diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index 1735737d..1f1d8826 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -1876,6 +1876,9 @@ void Game::shutdown()
  ****************************************************************************/
 /****************************************************************************/
 
+IWritableTextureSource *g_tsrc;
+video::IVideoDriver *g_driver;
+
 bool Game::init(
 		const std::string &map_dir,
 		std::string *address,
@@ -1883,8 +1886,10 @@ bool Game::init(
 		const SubgameSpec &gamespec)
 {
 	showOverlayMessage(wgettext("Loading..."), 0, 0);
+	g_driver = driver;
 
 	texture_src = createTextureSource(device);
+	g_tsrc = texture_src;
 	shader_src = createShaderSource(device);
 
 	itemdef_manager = createItemDefManager();
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
index c2679164..af3f145a 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "util/base64.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "version.h"
+#include "client/tile.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 
@@ -486,6 +487,21 @@ int ModApiUtil::l_get_version(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+extern IWritableTextureSource *g_tsrc;
+extern irr::video::IVideoDriver *g_driver;
+
+// generateAndSaveTexture(texture_name, out_filename)
+int ModApiUtil::l_generateAndSaveTexture(lua_State *L)
+{
+	std::string texname = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+	std::string outfile = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+
+	irr::video::IImage *img = g_tsrc->generateImage(texname);
+	g_driver->writeImageToFile(img, outfile.c_str());
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 
 void ModApiUtil::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 {
@@ -524,6 +540,7 @@ void ModApiUtil::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(decode_base64);
 
 	API_FCT(get_version);
+	API_FCT(generateAndSaveTexture);
 }
 
 void ModApiUtil::InitializeAsync(AsyncEngine& engine)
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.h
index 9910704b..8ac49848 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.h
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class ModApiUtil : public ModApiBase {
 	// get_version()
 	static int l_get_version(lua_State *L);
 
+	// generateAndSaveTexture(texture_name, out_filename)
+	static int l_generateAndSaveTexture(lua_State *L);
+
 public:
 	static void Initialize(lua_State *L, int top);