diff --git a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.cpp b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.cpp
index a3f09793..32a1ab35 100644
--- a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.cpp
+++ b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ void pyImage::SaveAsJPEG(const wchar* fileName, UInt8 quality)
 	plJPEG::Instance().WriteToFile( fileName, this->GetImage() );
 }
 
+#include "../plGImage/plPNG.h"
+void pyImage::SaveAsPNG(const wchar* fileName)
+{
+
+	plPNG::Instance().WriteToFile( fileName, this->GetImage() );
+}
+
 #include "hsResMgr.h"
 #include "../pnKeyedObject/plUoid.h"
 PyObject* pyImage::LoadJPEGFromDisk(const wchar* filename, UInt16 width, UInt16 height)
diff --git a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.h b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.h
index 1e9d2c40..53cc72a1 100644
--- a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.h
+++ b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImage.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ public:
 	UInt32 GetWidth(); // returns the width of the image
 	UInt32 GetHeight(); // returns the height of the image
 	void SaveAsJPEG(const wchar* fileName, UInt8 quality = 75);
+	void SaveAsPNG(const wchar* fileName);
 	static PyObject* LoadJPEGFromDisk(const wchar* filename, UInt16 width, UInt16 height); // returns pyImage
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImageGlue.cpp b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImageGlue.cpp
index 6555eada..8c9db3a3 100644
--- a/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImageGlue.cpp
+++ b/MOULOpenSourceClientPlugin/Plasma20/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/pyImageGlue.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,41 @@ PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION(ptImage, saveAsJPEG, args)
 		PYTHON_RETURN_ERROR;
 	}
 }
+
+PYTHON_METHOD_DEFINITION(ptImage, saveAsPNG, args)
+{
+	PyObject* filenameObj;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &filenameObj))
+	{
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "saveAsPNG expects a string");
+		PYTHON_RETURN_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	if (PyUnicode_Check(filenameObj))
+	{
+		int strLen = PyUnicode_GetSize(filenameObj);
+		wchar_t* text = TRACKED_NEW wchar_t[strLen + 1];
+		PyUnicode_AsWideChar((PyUnicodeObject*)filenameObj, text, strLen);
+		text[strLen] = L'\0';
+		self->fThis->SaveAsPNG(text);
+		delete [] text;
+		PYTHON_RETURN_NONE;
+	}
+	else if (PyString_Check(filenameObj))
+	{
+		// we'll allow this, just in case something goes weird
+		char* text = PyString_AsString(filenameObj);
+		wchar_t* wText = hsStringToWString(text);
+		self->fThis->SaveAsPNG(wText);
+		delete [] wText;
+		PYTHON_RETURN_NONE;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "saveAsPNG expects a string");
+		PYTHON_RETURN_ERROR;
+	}
+}
 #endif // BUILDING_PYPLASMA
 
 PYTHON_START_METHODS_TABLE(ptImage)
@@ -183,6 +218,7 @@ PYTHON_START_METHODS_TABLE(ptImage)
 	PYTHON_METHOD_NOARGS(ptImage, getWidth, "Returns the width of the image"),
 	PYTHON_METHOD_NOARGS(ptImage, getHeight, "Returns the height of the image"),
 	PYTHON_METHOD(ptImage, saveAsJPEG, "Params: filename,quality=75\nSaves this image to disk as a JPEG file"),
+	PYTHON_METHOD(ptImage, saveAsPNG, "Params: filename\nSaves this image to disk as a PNG file"),
 #endif
 PYTHON_END_METHODS_TABLE;