diff --git a/src/ImageInTerminal.jl b/src/ImageInTerminal.jl
index 15954ce..cdedfd0 100644
--- a/src/ImageInTerminal.jl
+++ b/src/ImageInTerminal.jl
@@ -107,24 +107,25 @@ Supported encoding:
     - ascii (`XTermColors` backend)
 """
 
-function imshow(io::IO, img::AbstractArray{<:Colorant}, maxsize::Tuple=displaysize(io))
+function imshow(
+    io::IO, img::AbstractArray{<:Colorant}, maxsize::Tuple=displaysize(io); kw...
+)
     buf = IOContext(PipeBuffer(), :color => get(io, :color, false))
     if choose_sixel(img)
         sixel_encode(buf, img)
     else
+        print_func = (io, x) -> ascii_show(io, x, COLORMODE[], :auto, maxsize; kw...)
         if ndims(img) > 2
-            Base.show_nd(
-                buf, img, (buf, x) -> ascii_show(buf, x, COLORMODE[], :auto, maxsize), true
-            )
+            Base.show_nd(buf, img, print_func, true)
         else
-            ascii_show(buf, img, COLORMODE[], :auto, maxsize)
+            print_func(buf, img)
         end
     end
     write(io, read(buf, String))
 end
 
-imshow(img::AbstractArray{<:Colorant}, args...) = imshow(stdout, img, args...)
-imshow(img, args...) =
+imshow(img::AbstractArray{<:Colorant}, args...; kw...) = imshow(stdout, img, args...; kw...)
+imshow(img, args...; kw...) =
     throw(ArgumentError("imshow only supports colorant arrays with 1 or 2 dimensions"))
 
 sixel_encode(args...; kwargs...) = Sixel.sixel_encode(args...; kwargs...)
diff --git a/test/tst_imshow.jl b/test/tst_imshow.jl
index dee5d8c..6f0fb45 100644
--- a/test/tst_imshow.jl
+++ b/test/tst_imshow.jl
@@ -92,4 +92,17 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+@testset "callback" begin
+    img = imresize(mandril, 10, 10)
+    io = PipeBuffer()
+    fgcols, bgcols = [], []
+    callback(I, fgcol, bgcol, chars...) = begin
+        push!(fgcols, fgcol)
+        push!(bgcols, bgcol)
+    end
+    @ensurecolor imshow(io, img; callback=callback)
+    @test length(fgcols) == prod(size(img))
+    @test all(ismissing.(bgcols))
+end
+
 set_colormode(8)  # reset to default state