diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunk.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunk.cs
index e5fa5fbb7..6ec0df9ad 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunk.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngChunk.cs
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ internal readonly struct PngChunk
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a value indicating whether the given chunk is critical to decoding
     /// </summary>
-    public bool IsCritical =>
-        this.Type is PngChunkType.Header or
-        PngChunkType.Palette or
-        PngChunkType.Data or
-        PngChunkType.FrameData;
+    /// <param name="handling">The chunk CRC handling behavior.</param>
+    public bool IsCritical(PngCrcChunkHandling handling)
+        => handling switch
+        {
+            PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreNone => true,
+            PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreNonCritical => this.Type is PngChunkType.Header or PngChunkType.Palette or PngChunkType.Data or PngChunkType.FrameData,
+            PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreData => this.Type is PngChunkType.Header or PngChunkType.Palette,
+            _ => false,
+        };
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngCrcChunkHandling.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngCrcChunkHandling.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..264d737fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngCrcChunkHandling.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Six Labors Split License.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Specifies how to handle validation of any CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) data within the encoded PNG.
+/// </summary>
+public enum PngCrcChunkHandling
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Do not ignore any CRC chunk errors.
+    /// </summary>
+    IgnoreNone,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ignore CRC errors in non critical chunks.
+    /// </summary>
+    IgnoreNonCritical,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ignore CRC errors in data chunks.
+    /// </summary>
+    IgnoreData,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ignore CRC errors in all chunks.
+    /// </summary>
+    IgnoreAll
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
index 355a0bfcf..4edbe50c7 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     private PngChunk? nextChunk;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// If true, ADLER32 checksum in the IDAT chunk as well as the chunk CRCs will be ignored.
+    /// How to handle CRC errors.
     /// </summary>
-    private bool ignoreCrcErrors;
+    private readonly PngCrcChunkHandling pngCrcChunkHandling;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PngDecoderCore"/> class.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
         this.maxFrames = options.GeneralOptions.MaxFrames;
         this.skipMetadata = options.GeneralOptions.SkipMetadata;
         this.memoryAllocator = this.configuration.MemoryAllocator;
-        this.ignoreCrcErrors = options.IgnoreCrcCheck;
+        this.pngCrcChunkHandling = options.PngCrcChunkHandling;
     }
 
     internal PngDecoderCore(PngDecoderOptions options, bool colorMetadataOnly)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
         this.skipMetadata = true;
         this.configuration = options.GeneralOptions.Configuration;
         this.memoryAllocator = this.configuration.MemoryAllocator;
-        this.ignoreCrcErrors = options.IgnoreCrcCheck;
+        this.pngCrcChunkHandling = options.PngCrcChunkHandling;
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -1797,11 +1797,8 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
             type: type,
             data: this.ReadChunkData(length));
 
-        if (!this.ignoreCrcErrors)
-        {
-            this.ValidateChunk(chunk, buffer);
-        }
-        
+        this.ValidateChunk(chunk, buffer);
+
         // Restore the stream position for IDAT and fdAT chunks, because it will be decoded later and
         // was only read to verifying the CRC is correct.
         if (type is PngChunkType.Data or PngChunkType.FrameData)
@@ -1820,8 +1817,7 @@ internal sealed class PngDecoderCore : IImageDecoderInternals
     private void ValidateChunk(in PngChunk chunk, Span<byte> buffer)
     {
         uint inputCrc = this.ReadChunkCrc(buffer);
-
-        if (chunk.IsCritical)
+        if (chunk.IsCritical(this.pngCrcChunkHandling))
         {
             Span<byte> chunkType = stackalloc byte[4];
             BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32BigEndian(chunkType, (uint)chunk.Type);
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
index c952a18ef..ab6ba4770 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderOptions.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ public sealed class PngDecoderOptions : ISpecializedDecoderOptions
     public DecoderOptions GeneralOptions { get; init; } = new DecoderOptions();
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// If true, ADLER32 checksum in the IDAT chunk as well as the chunk CRCs will be ignored.
-    /// Similar to PNG_CRC_QUIET_USE in libpng.
+    /// Gets a value indicating how to handle validation of any CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) data within the encoded PNG.
     /// </summary>
-    public bool IgnoreCrcCheck { get; init; }
+    public PngCrcChunkHandling PngCrcChunkHandling { get; init; } = PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreNonCritical;
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
index 5351af4fc..cbb625bdf 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngDecoderTests.cs
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ public partial class PngDecoderTests
     public void Decode_InvalidDataChunkCrc_IgnoreCrcErrors<TPixel>(TestImageProvider<TPixel> provider)
         where TPixel : unmanaged, IPixel<TPixel>
     {
-        using Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage(PngDecoder.Instance, new PngDecoderOptions() { IgnoreCrcCheck = true });
+        using Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage(PngDecoder.Instance, new PngDecoderOptions() { PngCrcChunkHandling = PngCrcChunkHandling.IgnoreData });
 
         image.DebugSave(provider);
         image.CompareToOriginal(provider, new MagickReferenceDecoder(false));