diff --git a/src/cli/common.rs b/src/cli/common.rs
index e1c7420f..ee400720 100644
--- a/src/cli/common.rs
+++ b/src/cli/common.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use clap::{arg, value_parser, Command};
+use clap::{arg, value_parser, ArgAction, Command};
 use indoc::indoc;
 
 use super::{preprocessors::Preprocessors, utils::threads};
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ impl CommonArgs for Command {
                 By default, the number of available threads is utilized."#})
                 .value_parser(value_parser!(u8).range(1..=threads::num_threads() as i64)),
         )
+        .arg(
+            arg!(-x --strip "Strip metadata when encoding images (where supported)")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
+        )
         .arg(
             arg!(--"no-progress" "Disables progress bar.")
                 .long_help(indoc! {r#"Disables progress bar.
diff --git a/src/codecs/mozjpeg/encoder/mod.rs b/src/codecs/mozjpeg/encoder/mod.rs
index aef6de85..e7094eb9 100644
--- a/src/codecs/mozjpeg/encoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codecs/mozjpeg/encoder/mod.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ impl EncoderTrait for MozJpegEncoder {
             {
                 use exif::experimental::Writer;
 
+                // write exif data
                 if let Some(metadata) = &image.metadata().exif() {
                     let mut writer = Writer::new();
                     // write first tags for exif
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ impl EncoderTrait for MozJpegEncoder {
                         log::warn!("Writing exif failed {:?}", result);
                     }
                 }
+
+                // write icc data
+                if let Some(metadata) = &image.metadata().icc_chunk() {
+                    comp.write_icc_profile(metadata);
+                }
             }
 
             comp.write_scanlines(data)?;
diff --git a/src/codecs/oxipng/encoder/mod.rs b/src/codecs/oxipng/encoder/mod.rs
index 354bbfc6..89426420 100644
--- a/src/codecs/oxipng/encoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codecs/oxipng/encoder/mod.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ impl EncoderTrait for OxiPngEncoder {
 
             let mut buf = std::io::Cursor::new(vec![]);
 
+            // write exif data
             if let Some(fields) = &image.metadata().exif() {
                 let mut writer = Writer::new();
 
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ impl EncoderTrait for OxiPngEncoder {
                     log::warn!("Writing exif failed {:?}", result);
                 }
             }
+
+            // write icc data
+            if let Some(icc) = &image.metadata().icc_chunk() {
+                img.add_icc_profile(icc);
+            }
         }
 
         let mut writer = ZWriter::new(sink);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e3e54657..f5d284ce 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ macro_rules! handle_error {
     };
 }
 
+const SUPPORTS_EXIF: &[&str] = &["mozjpeg", "oxipng"];
+const SUPPORTS_ICC: &[&str] = &["mozjpeg", "oxipng"];
+
 struct Result {
     output: PathBuf,
     input_size: u64,
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ fn main() {
 
             let recursive = matches.get_flag("recursive");
             let backup = matches.get_flag("backup");
+            let strip_metadata = matches.get_flag("strip");
             let quiet = matches.get_flag("quiet");
             let no_progress = matches.get_flag("no-progress");
 
@@ -151,8 +155,13 @@ fn main() {
                     pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(Depth::new(BitDepth::Eight)));
                     pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(ColorspaceConv::new(ColorSpace::RGBA)));
 
-                    pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(AutoOrient));
-                    pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(ApplySRGB));
+                    if strip_metadata || !SUPPORTS_EXIF.contains(&subcommand) {
+                        pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(AutoOrient));
+                    }
+
+                    if strip_metadata || !SUPPORTS_ICC.contains(&subcommand) {
+                        pipeline.chain_operations(Box::new(ApplySRGB));
+                    }
 
                     operations(matches, &img)
                         .into_iter()
diff --git a/src/operations/icc/mod.rs b/src/operations/icc/mod.rs
index ac8200f9..180e29b2 100644
--- a/src/operations/icc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/operations/icc/mod.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ impl OperationsTrait for ApplySRGB {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        ApplyICC::new(Profile::new_srgb_context(ThreadContext::new())).execute_impl(image)
+        ApplyICC::new(Profile::new_srgb_context(ThreadContext::new())).execute_impl(image)?;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn supported_types(&self) -> &'static [BitType] {