diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
index 9cd6d0ecba42c..0547757c517ef 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/services/service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../../core/errors/index.js';
 import { isRemotePath, joinPaths } from '../../core/path.js';
 import { DEFAULT_HASH_PROPS, DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FORMAT, VALID_SUPPORTED_FORMATS } from '../consts.js';
 import type { ImageOutputFormat, ImageTransform, UnresolvedSrcSetValue } from '../types.js';
-import { isESMImportedImage } from '../utils/imageKind.js';
+import { isESMImportedImage, isRemoteImage } from '../utils/imageKind.js';
 import { isRemoteAllowed } from '../utils/remotePattern.js';
 
 export type ImageService = LocalImageService | ExternalImageService;
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export const baseService: Omit<LocalImageService, 'transform'> = {
 	propertiesToHash: DEFAULT_HASH_PROPS,
 	validateOptions(options) {
 		// `src` is missing or is `undefined`.
-		if (!options.src || (typeof options.src !== 'string' && typeof options.src !== 'object')) {
+		if (!options.src || (!isRemoteImage(options.src) && !isESMImportedImage(options.src))) {
 			throw new AstroError({
 				...AstroErrorData.ExpectedImage,
 				message: AstroErrorData.ExpectedImage.message(
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/utils/imageKind.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/utils/imageKind.ts
index 7b42f9f7017f3..7dc911e0265e4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/utils/imageKind.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/utils/imageKind.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { ImageMetadata, UnresolvedImageTransform } from '../types.js';
 
 export function isESMImportedImage(src: ImageMetadata | string): src is ImageMetadata {
-	return typeof src === 'object';
+	return typeof src === 'object' || (typeof src === 'function' && 'src' in src);
 }
 
 export function isRemoteImage(src: ImageMetadata | string): src is string {