diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/Content/AssetDataForImage.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/Content/AssetDataForImage.cs
index f59e73bea..f6c1e46a6 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/Content/AssetDataForImage.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/Content/AssetDataForImage.cs
@@ -213,22 +213,47 @@ private void PatchImageImpl(Color[] sourceData, int sourceWidth, int sourceHeigh
                 // shortcut transparency
                 if (above.A < AssetDataForImage.MinOpacity)
                     continue;
-                if (below.A < AssetDataForImage.MinOpacity || above.A == byte.MaxValue)
-                    mergedData[targetIndex] = above;
 
-                // merge pixels
+                if (patchMode == PatchMode.Overlay)
+                {
+                    if (below.A < AssetDataForImage.MinOpacity || above.A == byte.MaxValue)
+                        mergedData[targetIndex] = above;
+
+                    // merge pixels
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // This performs a conventional alpha blend for the pixels, which are already
+                        // premultiplied by the content pipeline. The formula is derived from
+                        // https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/shawnhar/2009/11/06/premultiplied-alpha/.
+                        float alphaBelow = 1 - (above.A / 255f);
+                        mergedData[targetIndex] = new Color(
+                            r: (int)(above.R + (below.R * alphaBelow)),
+                            g: (int)(above.G + (below.G * alphaBelow)),
+                            b: (int)(above.B + (below.B * alphaBelow)),
+                            alpha: Math.Max(above.A, below.A)
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
                 else
                 {
-                    // This performs a conventional alpha blend for the pixels, which are already
-                    // premultiplied by the content pipeline. The formula is derived from
-                    // https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/shawnhar/2009/11/06/premultiplied-alpha/.
-                    float alphaBelow = 1 - (above.A / 255f);
-                    mergedData[targetIndex] = new Color(
-                        r: (int)(above.R + (below.R * alphaBelow)),
-                        g: (int)(above.G + (below.G * alphaBelow)),
-                        b: (int)(above.B + (below.B * alphaBelow)),
-                        alpha: Math.Max(above.A, below.A)
-                    );
+                    // compute new alpha by subtracting mask alpha
+                    int newAlphaInt = below.A - above.A;
+
+                    // fully masked out
+                    if (newAlphaInt <= 0)
+                        mergedData[targetIndex] = new Color((byte)0, (byte)0, (byte)0, (byte)0);
+
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // This blends the pixels by removing the alpha defined in the mask.
+                        float scale = (float)newAlphaInt / below.A;
+                        mergedData[targetIndex] = new Color(
+                            r: (int)Math.Clamp(Math.Round(below.R * scale), 0, 255),
+                            g: (int)Math.Clamp(Math.Round(below.G * scale), 0, 255),
+                            b: (int)Math.Clamp(Math.Round(below.B * scale), 0, 255),
+                            alpha: newAlphaInt
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/PatchMode.cs b/src/SMAPI/PatchMode.cs
index 8575e5d0b..669a0f035 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/PatchMode.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/PatchMode.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ public enum PatchMode
     Replace,
 
     /// <summary>Draw the new content over the original content, so the original content shows through any transparent or semi-transparent pixels.</summary>
-    Overlay
+    Overlay,
+
+    /// <summary>Masks the original content so that the alpha value of every pixel in the new content gets subtracted from the corresponding pixel in the original content.</summary>
+    Mask
 }