diff --git a/core/image/bmp/bmp.odin b/core/image/bmp/bmp.odin
index 057c2ffa047..affeab2a99d 100644
--- a/core/image/bmp/bmp.odin
+++ b/core/image/bmp/bmp.odin
@@ -242,17 +242,9 @@ load_from_context :: proc(ctx: ^$C, options := Options{}, allocator := context.a
 	case: return img, .Unsupported_Compression
 	}
 
-	// Flipped vertically
-	if info.height < 0 {
-		pixels := mem.slice_data_cast([]RGB_Pixel, img.pixels.buf[:])
-		for y in 0..<img.height / 2 {
-			for x in 0..<img.width {
-				top := y * img.width + x
-				bot := (img.height - y - 1) * img.width + x
-
-				pixels[top], pixels[bot] = pixels[bot], pixels[top]
-			}
-		}
+	// is flipped XOR user wants to flip
+	if (int(info.height < 0) ~ int(.vertical_flip in options)) == 1 {
+		image.vertical_flip(img)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/core/image/common.odin b/core/image/common.odin
index 690ebc045be..85e963ce501 100644
--- a/core/image/common.odin
+++ b/core/image/common.odin
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	List of contributors:
 		Jeroen van Rijn: Initial implementation, optimization.
 		Ginger Bill:     Cosmetic changes.
+		DerTee:          Vertical flip.
 */
 
 // package image implements a general 2D image library to be used with other image related packages
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ package image
 
 import "core:bytes"
 import "core:mem"
+import "core:slice"
 import "core:io"
 import "core:compress"
 import "base:runtime"
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ Option :: enum {
 	alpha_drop_if_present,         // Unimplemented for QOI. Returns error.
 	alpha_premultiply,             // Unimplemented for QOI. Returns error.
 	blend_background,              // Ignored for non-PNG formats
+	vertical_flip,                 // flip image vertically on load
 
 	// Unimplemented
 	do_not_expand_grayscale,
@@ -1438,6 +1441,17 @@ expand_grayscale :: proc(img: ^Image, allocator := context.allocator) -> (ok: bo
 	return true
 }
 
+vertical_flip :: proc(img: ^Image) {
+    pixels := img.pixels.buf[:]
+    bpp := img.depth/8 * img.channels
+    bytes_per_line := img.width * bpp
+    for y in 0..<img.height / 2 {
+        top := y * bytes_per_line
+        bot := (img.height - y - 1) * bytes_per_line
+        slice.ptr_swap_non_overlapping(&pixels[top], &pixels[bot], bytes_per_line)
+    }
+}
+
 /*
 	Helper functions to read and write data from/to a Context, etc.
 */
diff --git a/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin b/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
index a9dc6599a47..9bda75b06e1 100644
--- a/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
+++ b/core/image/netpbm/netpbm.odin
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import "core:unicode"
 import "base:runtime"
 
 Image        :: image.Image
+Options      :: image.Options
 Format       :: image.Netpbm_Format
 Header       :: image.Netpbm_Header
 Info         :: image.Netpbm_Info
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ PFM     :: Formats{.Pf, .PF}
 ASCII   :: Formats{.P1, .P2, .P3}
 BINARY  :: Formats{.P4, .P5, .P6} + PAM + PFM
 
-load_from_bytes :: proc(data: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (img: ^Image, err: Error) {
+load_from_bytes :: proc(data: []byte, options := Options{}, allocator := context.allocator) -> (img: ^Image, err: Error) {
 	context.allocator = allocator
 
 	img = new(Image)
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ load_from_bytes :: proc(data: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (img: ^
 	}
 	img.metadata = info
 
+	if .vertical_flip in options {
+		image.vertical_flip(img)
+	}
 	return img, nil
 }
 
@@ -722,7 +726,7 @@ autoselect_pbm_format_from_image :: proc(img: ^Image, prefer_binary := true, for
 @(init, private)
 _register :: proc() {
 	loader :: proc(data: []byte, options: image.Options, allocator: mem.Allocator) -> (img: ^Image, err: Error) {
-		return load_from_bytes(data, allocator)
+		return load_from_bytes(data, options, allocator)
 	}
 	destroyer :: proc(img: ^Image) {
 		_ = destroy(img)
diff --git a/core/image/png/png.odin b/core/image/png/png.odin
index 2d3665e9482..4bcb1583856 100644
--- a/core/image/png/png.odin
+++ b/core/image/png/png.odin
@@ -1182,6 +1182,9 @@ load_from_context :: proc(ctx: ^$C, options := Options{}, allocator := context.a
 		panic("We should never see bit depths other than 8, 16 and 'Paletted' here.")
 	}
 
+	if .vertical_flip in options {
+		image.vertical_flip(img)
+	}
 	return img, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/image/qoi/qoi.odin b/core/image/qoi/qoi.odin
index 6b6149e60ae..490b08004e9 100644
--- a/core/image/qoi/qoi.odin
+++ b/core/image/qoi/qoi.odin
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ load_from_context :: proc(ctx: ^$C, options := Options{}, allocator := context.a
 		return img, .Post_Processing_Error
 	}
 
+	if .vertical_flip in options {
+		image.vertical_flip(img)
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/core/image/tga/tga.odin b/core/image/tga/tga.odin
index 46e37a0cfce..0fdb3f3d138 100644
--- a/core/image/tga/tga.odin
+++ b/core/image/tga/tga.odin
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ load_from_context :: proc(ctx: ^$C, options := Options{}, allocator := context.a
 		}
 		line += 1 if origin_is_top else -1
 	}
+	if .vertical_flip in options {
+		image.vertical_flip(img)
+	}
 	return img, nil
 }