diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
index 77ce366061..8ec7a96afa 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_native_image.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ float GetScaleFactorFromPath(const base::FilePath& path) {
 bool AddImageSkiaRep(gfx::ImageSkia* image,
                      const unsigned char* data,
                      size_t size,
+                     int width,
+                     int height,
                      double scale_factor) {
   std::unique_ptr<SkBitmap> decoded(new SkBitmap());
 
@@ -87,8 +89,17 @@ bool AddImageSkiaRep(gfx::ImageSkia* image,
     // Try JPEG.
     decoded = gfx::JPEGCodec::Decode(data, size);
 
-  if (!decoded)
-    return false;
+  if (!decoded) {
+    // Try Bitmap
+    if (width > 0 && height > 0) {
+      decoded.reset(new SkBitmap);
+      decoded->allocN32Pixels(width, height, false);
+      decoded->setPixels(
+        const_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(data)));
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
   image->AddRepresentation(gfx::ImageSkiaRep(*decoded, scale_factor));
   return true;
@@ -104,7 +115,7 @@ bool AddImageSkiaRep(gfx::ImageSkia* image,
   const unsigned char* data =
       reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(file_contents.data());
   size_t size = file_contents.size();
-  return AddImageSkiaRep(image, data, size, scale_factor);
+  return AddImageSkiaRep(image, data, size, 0, 0, scale_factor);
 }
 
 bool PopulateImageSkiaRepsFromPath(gfx::ImageSkia* image,
@@ -395,6 +406,13 @@ mate::Handle<NativeImage> NativeImage::CreateFromPath(
 // static
 mate::Handle<NativeImage> NativeImage::CreateFromBuffer(
     mate::Arguments* args, v8::Local<v8::Value> buffer) {
+  int width = 0;
+  int height = 0;
+  if (args->Length() >= 3) {
+    args->GetNext(&width);
+    args->GetNext(&height);
+  }
+
   double scale_factor = 1.;
   args->GetNext(&scale_factor);
 
@@ -402,6 +420,8 @@ mate::Handle<NativeImage> NativeImage::CreateFromBuffer(
   AddImageSkiaRep(&image_skia,
                   reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(node::Buffer::Data(buffer)),
                   node::Buffer::Length(buffer),
+                  width,
+                  height,
                   scale_factor);
   return Create(args->isolate(), gfx::Image(image_skia));
 }
diff --git a/docs/api/native-image.md b/docs/api/native-image.md
index 54d7631f49..495cce5645 100644
--- a/docs/api/native-image.md
+++ b/docs/api/native-image.md
@@ -137,15 +137,17 @@ let image = nativeImage.createFromPath('/Users/somebody/images/icon.png')
 console.log(image)
 ```
 
-### `nativeImage.createFromBuffer(buffer[, scaleFactor])`
+### `nativeImage.createFromBuffer(buffer[width, height, scaleFactor])`
 
 * `buffer` [Buffer][buffer]
+* `width` Integer (optional)
+* `height` Integer (optional)
 * `scaleFactor` Double (optional)
 
 Returns `NativeImage`
 
 Creates a new `NativeImage` instance from `buffer`. The default `scaleFactor` is
-1.0.
+1.0. If `buffer` is a bitmap, specify `width` and `height` of the image.
 
 ### `nativeImage.createFromDataURL(dataURL)`
 
diff --git a/spec/api-native-image-spec.js b/spec/api-native-image-spec.js
index 3ee5e55c25..e9c6362310 100644
--- a/spec/api-native-image-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-native-image-spec.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ describe('nativeImage module', () => {
 
       const imageC = nativeImage.createFromBuffer(imageA.toJPEG(100))
       assert.deepEqual(imageC.getSize(), {width: 538, height: 190})
+
+      const imageD = nativeImage.createFromBuffer(imageA.toBitmap(), 538, 190)
+      assert.deepEqual(imageD.getSize(), {width: 538, height: 190})
     })
   })