diff --git a/src/video_compress/cmpto_j2k.cpp b/src/video_compress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
index 037ac34dba..9aae9bacf9 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
@@ -442,14 +442,19 @@ static bool configure_with(struct state_video_compress_j2k *s, struct video_desc
 
         CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_create(s->context, &s->enc_settings),
                  "Creating context configuration:", return false);
-        CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_set_quantization(
+
+        if (s->lossless) {
+                MSG(INFO, "Lossless compression selected. Ignoring quality parameter.\n");
+                CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_set_lossless(
+                        s->enc_settings, s->lossless),
+                        "Setting lossless mode", NOOP);
+        } else {
+                CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_set_quantization(
                      s->enc_settings,
                      s->quality /* 0.0 = poor quality, 1.0 = full quality */
                      ),
                  "Setting quantization", NOOP);
-        CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_set_lossless(
-                     s->enc_settings, s->lossless),
-                 "Setting lossless mode", NOOP);
+        }
 
         CHECK_OK(cmpto_j2k_enc_cfg_set_resolutions(s->enc_settings, 6),
                  "Setting DWT levels", NOOP);
@@ -772,10 +777,12 @@ static struct module * j2k_compress_init(struct module *parent, const char *c_cf
                 }
         }
 
-        if (s->quality < 0.0 || s->quality > 1.0) {
-                LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << "[J2K] Quality should be in interval [0-1]!\n";
-                j2k_compress_done((struct module *) s);
-                return nullptr;
+        if (!s->lossless) {
+                if (s->quality < 0.0 || s->quality > 1.0) {
+                        LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << "[J2K] Quality should be in interval [0-1]!\n";
+                        j2k_compress_done((struct module *) s);
+                        return nullptr;
+                }
         }
 
         s->tech = get_supported_technology(req_technology);
diff --git a/src/video_decompress/cmpto_j2k.cpp b/src/video_decompress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
index b9580033c0..5a2001e3fe 100644
--- a/src/video_decompress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
+++ b/src/video_decompress/cmpto_j2k.cpp
@@ -632,6 +632,22 @@ static decompress_status j2k_probe_internal_codec(codec_t in_codec, unsigned cha
         int msg_level = internal_prop->subsampling == 0 ? LOG_LEVEL_WARNING /* bogus? */ : LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE;
         log_msg(msg_level, "J2K stream properties: %s\n", get_pixdesc_desc(*internal_prop));
 
+        // Attempt to get the lossiness info of the image
+        enum cmpto_codestream_lossiness lossiness;
+        if (cmpto_j2k_dec_cstream_get_ext_img_info(buffer, len, &info, &lossiness) != CMPTO_OK) {
+                MSG(WARNING, "J2K failed to get image extended attributes. Unable to read image lossiness info.\n");
+        } else {
+                static auto get_lossiness_string = [&lossiness]() {
+                        switch (lossiness) {
+                                case CMPTO_LOSSLESS:        return "Lossless";
+                                case CMPTO_LOSSY:           return "Lossy";
+                                case CMPTO_MIXED_LOSSINESS: return "Mixed";
+                                default:                    return "Unknown";
+                        }
+                };
+                MSG(INFO, "J2K codestream lossiness: %s\n", get_lossiness_string());
+        }
+
         return DECODER_GOT_CODEC;
 }