diff --git a/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
index 801d2b4ed..e3e88d70f 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ void ImageComponent::setImage(const std::shared_ptr<TextureResource>& texture, b
         resize();
 }
 
+void ImageComponent::setRawImage(const unsigned char* data, float width, float height)
+{
+    mTexture.reset();
+    mTexture = TextureResource::get("");
+    mTexture->initFromPixels(data, width, height);
+
+    resize();
+}
+
 void ImageComponent::setGameOverrideImage(const std::string& basename, const std::string& system)
 {
     if (mGameOverridePath == "")
diff --git a/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.h b/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.h
index 152058af9..91774c7da 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.h
+++ b/es-core/src/components/ImageComponent.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public:
     void setImage(const char* data, size_t length, bool tile = false);
     // Use an already existing texture.
     void setImage(const std::shared_ptr<TextureResource>& texture, bool resizeTexture = true);
+    // Loads a texture using raw image pixel data.
+    void setRawImage(const unsigned char* data, float width, float height);
 
     // Sets per-game overrides of static images using the game file basename.
     void setGameOverrideImage(const std::string& basename, const std::string& system) override;