diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
index 8ef7ebeee71532..c155f6cf66a38a 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/image/edit.native.js
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ export class ImageEdit extends Component {
 			id: media.id,
 			url: media.url,
 			caption: media.caption,
+			alt: media.alt,
 		};
 
 		let additionalAttributes;
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/image/test/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/image/test/edit.native.js
index 214c953be323b2..2803060847bb92 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/image/test/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/image/test/edit.native.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Clipboard from '@react-native-clipboard/clipboard';
  */
 import { getBlockTypes, unregisterBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import {
+	requestMediaPicker,
 	setFeaturedImage,
 	sendMediaUpload,
 	subscribeMediaUpload,
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ jest.mock( 'lodash', () => {
 	return { ...actual, delay: ( cb ) => cb() };
 } );
 
+function mockGetMedia( media ) {
+	jest.spyOn( select( coreStore ), 'getMedia' ).mockReturnValue( media );
+}
+
 const apiFetchPromise = Promise.resolve( {} );
 
 const clipboardPromise = Promise.resolve( '' );
@@ -292,12 +297,6 @@ describe( 'Image Block', () => {
 			);
 		}
 
-		function mockGetMedia( media ) {
-			jest.spyOn( select( coreStore ), 'getMedia' ).mockReturnValueOnce(
-				media
-			);
-		}
-
 		it( 'does not prompt to replace featured image during a new image upload', () => {
 			// Arrange
 			const INITIAL_IMAGE = { id: 1, url: 'mock-url-1' };
@@ -406,4 +405,37 @@ describe( 'Image Block', () => {
 			);
 		} );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'sets src and alt attributes when selecting media', async () => {
+		const IMAGE = { id: 1, url: 'mock-image', alt: 'A beautiful mountain' };
+		requestMediaPicker.mockImplementationOnce(
+			( source, filter, multiple, callback ) => {
+				callback( {
+					id: IMAGE.id,
+					url: IMAGE.url,
+					alt: IMAGE.alt,
+				} );
+			}
+		);
+		mockGetMedia( {
+			id: IMAGE.id,
+			source_url: IMAGE.url,
+		} );
+
+		const initialHtml = `
+		<!-- wp:image -->
+		<figure class="wp-block-image">
+				<img alt="" />
+		</figure>
+		<!-- /wp:image -->`;
+		const screen = await initializeEditor( { initialHtml } );
+
+		fireEvent.press( screen.getByText( 'ADD IMAGE' ) );
+		fireEvent.press( screen.getByText( 'WordPress Media Library' ) );
+
+		const expectedHtml = `<!-- wp:image {"id":${ IMAGE.id },"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->
+<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="${ IMAGE.url }" alt="${ IMAGE.alt }" class="wp-image-${ IMAGE.id }"/></figure>
+<!-- /wp:image -->`;
+		expect( getEditorHtml() ).toBe( expectedHtml );
+	} );
 } );
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/RNMedia.kt b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/RNMedia.kt
index 8f1b3bb367e86c..9c3a25a5ed0762 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/RNMedia.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/ReactNativeGutenbergBridge/RNMedia.kt
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ interface RNMedia {
     val type: String
     val caption: String
     val title: String
+    val alt: String
     fun toMap(): WritableMap
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/Media.kt b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/Media.kt
index fc835284805ae2..d225593d8eef4d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/Media.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/android/react-native-bridge/src/main/java/org/wordpress/mobile/WPAndroidGlue/Media.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ data class Media(
     override val url: String,
     override val type: String,
     override val caption: String = "",
-    override val title: String = ""
+    override val title: String = "",
+    override val alt: String = ""
 ) : RNMedia {
     override fun toMap(): WritableMap = WritableNativeMap().apply {
         putInt("id", id)
@@ -22,17 +23,11 @@ data class Media(
         putString("type", type)
         putString("caption", caption)
         putString("title", title)
+        putString("alt", alt)
     }
 
     companion object {
-        @JvmStatic
-        fun createRNMediaUsingMimeType(
-            id: Int,
-            url: String,
-            mimeType: String?,
-            caption: String?,
-            title: String?
-        ): Media {
+        private fun convertToType(mimeType: String?): String {
             val isMediaType = { mediaType: MediaType ->
                 mimeType?.startsWith(mediaType.name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) == true
             }
@@ -41,6 +36,30 @@ data class Media(
                 isMediaType(VIDEO) -> VIDEO
                 else -> OTHER
             }.name.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
+            return type;
+        }
+
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun createRNMediaUsingMimeType(
+            id: Int,
+            url: String,
+            mimeType: String?,
+            caption: String?,
+            title: String?,
+            alt: String?,
+        ): Media {
+            val type = convertToType(mimeType)
+            return Media(id, url, type, caption ?: "", title ?: "", alt ?: "")
+        }
+        @JvmStatic
+        fun createRNMediaUsingMimeType(
+            id: Int,
+            url: String,
+            mimeType: String?,
+            caption: String?,
+            title: String?,
+        ): Media {
+            val type = convertToType(mimeType)
             return Media(id, url, type, caption ?: "", title ?: "")
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift b/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift
index 98b4c721caff1b..ae03570d6f038a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-bridge/ios/GutenbergBridgeDelegate.swift
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ public struct MediaInfo: Encodable {
     public let type: String?
     public let title: String?
     public let caption: String?
+    public let alt: String?
 
-    public init(id: Int32?, url: String?, type: String?, caption: String? = nil, title: String? = nil) {
+    public init(id: Int32?, url: String?, type: String?, caption: String? = nil, title: String? = nil, alt: String? = nil) {
         self.id = id
         self.url = url
         self.type = type
         self.caption = caption
         self.title = title
+        self.alt = alt
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
index 577348dd63bd0a..cd464e5021adf3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ For each user feature we should also add a importance categorization label  to i
 ## Unreleased
 
 -   [*] Add 'Insert from URL' option to Video block [#41493]
+-   [*] Image block copies the alt text from the media library when selecting an item [#41839]
 
 ## 1.78.1
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/test-data.js b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/test-data.js
index ac225a02403215..9f9a3c4214c976 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/test-data.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/test-data.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ exports.imageCompletehtml = `<!-- wp:image {"id":1,"sizeslug":"large"} -->
 <!-- /wp:paragraph -->`;
 
 exports.imageShorteHtml = `<!-- wp:image {"id":1,"sizeslug":"large"} -->
-<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1"/><figcaption>C'est la vie my friends</figcaption></figure>
+<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg" alt="A snow-capped mountain top in a cloudy sky with red-leafed trees in the foreground" class="wp-image-1"/><figcaption>C'est la vie my friends</figcaption></figure>
 <!-- /wp:image -->
 
 <!-- wp:paragraph -->
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainApplication.java b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainApplication.java
index b94e581a736cbe..354cb09e953ecd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainApplication.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/android/app/src/main/java/com/gutenberg/MainApplication.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.gutenberg;
 
+import static org.wordpress.mobile.WPAndroidGlue.Media.createRNMediaUsingMimeType;
+
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
@@ -83,17 +85,17 @@ public void requestMediaPickFromMediaLibrary(MediaSelectedCallback mediaSelected
 
                 switch (mediaType) {
                     case IMAGE:
-                        rnMediaList.add(new Media(1, "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", "image", "Mountain", ""));
+                        rnMediaList.add(createRNMediaUsingMimeType(1, "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", "image", "Mountain", "", "A snow-capped mountain top in a cloudy sky with red-leafed trees in the foreground"));
                         break;
                     case VIDEO:
-                        rnMediaList.add(new Media(2, "https://i.cloudup.com/YtZFJbuQCE.mov", "video", "Cloudup", ""));
+                        rnMediaList.add(createRNMediaUsingMimeType(2, "https://i.cloudup.com/YtZFJbuQCE.mov", "video", "Cloudup", ""));
                         break;
                     case ANY:
                     case OTHER:
-                        rnMediaList.add(new Media(3, "https://wordpress.org/latest.zip", "zip", "WordPress latest version", "WordPress.zip"));
+                        rnMediaList.add(createRNMediaUsingMimeType(3, "https://wordpress.org/latest.zip", "zip", "WordPress latest version", "WordPress.zip"));
                         break;
                     case AUDIO:
-                        rnMediaList.add(new Media(5, "https://cldup.com/59IrU0WJtq.mp3", "audio", "Summer presto", ""));
+                        rnMediaList.add(createRNMediaUsingMimeType(5, "https://cldup.com/59IrU0WJtq.mp3", "audio", "Summer presto", ""));
                         break;
                 }
                 mediaSelectedCallback.onMediaFileSelected(rnMediaList);
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ public void getOtherMediaPickerOptions(OtherMediaOptionsReceivedCallback otherMe
             public void requestMediaPickFrom(String mediaSource, MediaSelectedCallback mediaSelectedCallback, Boolean allowMultipleSelection) {
                 if (mediaSource.equals("1")) {
                     List<RNMedia> rnMediaList = new ArrayList<>();
-                    rnMediaList.add(new Media(1, "https://grad.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/cvsamples.pdf", "other", "","cvsamples.pdf"));
+                    rnMediaList.add(createRNMediaUsingMimeType(1, "https://grad.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/cvsamples.pdf", "other", "","cvsamples.pdf"));
                     mediaSelectedCallback.onMediaFileSelected(rnMediaList);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/ios/GutenbergDemo/GutenbergViewController.swift b/packages/react-native-editor/ios/GutenbergDemo/GutenbergViewController.swift
index 9c722452c19d9b..928310f3f76439 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/ios/GutenbergDemo/GutenbergViewController.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/ios/GutenbergDemo/GutenbergViewController.swift
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ extension GutenbergViewController: GutenbergBridgeDelegate {
             case .image:
                 if(allowMultipleSelection) {
                     callback([MediaInfo(id: 1, url: "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", type: "image"),
-                              MediaInfo(id: 3, url: "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", type: "image", caption: "Mountain")])
+                              MediaInfo(id: 3, url: "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", type: "image", caption: "Mountain", alt: "A snow-capped mountain top in a cloudy sky with red-leafed trees in the foreground")])
                 } else {
-                    callback([MediaInfo(id: 1, url: "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", type: "image", caption: "Mountain")])
+                    callback([MediaInfo(id: 1, url: "https://cldup.com/cXyG__fTLN.jpg", type: "image", caption: "Mountain", alt: "A snow-capped mountain top in a cloudy sky with red-leafed trees in the foreground")])
                 }
             case .video:
                 if(allowMultipleSelection) {