    {
+                if (show_page_images)
+                {
+                    pdf.pushInheritedAttributesToPage();
+                }
 		std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> pages = pdf.getAllPages();
 		int pageno = 0;
 		for (std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>::iterator iter =