diff --git a/docs/djlint/changelog.rst b/docs/djlint/changelog.rst
index 21fef9b..4ca915b 100644
--- a/docs/djlint/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/djlint/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Next Release
+------------
+- Split ``alt`` requirement from H006 to H013
+
 0.5.1
 -----
 - Added rule H019
diff --git a/docs/djlint/rules.rst b/docs/djlint/rules.rst
index 1f6d85b..c1afd04 100644
--- a/docs/djlint/rules.rst
+++ b/docs/djlint/rules.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Codes
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | H005   | Html tag should have lang attribute.                                    |
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| H006   | Img tag should have alt, height and width attributes.                   |
+| H006   | Img tag should have height and width attributes.                        |
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | H007   | <!DOCTYPE ... > should be present before the html tag.                  |
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Codes
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | H012   | There should be no spaces around attribute =.                           |
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| H013   | Img tag should have alt attributes.                                     |
++--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | H014   | More than 2 blank lines.                                                |
 +--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | H015   | Follow h tags with a line break.                                        |
diff --git a/src/djlint/rules.yaml b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
index c0a8fe0..606322a 100644
--- a/src/djlint/rules.yaml
+++ b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@
     - <html\s*(?:(?!lang).)*>
 - rule:
     name: H006
-    message: Img tag should have alt, height and width attributes.
+    message: Img tag should have height and width attributes.
     flags: re.DOTALL|re.I
     patterns:
     - <img\s(?:(?!(?:height)=).)*/?>
     - <img\s(?:(?!(?:width)=).)*/?>
-    - <img\s(?:(?!(?:alt)=).)*/?>
 - rule:
     name: H007
     message: <!DOCTYPE ... > should be present before the html tag.
@@ -217,6 +216,12 @@
     patterns:
     - <\w+?(?:(?!\{[%|{|#])[^\n|>])*\s+=
     - <\w+?(?:(?!\{[%|{|#])[^\n|>])*=\s
+- rule:
+    name: H013
+    message: Img tag should have an alt attribute.
+    flags: re.DOTALL|re.I
+    patterns:
+    - <img\s(?:(?!(?:alt)=).)*/?>
 - rule:
     name: H014
     message: More than 2 blank lines.
diff --git a/tests/test_linter.py b/tests/test_linter.py
index f2f89e8..16dadc8 100644
--- a/tests/test_linter.py
+++ b/tests/test_linter.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_H005(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
 
 
 def test_H006(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
-    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"<img />")
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<img alt="test"/>')
     result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
     assert result.exit_code == 1
     assert "H006 1:" in result.output
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ def test_H012(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     assert "H012 1:" not in result.output
 
 
+def test_H013(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<img height="12" width="12"/>')
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H013 1:" in result.output
+    print(result.output)
+    assert "found 1 error" in result.output
+
+
 def test_H014(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"</div>\n\n\n<p>")
     result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])