diff --git a/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.cpp b/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.cpp
index a8bcc30c9..bd90d4ca9 100644
--- a/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ int ImageLayoutElement::getXFromIndex(int index)
     }
 }
 
+boost::optional<QPixmap> ImageLayoutElement::pixmap() const
+{
+    return this->image_->pixmap();
+}
+
 //
 // TEXT
 //
diff --git a/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp b/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp
index d5e11a0a3..5c92665b9 100644
--- a/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public:
     ImageLayoutElement(MessageElement &creator, ImagePtr image,
                        const QSize &size);
 
+    boost::optional<QPixmap> pixmap() const;
+
 protected:
     void addCopyTextToString(QString &str, int from = 0,
                              int to = INT_MAX) const override;