diff --git a/src/image.cpp b/src/image.cpp
index a238307009d4..790adf496e7c 100644
--- a/src/image.cpp
+++ b/src/image.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "gettext.hpp"
 #include "sdl/rect.hpp"
 #include "serialization/string_utils.hpp"
+#include "video.hpp"
 
 #include "SDL_image.h"
 
@@ -615,6 +616,15 @@ surface load_from_disk(const locator &loc)
 	}
 }
 
+sdl::ttexture load_texture(const locator &loc, const int access)
+{
+	surface img = load_from_disk(loc);
+	if (!img.null()) {
+		return CVideo::get_window()->create_texture(access, img);
+	} else {
+		return sdl::ttexture();
+	}
+}
 
 manager::manager() {}
 
diff --git a/src/image.hpp b/src/image.hpp
index 7f8890c8686f..52833d4430af 100644
--- a/src/image.hpp
+++ b/src/image.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "map_location.hpp"
 #include "sdl/utils.hpp"
+#include "sdl/texture.hpp"
 #include "terrain_translation.hpp"
 #include "game_config.hpp"
 
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ namespace image {
 
 	surface load_from_disk(const locator &loc);
 
+	sdl::ttexture load_texture(const locator &loc,
+							   const int access = SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC);
+
 	size_t hash_value(const locator::value&);