diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_image.c b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_image.c
index 64b7e589ecb..2b6349a3877 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_image.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_image.c
@@ -243,6 +243,76 @@ static int rna_Image_depth_get(PointerRNA *ptr)
 	return depth;
 }
 
+static int rna_Image_pixels_get_length(PointerRNA *ptr, int length[RNA_MAX_ARRAY_DIMENSION])
+{
+	Image *ima= ptr->id.data;
+	ImBuf *ibuf;
+	void *lock;
+
+	ibuf= BKE_image_acquire_ibuf(ima, NULL, &lock);
+
+	if(ibuf) {
+		length[0]= ibuf->x*ibuf->y;
+		length[1]= ibuf->channels;
+	}
+	else {
+		length[0]= 0;
+		length[1]= 0;
+	}
+
+	BKE_image_release_ibuf(ima, lock);
+
+	return length[0]*length[1];
+}
+
+static void rna_Image_pixels_get(PointerRNA *ptr, float *values)
+{
+	Image *ima= ptr->id.data;
+	ImBuf *ibuf;
+	void *lock;
+	int i, size;
+
+	ibuf= BKE_image_acquire_ibuf(ima, NULL, &lock);
+
+	if(ibuf) {
+		size= ibuf->x*ibuf->y*ibuf->channels;
+
+		if(ibuf->rect_float) {
+			memcpy(values, ibuf->rect_float, sizeof(float)*size);
+		}
+		else {
+			for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
+				values[i] = ((unsigned char*)ibuf->rect)[i]*(1.0f/255.0f);
+		}
+	}
+
+	BKE_image_release_ibuf(ima, lock);
+}
+
+static void rna_Image_pixels_set(PointerRNA *ptr, const float *values)
+{
+	Image *ima= ptr->id.data;
+	ImBuf *ibuf;
+	void *lock;
+	int i, size;
+
+	ibuf= BKE_image_acquire_ibuf(ima, NULL, &lock);
+
+	if(ibuf) {
+		size= ibuf->x*ibuf->y*ibuf->channels;
+
+		if(ibuf->rect_float) {
+			memcpy(ibuf->rect_float, values, sizeof(float)*size);
+		}
+		else {
+			for(i = 0; i < size; i++)
+				((unsigned char*)ibuf->rect)[i] = FTOCHAR(values[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	BKE_image_release_ibuf(ima, lock);
+}
+
 #else
 
 static void rna_def_imageuser(BlenderRNA *brna)
@@ -489,6 +559,13 @@ static void rna_def_image(BlenderRNA *brna)
 	RNA_def_property_int_funcs(prop, "rna_Image_size_get" , NULL, NULL);
 	RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
 
+	prop= RNA_def_property(srna, "pixels", PROP_FLOAT, PROP_NONE);
+	RNA_def_property_flag(prop, PROP_DYNAMIC);
+	RNA_def_property_multi_array(prop, 2, NULL);
+	RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Pixels", "Image pixels in floating point values");
+	RNA_def_property_dynamic_array_funcs(prop, "rna_Image_pixels_get_length");
+	RNA_def_property_float_funcs(prop, "rna_Image_pixels_get", "rna_Image_pixels_set", NULL);
+
 	RNA_api_image(srna);
 }