diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c94364e0..41bdd83cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ canvas.createJPEGStream() // new
    and `canvas.jpegStream()`
  * Added `resolution` option for `canvas.toBuffer("image/png")` and
    `canvas.createPNGStream()`
+ * Added `options.dataMode` for `loadImage(src, options)`
 
 1.6.x (unreleased)
 ==================
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3c9c82628..324bb92c8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function createImageData (array, width, height) {
   return new bindings.ImageData(array, width, height)
 }
 
-function loadImage (src) {
+function loadImage (src, opt = {}) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const image = new Image()
 
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function loadImage (src) {
     image.onload = () => { cleanup(); resolve(image) }
     image.onerror = (err) => { cleanup(); reject(err) }
 
+    if (opt.dataMode) {
+      image.dataMode = opt.dataMode
+    }
+
     image.src = src
   })
 }