diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 5317572d658e..0849ed549f02 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ SET(QGIS_CORE_SRCS
   raster/qgscubicrasterresampler.cpp
   raster/qgspalettedrasterrenderer.cpp
   raster/qgsmultibandcolorrenderer.cpp
+  raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.cpp
   raster/qgssinglebandgrayrenderer.cpp
 
   renderer/qgscontinuouscolorrenderer.cpp
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
index f6466cacbe1f..30e9693b1633 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ email                : tim at linfiniti.com
 #include "qgsbilinearrasterresampler.h"
 #include "qgscubicrasterresampler.h"
 #include "qgsmultibandcolorrenderer.h"
+#include "qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h"
 #include "qgssinglebandgrayrenderer.h"
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ QgsRasterLayer::QgsRasterLayer( int dummy,
     , mStyles( styles )
     , mFormat( format )
     , mCrs( crs )
+    , mResampler( 0 )
+    , mRenderer( 0 )
 {
   Q_UNUSED( dummy );
 
@@ -840,7 +843,7 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::draw( QPainter * theQPainter,
         {
           mGrayMinimumMaximumEstimated = true;
           setMaximumValue( grayBand, mDataProvider->maximumValue( grayBand ) );
-          setMinimumValue( grayBand, mDataProvider->minimumValue( grayBand ) );     
+          setMinimumValue( grayBand, mDataProvider->minimumValue( grayBand ) );
         }
         r.setContrastEnhancement( contrastEnhancement( grayBand ) );
         r.draw( theQPainter, theRasterViewPort, theQgsMapToPixel );
@@ -1017,8 +1020,12 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::draw( QPainter * theQPainter,
       }
       else
       {
+        QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer r( mDataProvider, bandNumber( mGrayBandName ), mResampler );
+        r.draw( theQPainter, theRasterViewPort, theQgsMapToPixel );
+#if 0
         drawSingleBandColorData( theQPainter, theRasterViewPort,
                                  theQgsMapToPixel, bandNumber( mGrayBandName ) );
+#endif //0
         break;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.cpp b/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..445647d1c3b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+                         qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.cpp
+                         ----------------------------------
+    begin                : January 2012
+    copyright            : (C) 2012 by Marco Hugentobler
+    email                : marco at sourcepole dot ch
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h"
+#include <QImage>
+
+QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer::QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer( QgsRasterDataProvider* provider, int band, QgsRasterResampler* resampler ):
+    QgsRasterRenderer( provider, resampler ), mBand( band )
+{
+
+}
+
+QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer::~QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer()
+{
+}
+
+void QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer::draw( QPainter* p, QgsRasterViewPort* viewPort, const QgsMapToPixel* theQgsMapToPixel )
+{
+  if ( !p || !mProvider || !viewPort || !theQgsMapToPixel )
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  double oversamplingX, oversamplingY;
+  startRasterRead( mBand, viewPort, theQgsMapToPixel, oversamplingX, oversamplingY );
+
+  int topLeftCol, topLeftRow, nCols, nRows, currentRasterPos;
+  void* rasterData;
+
+  while ( readNextRasterPart( mBand, viewPort, nCols, nRows, &rasterData, topLeftCol, topLeftRow ) )
+  {
+    currentRasterPos = 0;
+    QImage img( nCols, nRows, QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied );
+    for ( int i = 0; i < nRows; ++i )
+    {
+      memcpy( img.scanLine( i ), &((( uint* )rasterData )[currentRasterPos] ), nCols * 4 );
+      for ( int j = 0; j < nCols; ++j )
+      {
+        ++currentRasterPos;
+      }
+    }
+
+    drawImage( p, viewPort, img, topLeftCol, topLeftRow, nCols, nRows, oversamplingX, oversamplingY );
+  }
+
+  stopRasterRead( mBand );
+}
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h b/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed7e5f61174a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+                         qgssinglebandcolordatarenderer.h
+                         --------------------------------
+    begin                : January 2012
+    copyright            : (C) 2012 by Marco Hugentobler
+    email                : marco at sourcepole dot ch
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QGSSINGLEBANDCOLORDATARENDERER_H
+#define QGSSINGLEBANDCOLORDATARENDERER_H
+
+#include "qgsrasterrenderer.h"
+
+class QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer: public QgsRasterRenderer
+{
+  public:
+    QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer( QgsRasterDataProvider* provider, int band, QgsRasterResampler* resampler = 0 );
+    ~QgsSingleBandColorDataRenderer();
+
+    virtual void draw( QPainter* p, QgsRasterViewPort* viewPort, const QgsMapToPixel* theQgsMapToPixel );
+
+  private:
+    int mBand;
+};
+
+#endif // QGSSINGLEBANDCOLORDATARENDERER_H