diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e3862f0..24236d8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Add the facade of this package to the `$aliases` array.
 * Image::crop - Crop the current image
 * Image::grab - Cut out a detail of the image in given ratio and resize to output size
 * Image::resizeCanvas - Resize image boundaries
+* Image::mask - Apply given image as alpha mask on current image
 * Image::insert - Insert another image on top of the current image
 * Image::brightness - Changes brightness of current image (-100 = min brightness, 0 = no change, +100 = max brightness)
 * Image::contrast - Changes contrast of current image (-100 = min contrast, 0 = no change, +100 = max contrast)
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ $img->circle('ae051f', 400, 300, 100, false);
 // draw a red line from point 10,10 to point 300,300 pixel
 $img->line('ae051f', 10, 10, 300, 300);
 
+// Apply image as alpha mask on image
+$img->mask('public/mask.png', true);
+
 // rotate image 90° clockwise
 $img->rotate(90);
 
diff --git a/public/mask1.png b/public/mask1.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a6688be
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/mask1.png differ
diff --git a/public/mask2.png b/public/mask2.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82be6226
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/mask2.png differ
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
index 9f1e672e..8a8f796d 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Image.php
@@ -678,6 +678,56 @@ class Image
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Apply given image as alpha mask on current image
+     *
+     * @param  mixed $file
+     * @return Image
+     */
+    public function mask($file, $mask_with_alpha = false)
+    {
+        // create new empty image
+        $maskedImage = new Image(null, $this->width, $this->height);
+
+        // create mask
+        $mask = is_a($file, 'Intervention\Image\Image') ? $file : (new Image($file));
+
+        // resize mask to size of current image (if necessary)
+        if ($mask->width != $this->width || $mask->height != $this->height) {
+            $mask->resize($this->width, $this->height);
+        }
+
+        // redraw old image pixel by pixel considering alpha map
+        for ($x=0; $x < $this->width; $x++) {
+            for ($y=0; $y < $this->height; $y++) {
+
+                $color = $this->pickColor($x, $y, 'array');
+                $alpha = $mask->pickColor($x, $y, 'array');
+                
+                if ($mask_with_alpha) {
+                    $alpha = $alpha['alpha']; // use alpha channel as mask
+                } else {
+                    $alpha = 127 - floor($alpha['red'] / 2); // use red channel as mask
+                }
+
+                // preserve alpha of original image...
+                if ($color['alpha'] > $alpha) {
+                    $alpha = $color['alpha'];
+                }
+
+                $pixelColor = $this->parseColor(array($color['red'], $color['green'], $color['blue'], $alpha));
+                $maskedImage->pixel($pixelColor, $x, $y);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // apply masked image to current instance
+        $this->resource = $maskedImage->resource;
+        $this->width = $maskedImage->width;
+        $this->height = $maskedImage->height;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Rotate image with given angle
      *
diff --git a/tests/ImageTest.php b/tests/ImageTest.php
index b69b7e39..4ca86651 100644
--- a/tests/ImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/ImageTest.php
@@ -433,7 +433,67 @@ class ImageTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase
         $img = $this->getTestImage();
         $img->insert('public/test.jpg', 10, 10);
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+    }
 
+    public function testMaskImage()
+    {
+        // simple image mask
+        $img = Image::make('public/test.jpg');
+        $img->resize(32, 32)->mask('public/mask1.png', false);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(16, 2, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 254);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 230);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 186);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 22);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(31, 31, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 127);
+
+        // use alpha channel as mask
+        $img = Image::make('public/test.jpg');
+        $img->resize(32, 32)->mask('public/mask2.png', true);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(5, 5, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 127);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(20, 15, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 254);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 190);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 69);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 0);
+
+        // preserve existing alpha channel
+        $img = Image::make('public/circle.png');
+        $img->resize(32, 32)->mask('public/mask2.png', true);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->width);
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->height);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->width, 32);
+        $this->assertEquals($img->height, 32);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(5, 5, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 127);
+        $checkColor = $img->pickColor(15, 15, 'array');
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['red'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['green'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['blue'], 0);
+        $this->assertEquals($checkColor['alpha'], 25);
+        
     }
 
     public function testPixelateImage()