diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2f99a540..ac4c5193b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ matrix:
                 - libxcursor-dev
                 - libunistring-dev
                 - libpng-dev
+                - python3-pil
 
         - os: linux
           dist: trusty
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ matrix:
                 - libxcursor-dev
                 - libunistring-dev
                 - libpng-dev
+                - python3-pil
 
         - os: linux
           dist: trusty
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ matrix:
                 - libxcursor-dev
                 - libunistring-dev
                 - libpng-dev
+                - python3-pil
                 - clang
         - os: osx
           language: generic
diff --git a/kitty_tests/graphics.py b/kitty_tests/graphics.py
index d9dc9d8eb..c45719cc9 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/graphics.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/graphics.py
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@
 
 import os
 import tempfile
+import unittest
 import zlib
 from base64 import standard_b64encode
+from io import BytesIO
 
 from kitty.fast_data_types import parse_bytes
 
 from . import BaseTest
 
+try:
+    from PIL import Image
+except ImportError:
+    Image = None
+
 
 def relpath(name):
     base = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -31,33 +38,39 @@ def send_command(screen, cmd, payload=b''):
     return c.wtcbuf
 
 
+def helpers(self):
+    s = self.create_screen()
+    g = s.grman
+
+    def l(payload, **kw):
+        kw.setdefault('i', 1)
+        cmd = ','.join('%s=%s' % (k, v) for k, v in kw.items())
+        res = send_command(s, cmd, payload)
+        if not res:
+            return
+        return res.decode('ascii').partition(';')[2].partition('\033')[0]
+
+    def sl(payload, **kw):
+        if isinstance(payload, str):
+            payload = payload.encode('utf-8')
+        data = kw.pop('expecting_data', payload)
+        cid = kw.setdefault('i', 1)
+        self.ae('OK', l(payload, **kw))
+        img = g.image_for_client_id(cid)
+        self.ae(img['client_id'], cid)
+        self.ae(img['data'], data)
+        if 's' in kw:
+            self.ae((kw['s'], kw['v']), (img['width'], img['height']))
+        self.ae(img['is_4byte_aligned'], kw.get('f') != 24)
+        return img
+
+    return s, g, l, sl
+
+
 class TestGraphics(BaseTest):
 
     def test_load_images(self):
-        s = self.create_screen()
-        g = s.grman
-
-        def l(payload, **kw):
-            kw.setdefault('i', 1)
-            cmd = ','.join('%s=%s' % (k, v) for k, v in kw.items())
-            res = send_command(s, cmd, payload)
-            if not res:
-                return
-            return res.decode('ascii').partition(';')[2].partition('\033')[0]
-
-        def sl(payload, **kw):
-            if isinstance(payload, str):
-                payload = payload.encode('utf-8')
-            data = kw.pop('expecting_data', payload)
-            cid = kw.setdefault('i', 1)
-            self.ae('OK', l(payload, **kw))
-            img = g.image_for_client_id(cid)
-            self.ae(img['client_id'], cid)
-            self.ae(img['data'], data)
-            if 's' in kw:
-                self.ae((kw['s'], kw['v']), (img['width'], img['height']))
-            self.ae(img['is_4byte_aligned'], kw.get('f') != 24)
-            return img
+        s, g, l, sl = helpers(self)
 
         # Test simple load
         for f in 32, 24:
@@ -76,7 +89,13 @@ class TestGraphics(BaseTest):
         # Test compression
         random_data = os.urandom(3 * 1024)
         compressed_random_data = zlib.compress(random_data)
-        sl(compressed_random_data, s=24, v=32, o='z', expecting_data=random_data)
+        sl(
+            compressed_random_data,
+            s=24,
+            v=32,
+            o='z',
+            expecting_data=random_data
+        )
 
         # Test loading from file
         f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
@@ -85,10 +104,38 @@ class TestGraphics(BaseTest):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(f.name))
         f.seek(0), f.truncate(), f.write(compressed_random_data), f.flush()
         sl(f.name, s=24, v=32, t='t', o='z', expecting_data=random_data)
-        self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError, f.close)  # check that file was deleted
+        self.assertRaises(
+            FileNotFoundError, f.close
+        )  # check that file was deleted
 
         # Test loading from POSIX SHM
         name = '/kitty-test-shm'
         g.shm_write(name, random_data)
         sl(name, s=24, v=32, t='s', expecting_data=random_data)
-        self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError, g.shm_unlink, name)  # check that file was deleted
+        self.assertRaises(
+            FileNotFoundError, g.shm_unlink, name
+        )  # check that file was deleted
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(Image is None, 'PIL not available, skipping PNG tests')
+    def test_load_png(self):
+        s, g, l, sl = helpers(self)
+        w, h = 5, 3
+        img = Image.new('RGBA', (w, h), 'red')
+        rgba_data = img.tobytes()
+
+        def png(mode='RGBA'):
+            buf = BytesIO()
+            i = img
+            if mode != i.mode:
+                i = img.convert(mode)
+            i.save(buf, 'PNG')
+            return buf.getvalue()
+
+        for mode in 'RGBA RGB P'.split():
+            data = png(mode)
+            sl(data, f=100, S=len(data), expecting_data=rgba_data)
+
+        img = img.convert('L')
+        rgba_data = img.convert('RGBA').tobytes()
+        data = png('L')
+        sl(data, f=100, S=len(data), expecting_data=rgba_data)