diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eb0acca2..67c73ecc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 21/9/18 started 8.8.0
+- much faster smartcrop [lovell]
+- add low/high to smartcrop [jcupitt]
 
 23/9/18 started 8.7.1
 - update function list in docs [janko-m] 
diff --git a/libvips/conversion/smartcrop.c b/libvips/conversion/smartcrop.c
index 61e4445e..65a2d6bd 100644
--- a/libvips/conversion/smartcrop.c
+++ b/libvips/conversion/smartcrop.c
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
  * 	- revised attention smartcrop
  * 8/6/17
  * 	- revised again
+ * 15/9/18 lovell
+ * 	- move shrink to start of processing
+ * 22/9/18 jcupitt
+ * 	- add low and high
  */
 
 /*
@@ -352,6 +356,16 @@ vips_smartcrop_build( VipsObject *object )
 			return( -1 );
 		break;
 
+	case VIPS_INTERESTING_LOW:
+		left = 0;
+		top = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case VIPS_INTERESTING_HIGH:
+		left = smartcrop->in->Xsize - smartcrop->width;
+		top = smartcrop->in->Ysize - smartcrop->height;
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		g_assert_not_reached();
 
diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/conversion.h b/libvips/include/vips/conversion.h
index a466182d..eaa7ff22 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/conversion.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/conversion.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	VIPS_INTERESTING_CENTRE,
 	VIPS_INTERESTING_ENTROPY,
 	VIPS_INTERESTING_ATTENTION,
+	VIPS_INTERESTING_LOW,
+	VIPS_INTERESTING_HIGH,
 	VIPS_INTERESTING_LAST
 } VipsInteresting;
 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/enumtypes.c b/libvips/iofuncs/enumtypes.c
index f633b27b..0db48abc 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/enumtypes.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/enumtypes.c
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ vips_interesting_get_type( void )
 			{VIPS_INTERESTING_CENTRE, "VIPS_INTERESTING_CENTRE", "centre"},
 			{VIPS_INTERESTING_ENTROPY, "VIPS_INTERESTING_ENTROPY", "entropy"},
 			{VIPS_INTERESTING_ATTENTION, "VIPS_INTERESTING_ATTENTION", "attention"},
+			{VIPS_INTERESTING_LOW, "VIPS_INTERESTING_LOW", "low"},
+			{VIPS_INTERESTING_HIGH, "VIPS_INTERESTING_HIGH", "high"},
 			{VIPS_INTERESTING_LAST, "VIPS_INTERESTING_LAST", "last"},
 			{0, NULL, NULL}
 		};