diff --git a/lib/mail-composer/index.js b/lib/mail-composer/index.js
index e85ebc4b..7e902155 100644
--- a/lib/mail-composer/index.js
+++ b/lib/mail-composer/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 const MimeNode = require('../mime-node');
 const mimeFuncs = require('../mime-funcs');
+const parseDataURI = require('../shared').parseDataURI;
 
 /**
  * Creates the object for composing a MimeNode instance out from the mail options
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ class MailComposer {
     _processDataUrl(element) {
         let parsedDataUri;
         if ((element.path || element.href).match(/^data:/)) {
-            parsedDataUri = this.parseDataURI(element.path || element.href);
+            parsedDataUri = parseDataURI(element.path || element.href);
         }
 
         if (!parsedDataUri) {
@@ -559,55 +560,6 @@ class MailComposer {
 
         return element;
     }
-
-    parseDataURI(uri) {
-        let input = uri;
-        let commaPos = input.indexOf(',');
-        if (!commaPos) {
-            return uri;
-        }
-
-        let data = input.substring(commaPos + 1);
-        let metaStr = input.substring('data:'.length, commaPos);
-
-        let encoding;
-
-        let metaEntries = metaStr.split(';');
-        let lastMetaEntry = metaEntries.length > 1 ? metaEntries[metaEntries.length - 1] : false;
-        if (lastMetaEntry && lastMetaEntry.indexOf('=') < 0) {
-            encoding = lastMetaEntry.toLowerCase();
-            metaEntries.pop();
-        }
-
-        let contentType = metaEntries.shift() || 'application/octet-stream';
-        let params = {};
-        for (let entry of metaEntries) {
-            let sep = entry.indexOf('=');
-            if (sep >= 0) {
-                let key = entry.substring(0, sep);
-                let value = entry.substring(sep + 1);
-                params[key] = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        switch (encoding) {
-            case 'base64':
-                data = Buffer.from(data, 'base64');
-                break;
-            case 'utf8':
-                data = Buffer.from(data);
-                break;
-            default:
-                try {
-                    data = Buffer.from(decodeURIComponent(data));
-                } catch (err) {
-                    data = Buffer.from(data);
-                }
-                data = Buffer.from(data);
-        }
-
-        return { data, encoding, contentType, params };
-    }
 }
 
 module.exports = MailComposer;
diff --git a/lib/shared/index.js b/lib/shared/index.js
index 23e88f00..4c16a375 100644
--- a/lib/shared/index.js
+++ b/lib/shared/index.js
@@ -418,6 +418,55 @@ module.exports.callbackPromise = (resolve, reject) =>
         }
     };
 
+module.exports.parseDataURI = uri => {
+    let input = uri;
+    let commaPos = input.indexOf(',');
+    if (!commaPos) {
+        return uri;
+    }
+
+    let data = input.substring(commaPos + 1);
+    let metaStr = input.substring('data:'.length, commaPos);
+
+    let encoding;
+
+    let metaEntries = metaStr.split(';');
+    let lastMetaEntry = metaEntries.length > 1 ? metaEntries[metaEntries.length - 1] : false;
+    if (lastMetaEntry && lastMetaEntry.indexOf('=') < 0) {
+        encoding = lastMetaEntry.toLowerCase();
+        metaEntries.pop();
+    }
+
+    let contentType = metaEntries.shift() || 'application/octet-stream';
+    let params = {};
+    for (let entry of metaEntries) {
+        let sep = entry.indexOf('=');
+        if (sep >= 0) {
+            let key = entry.substring(0, sep);
+            let value = entry.substring(sep + 1);
+            params[key] = value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    switch (encoding) {
+        case 'base64':
+            data = Buffer.from(data, 'base64');
+            break;
+        case 'utf8':
+            data = Buffer.from(data);
+            break;
+        default:
+            try {
+                data = Buffer.from(decodeURIComponent(data));
+            } catch (err) {
+                data = Buffer.from(data);
+            }
+            data = Buffer.from(data);
+    }
+
+    return { data, encoding, contentType, params };
+};
+
 /**
  * Resolves a String or a Buffer value for content value. Useful if the value
  * is a Stream or a file or an URL. If the value is a Stream, overwrites
@@ -470,11 +519,12 @@ module.exports.resolveContent = (data, key, callback) => {
             contentStream = nmfetch(content.path || content.href);
             return resolveStream(contentStream, callback);
         } else if (/^data:/i.test(content.path || content.href)) {
-            let parts = (content.path || content.href).match(/^data:((?:[^;]*;)*(?:[^,]*)),(.*)$/i);
-            if (!parts) {
+            let parsedDataUri = module.exports.parseDataURI(content.path || content.href);
+
+            if (!parsedDataUri || !parsedDataUri.data) {
                 return callback(null, Buffer.from(0));
             }
-            return callback(null, /\bbase64$/i.test(parts[1]) ? Buffer.from(parts[2], 'base64') : Buffer.from(decodeURIComponent(parts[2])));
+            return callback(null, parsedDataUri.data);
         } else if (content.path) {
             return resolveStream(fs.createReadStream(content.path), callback);
         }