diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/duotone.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/duotone.js
index 977d8e3b35ac6..7e6ed6bcdbfd9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/duotone.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/duotone.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const sharp = require(`./safe-sharp`)
+const { reportError } = require(`./report-error`)
 
 module.exports = async function duotone(duotone, format, pipeline) {
   const duotoneGradient = createDuotoneGradient(
@@ -13,38 +14,42 @@ module.exports = async function duotone(duotone, format, pipeline) {
     quality: pipeline.options.jpegQuality,
   }
 
-  const duotoneImage = await pipeline
-    .raw()
-    .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true })
-    .then(({ data, info }) => {
-      for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i = i + info.channels) {
-        const r = data[i + 0]
-        const g = data[i + 1]
-        const b = data[i + 2]
+  try {
+    const duotoneImage = await pipeline
+      .raw()
+      .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true })
+      .then(({ data, info }) => {
+        for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i = i + info.channels) {
+          const r = data[i + 0]
+          const g = data[i + 1]
+          const b = data[i + 2]
 
-        // @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_luminance
-        const avg = Math.round(0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b)
+          // @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_luminance
+          const avg = Math.round(0.2126 * r + 0.7152 * g + 0.0722 * b)
 
-        data[i + 0] = duotoneGradient[avg][0]
-        data[i + 1] = duotoneGradient[avg][1]
-        data[i + 2] = duotoneGradient[avg][2]
-      }
+          data[i + 0] = duotoneGradient[avg][0]
+          data[i + 1] = duotoneGradient[avg][1]
+          data[i + 2] = duotoneGradient[avg][2]
+        }
 
-      return sharp(data, {
-        raw: info,
-      }).toFormat(format, { ...options })
-    })
+        return sharp(data, {
+          raw: info,
+        }).toFormat(format, { ...options })
+      })
 
-  if (duotone.opacity) {
-    return overlayDuotone(
-      duotoneImage,
-      pipeline,
-      duotone.opacity,
-      format,
-      options
-    )
-  } else {
-    return duotoneImage
+    if (duotone.opacity) {
+      return overlayDuotone(
+        duotoneImage,
+        pipeline,
+        duotone.opacity,
+        format,
+        options
+      )
+    } else {
+      return duotoneImage
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    return null
   }
 }
 
@@ -100,25 +105,30 @@ async function overlayDuotone(
     percentGrey
   )
 
-  const duotoneWithTransparency = await duotoneImage
-    .joinChannel(percentTransparency, {
-      raw: { width: info.width, height: info.height, channels: 1 },
-    })
-    .raw()
-    .toBuffer()
+  try {
+    const duotoneWithTransparency = await duotoneImage
+      .joinChannel(percentTransparency, {
+        raw: { width: info.width, height: info.height, channels: 1 },
+      })
+      .raw()
+      .toBuffer()
 
-  return await originalImage
-    .composite([
-      {
-        input: duotoneWithTransparency,
-        blend: `over`,
-        raw: { width: info.width, height: info.height, channels: 4 },
-      },
-    ])
-    .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true })
-    .then(({ data, info }) =>
-      sharp(data, {
-        raw: info,
-      }).toFormat(format, { ...options })
-    )
+    return await originalImage
+      .composite([
+        {
+          input: duotoneWithTransparency,
+          blend: `over`,
+          raw: { width: info.width, height: info.height, channels: 4 },
+        },
+      ])
+      .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true })
+      .then(({ data, info }) =>
+        sharp(data, {
+          raw: info,
+        }).toFormat(format, { ...options })
+      )
+  } catch (err) {
+    reportError(`Failed to process image ${originalImage}`, err)
+    return originalImage
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/image-data.ts b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/image-data.ts
index e3f1e8e33ddaf..57cffad36fd3b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/image-data.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-sharp/src/image-data.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { rgbToHex, calculateImageSizes, getSrcSet, getSizes } from "./utils"
 import { traceSVG, getImageSizeAsync, base64, batchQueueImageResizing } from "."
 import sharp from "./safe-sharp"
 import { createTransformObject } from "./plugin-options"
+import { reportError } from "./report-error"
 
 const DEFAULT_BLURRED_IMAGE_WIDTH = 20
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ const metadataCache = new Map<string, IImageMetadata>()
 export async function getImageMetadata(
   file: FileNode,
   getDominantColor?: boolean
-): Promise<IImageMetadata> {
+): Promise<IImageMetadata | undefined> {
   if (!getDominantColor) {
     // If we don't need the dominant color we can use the cheaper size function
     const { width, height, type } = await getImageSizeAsync(file)
@@ -40,18 +41,24 @@ export async function getImageMetadata(
   if (metadata && process.env.NODE_ENV !== `test`) {
     return metadata
   }
-  const pipeline = sharp(file.absolutePath)
 
-  const { width, height, density, format } = await pipeline.metadata()
+  try {
+    const pipeline = sharp(file.absolutePath)
 
-  const { dominant } = await pipeline.stats()
-  // Fallback in case sharp doesn't support dominant
-  const dominantColor = dominant
-    ? rgbToHex(dominant.r, dominant.g, dominant.b)
-    : `#000000`
+    const { width, height, density, format } = await pipeline.metadata()
+
+    const { dominant } = await pipeline.stats()
+    // Fallback in case sharp doesn't support dominant
+    const dominantColor = dominant
+      ? rgbToHex(dominant.r, dominant.g, dominant.b)
+      : `#000000`
+
+    metadata = { width, height, density, format, dominantColor }
+    metadataCache.set(file.internal.contentDigest, metadata)
+  } catch (err) {
+    reportError(`Failed to process image ${file.absolutePath}`, err)
+  }
 
-  metadata = { width, height, density, format, dominantColor }
-  metadataCache.set(file.internal.contentDigest, metadata)
   return metadata
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ export async function generateImageData({
 
   let primaryFormat: ImageFormat | undefined
   if (useAuto) {
-    primaryFormat = normalizeFormat(metadata.format || file.extension)
+    primaryFormat = normalizeFormat(metadata?.format || file.extension)
   } else if (formats.has(`png`)) {
     primaryFormat = `png`
   } else if (formats.has(`jpg`)) {
@@ -334,7 +341,7 @@ export async function generateImageData({
     imageProps.placeholder = {
       fallback,
     }
-  } else if (metadata.dominantColor) {
+  } else if (metadata?.dominantColor) {
     imageProps.backgroundColor = metadata.dominantColor
   }