diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
index 3f4fc91ed4..b6660b6880 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PropertyEditors/ImageCropperTest.cs
@@ -92,5 +92,15 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PropertyEditors
             var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 300, height: 150, ratioMode: ImageCropRatioMode.Width);
             Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?center=0.80827067669172936,0.96&mode=crop&height=150&widthratio=2", urlString);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test that if Crop mode is specified as anything other than Crop the image doesn't use the crop
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void GetCropUrl_SpecifiedCropModeTest()
+        {
+            var urlString = mediaPath.GetCropUrl(imageCropperValue: cropperJson, width: 300, height: 150, imageCropMode:ImageCropMode.Max);
+            Assert.AreEqual(mediaPath + "?mode=max&width=300&height=150", urlString);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
index 1359517643..8c7b06a3b6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ImageCropperTemplateExtensions.cs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             {
                 var imageResizerUrl = new StringBuilder();
 
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageCropperValue) == false && imageCropperValue.DetectIsJson())
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageCropperValue) == false && imageCropperValue.DetectIsJson() && (imageCropMode == ImageCropMode.Crop || imageCropMode == null))
                 {
                     var cropDataSet = imageCropperValue.SerializeToCropDataSet();
                     if (cropDataSet != null)