diff --git a/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 136a13837cc1..c69c0299a57c 100644
--- a/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/images/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <fileType name="SVG" implementationClass="org.intellij.images.fileTypes.impl.SvgFileType" fieldName="INSTANCE" extensions="svg" language="SVG"/>
     <fileLookupInfoProvider implementation="org.intellij.images.completion.ImageLookupInfoProvider"/>
     <documentationProvider implementation="org.intellij.images.fileTypes.ImageDocumentationProvider"/>
+    <ApplicationLoadListener implementation="org.intellij.images.util.imageio.ImageReaderSpiRegistrar"/>
 
     <filePasteProvider implementation="org.intellij.images.ide.ImagePasteProvider" order="last"/>
 
diff --git a/images/resources/META-INF/services/javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi b/images/resources/META-INF/services/javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi
deleted file mode 100644
index 52a4d9483612..000000000000
--- a/images/resources/META-INF/services/javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-org.intellij.images.util.imageio.CommonsImagingImageReaderSpi
-org.intellij.images.util.imageio.svg.SvgImageReaderSpi
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diff --git a/images/src/org/intellij/images/util/imageio/ImageReaderSpiRegistrar.kt b/images/src/org/intellij/images/util/imageio/ImageReaderSpiRegistrar.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf0295a2df2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/src/org/intellij/images/util/imageio/ImageReaderSpiRegistrar.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package org.intellij.images.util.imageio
+
+import com.intellij.ide.ApplicationLoadListener
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.Application
+import org.intellij.images.util.imageio.svg.SvgImageReaderSpi
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry
+import javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi
+
+class ImageReaderSpiRegistrar: ApplicationLoadListener {
+  override suspend fun beforeApplicationLoaded(application: Application, configPath: Path) {
+    val defaultInstance = IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance()
+    defaultInstance.registerServiceProvider(CommonsImagingImageReaderSpi(), ImageReaderSpi::class.java)
+    defaultInstance.registerServiceProvider(SvgImageReaderSpi(), ImageReaderSpi::class.java)
+  }
+}
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