diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Files/useClientResize.ts b/client/src/hooks/Files/useClientResize.ts
index 1da3848aeb..fcd1838a46 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Files/useClientResize.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Files/useClientResize.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ export const useClientResize = () => {
     maxWidth: 1900,
     maxHeight: 1900,
     quality: 0.92,
+    minFileSizeKB: 1024,
   };
   const isEnabled = config?.enabled ?? false;
+  const minFileSizeBytes = (config?.minFileSizeKB ?? 1024) * 1024;
 
   /**
    * Resizes an image if client-side resizing is enabled and supported
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ export const useClientResize = () => {
         return { file, resized: false };
       }
 
-      // Return original file if it doesn't need resizing
-      if (!shouldResizeImage(file)) {
+      // Return original file if it's below the minimum size threshold
+      if (!shouldResizeImage(file, minFileSizeBytes)) {
         return { file, resized: false };
       }
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ export const useClientResize = () => {
         return { file, resized: false };
       }
     },
-    [isEnabled, config],
+    [isEnabled, config, minFileSizeBytes],
   );
 
   return {
diff --git a/librechat.example.yaml b/librechat.example.yaml
index 03bb5f5bc2..6facac0765 100644
--- a/librechat.example.yaml
+++ b/librechat.example.yaml
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ endpoints:
 #     maxWidth: 1900  # Maximum width for resized images (default: 1900)
 #     maxHeight: 1900  # Maximum height for resized images (default: 1900)
 #     quality: 0.92  # JPEG quality for compression (0.0-1.0, default: 0.92)
+#     minFileSizeKB: 1024  # Skip resizing files smaller than this size in KB (default: 1024)
 # # See the Custom Configuration Guide for more information on Assistants Config:
 # # https://www.librechat.ai/docs/configuration/librechat_yaml/object_structure/assistants_endpoint
 
diff --git a/packages/data-provider/src/file-config.ts b/packages/data-provider/src/file-config.ts
index 32a1a28cc9..e8781ba6b2 100644
--- a/packages/data-provider/src/file-config.ts
+++ b/packages/data-provider/src/file-config.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ export const fileConfig = {
     maxWidth: 1900,
     maxHeight: 1900,
     quality: 0.92,
+    minFileSizeKB: 1024,
   },
   ocr: {
     supportedMimeTypes: defaultOCRMimeTypes,
@@ -484,6 +485,7 @@ export const fileConfigSchema = z.object({
       maxWidth: z.number().min(0).optional(),
       maxHeight: z.number().min(0).optional(),
       quality: z.number().min(0).max(1).optional(),
+      minFileSizeKB: z.number().min(0).optional(),
     })
     .optional(),
   ocr: z