diff --git a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
index d6960dd8b..98d0372b5 100644
--- a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
+++ b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
@@ -1775,6 +1775,22 @@ get_current_transform(Context2d *context) {
   return Nan::NewInstance(context->_DOMMatrix.Get(iso), argc, argv).ToLocalChecked();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper for get/set transform.
+ */
+
+void parse_matrix_from_object(cairo_matrix_t &matrix, Local<Object> mat) {
+  cairo_matrix_init(&matrix,
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("a").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("b").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("c").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("d").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("e").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
+    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("f").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0)
+  );
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Get current transform.
  */
@@ -1802,14 +1818,7 @@ NAN_SETTER(Context2d::SetCurrentTransform) {
 #endif
 
   cairo_matrix_t matrix;
-  cairo_matrix_init(&matrix,
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("a").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("b").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("c").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("d").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("e").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0),
-    Nan::To<double>(Nan::Get(mat, Nan::New("f").ToLocalChecked()).ToLocalChecked()).FromMaybe(0)
-  );
+  parse_matrix_from_object(matrix, mat);
 
   cairo_transform(context->context(), &matrix);
 }
@@ -2279,8 +2288,24 @@ NAN_METHOD(Context2d::ResetTransform) {
 
 NAN_METHOD(Context2d::SetTransform) {
   Context2d *context = Nan::ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Context2d>(info.This());
-  cairo_identity_matrix(context->context());
-  Context2d::Transform(info);
+  if (info.Length() == 1) {
+    Local<Object> mat = Nan::To<Object>(info[0]).ToLocalChecked();
+
+    #if NODE_MAJOR_VERSION >= 8
+      Local<Context> ctx = Nan::GetCurrentContext();
+      if (!mat->InstanceOf(ctx, _DOMMatrix.Get(Isolate::GetCurrent())).ToChecked()) {
+        return Nan::ThrowTypeError("Expected DOMMatrix");
+      }
+    #endif
+
+    cairo_matrix_t matrix;
+    parse_matrix_from_object(matrix, mat);
+
+    cairo_set_matrix(context->context(), &matrix);
+  } else {
+    cairo_identity_matrix(context->context());
+    Context2d::Transform(info);
+  }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/test/canvas.test.js b/test/canvas.test.js
index c3be7d274..0aa3dc6e3 100644
--- a/test/canvas.test.js
+++ b/test/canvas.test.js
@@ -993,6 +993,12 @@ describe('Canvas', function () {
     assert.equal(mat3.d, 0.3);
 
     assert.deepEqual(ctx.currentTransform, ctx.getTransform());
+
+    ctx.setTransform(ctx.getTransform());
+    assert.deepEqual(mat3, ctx.getTransform());
+
+    ctx.setTransform(mat3.a, mat3.b, mat3.c, mat3.d, mat3.e, mat3.f);
+    assert.deepEqual(mat3, ctx.getTransform());
   });
 
   it('Context2d#createImageData(ImageData)', function () {