diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/image/image-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/image/image-tests.ts
index dbd587d4c..e9fa9d410 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/image/image-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/image/image-tests.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,31 @@ export var test_SettingImageSrcToFileWithinApp = function (done) {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(image, testFunc);
 }
 
+export var test_SettingImageSrcToDataURI = function (done) {
+    // <snippet module="ui/image" title="Image">
+    // ### How to create an image and set its src to Data URI.
+    // ``` JavaScript
+    var image = new ImageModule.Image();
+    image.src = "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAAECAIAAAAmkwkpAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAABxpRE9UAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAKAAAAAIAAAACAAAARiS4uJEAAAASSURBVBgZYvjPwABHSMz/DAAAAAD//0GWpK0AAAAOSURBVGNgYPiPhBgQAACEvQv1D5y/pAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==";
+    // ```
+    // </snippet>
+
+    var testFunc = function (views: Array<ViewModule.View>) {
+        var testImage = <ImageModule.Image>views[0];
+        TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => !testImage.isLoading, 3);
+        try {
+            TKUnit.assertTrue(!testImage.isLoading, "isLoading should be false.");
+            TKUnit.assertNotNull(testImage.imageSource);
+            done(null);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            done(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(image, testFunc);
+}
+
 export var test_SettingStretch_AspectFit = function () {
     // <snippet module="ui/image" title="Image">
     // ### How to set image stretching.
diff --git a/ui/image/image-common.ts b/ui/image/image-common.ts
index 6acc3e466..28affba7c 100644
--- a/ui/image/image-common.ts
+++ b/ui/image/image-common.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import imageSource = require("image-source");
 import definition = require("ui/image");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
 import platform = require("platform");
+import utils = require("utils/utils");
+
 import * as typesModule from "utils/types";
 
 var SRC = "src";
@@ -30,7 +32,14 @@ function onSrcPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
 
         image._setValue(Image.isLoadingProperty, true);
 
-        if (imageSource.isFileOrResourcePath(value)) {
+        if (utils.isDataURI(value)) {
+            var base64Data = value.split(",")[1];
+            if (types.isDefined(base64Data)) {
+                image.imageSource = imageSource.fromBase64(base64Data);
+                image._setValue(Image.isLoadingProperty, false);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (imageSource.isFileOrResourcePath(value)) {
             image.imageSource = imageSource.fromFileOrResource(value);
             image._setValue(Image.isLoadingProperty, false);
         } else {