diff --git a/src/Socket/chats.ts b/src/Socket/chats.ts
index bed2f79..856d8cb 100644
--- a/src/Socket/chats.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/chats.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 	}
 
 	/** update the profile picture for yourself or a group */
-	const updateProfilePicture = async (jid: string, content: WAMediaUpload) => {
+	const updateProfilePicture = async (
+		jid: string,
+		content: WAMediaUpload,
+		dimensions?: { width: number; height: number }
+	) => {
 		let targetJid
 		if (!jid) {
 			throw new Boom(
@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ export const makeChatsSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 			targetJid = jidNormalizedUser(jid) // in case it is someone other than us
 		}
 
-		const { img } = await generateProfilePicture(content)
+		const { img } = await generateProfilePicture(content, dimensions)
 		await query({
 			tag: 'iq',
 			attrs: {
diff --git a/src/Utils/messages-media.ts b/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
index ebfe3a3..6bbf072 100644
--- a/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/messages-media.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ export const extractImageThumb = async (bufferOrFilePath: Readable | Buffer | st
 export const encodeBase64EncodedStringForUpload = (b64: string) =>
 	encodeURIComponent(b64.replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_').replace(/\=+$/, ''))
 
-export const generateProfilePicture = async (mediaUpload: WAMediaUpload) => {
+export const generateProfilePicture = async (
+	mediaUpload: WAMediaUpload,
+	dimensions?: { width: number; height: number }
+) => {
+	const { width: w = 640, height: h = 640 } = dimensions || {}
+
 	let bufferOrFilePath: Buffer | string
 	if (Buffer.isBuffer(mediaUpload)) {
 		bufferOrFilePath = mediaUpload
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@ export const generateProfilePicture = async (mediaUpload: WAMediaUpload) => {
 	if ('sharp' in lib && typeof lib.sharp?.default === 'function') {
 		img = lib.sharp
 			.default(bufferOrFilePath)
-			.resize(640, 640)
+			.resize(w, h)
 			.jpeg({
 				quality: 50
 			})
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ export const generateProfilePicture = async (mediaUpload: WAMediaUpload) => {
 		const min = Math.min(jimp.getWidth(), jimp.getHeight())
 		const cropped = jimp.crop(0, 0, min, min)
 
-		img = cropped.quality(50).resize(640, 640, RESIZE_BILINEAR).getBufferAsync(MIME_JPEG)
+		img = cropped.quality(50).resize(w, h, RESIZE_BILINEAR).getBufferAsync(MIME_JPEG)
 	} else {
 		throw new Boom('No image processing library available')
 	}