diff --git a/src/overlay.cpp b/src/overlay.cpp
index 3a7dbaa..e0860fc 100644
--- a/src/overlay.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ void OSScreenEnableEx(uint32_t bufferNum, int32_t enable);
 void OSScreenPutPixelEx(uint32_t bufferNum, uint32_t posX, uint32_t posY, uint32_t color);
 
 static OverlayOpenFunction overlayfunction_ptr __attribute__((section(".data"))) = NULL;
+static ConvertTextureFunction textureconvertfunction_ptr __attribute__((section(".data"))) = NULL;
 
 void WUPS_InitOverlay(wups_loader_init_overlay_args_t args) {
     overlayfunction_ptr = args.overlayfunction_ptr;
+    textureconvertfunction_ptr = args.textureconvertfunction_ptr;
 }
 
 void WUPS_Overlay_PrintTextOnScreen(wups_overlay_options_type_t screen, int x,int y, const char * msg, ...) {
@@ -85,6 +87,12 @@ void WUPS_OpenOverlay(wups_overlay_options_type_t screen, overlay_callback callb
     }
 }
 
+bool WUPS_ConvertImageToTexture(const uint8_t *img, int32_t imgSize, void * texture) {
+    if(textureconvertfunction_ptr != NULL) {
+        return textureconvertfunction_ptr(img, imgSize, texture);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/wups_include/wups/utils.h b/wups_include/wups/utils.h
index f88bb78..a6614e8 100644
--- a/wups_include/wups/utils.h
+++ b/wups_include/wups/utils.h
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ wups_overlay_options_type_t;
 typedef void (*overlay_callback)(wups_overlay_options_type_t, void*);
 
 typedef void (*OverlayOpenFunction)(wups_overlay_options_type_t screen, overlay_callback callback, void*);
+typedef bool (*ConvertTextureFunction)(const uint8_t *img, int32_t imgSize, void * texture);
 
 typedef struct wups_loader_init_overlay_args_t {
     OverlayOpenFunction overlayfunction_ptr;
+    ConvertTextureFunction textureconvertfunction_ptr;
 } wups_loader_init_overlay_args_t;
 
 typedef int             (*OpenFunction)     (const char *pathname, int flags);
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@ void WUPS_Overlay_FlipBuffers(wups_overlay_options_type_t screen);
 
 void WUPS_OpenOverlay(wups_overlay_options_type_t screen, overlay_callback callback, void* args);
 
+// texture needs to be a GX2Texture
+bool WUPS_ConvertImageToTexture(const uint8_t *img, int32_t imgSize, void * texture);
+
 /**
     Reads a 32bit value from a given address with kernel rights.
     This function only has an effect if the plugin has the "WUPS_ALLOW_KERNEL" hook and the loader is NOT blocking the kernel access.