diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
index 8caebcd9..e010d1c8 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractDecoder.php
@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ abstract class AbstractDecoder
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if current source data is data-url
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function isDataUrl()
+    {
+        $data = $this->decodeDataUrl($this->data);
+
+        return is_null($data) ? false : true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initiates new Image from Intervention\Image\Image
      *
@@ -147,6 +159,24 @@ abstract class AbstractDecoder
         return $object;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses and decodes binary image data from data-url
+     *
+     * @param  string $data_url
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function decodeDataUrl($data_url)
+    {
+        $pattern = "/^data:(?:image\/.+)(?:charset=\".+\")?;base64,(?P<data>.+)$/";
+        preg_match($pattern, $data_url, $matches);
+
+        if (is_array($matches) && array_key_exists('data', $matches)) {
+            return base64_decode($matches['data']);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initiates new image from mixed data
      *
@@ -180,6 +210,9 @@ abstract class AbstractDecoder
             case $this->isFilePath():
                 return $this->initFromPath($this->data);
 
+            case $this->isDataUrl():
+                return $this->initFromBinary($this->decodeDataUrl($this->data));
+
             default:
                 throw new Exception\NotReadableException("Image source not readable");
         }
diff --git a/tests/AbstractDecoderTest.php b/tests/AbstractDecoderTest.php
index d3679318..b237dbc2 100644
--- a/tests/AbstractDecoderTest.php
+++ b/tests/AbstractDecoderTest.php
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ class AbstractDecoderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertTrue($source->isSymfonyUpload());
     }
 
+    public function testIsDataUrl()
+    {
+        $source = $this->getTestDecoder('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGElEQVQYlWM8c+bMfwYiABMxikYVUk8hAHWzA3cRvs4UAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC');
+        $this->assertTrue($source->isDataUrl());
+
+        $source = $this->getTestDecoder(null);
+        $this->assertFalse($source->isDataUrl());
+    }
+
     public function getTestDecoder($data)
     {
         return $this->getMockForAbstractClass('\Intervention\Image\AbstractDecoder', array($data));
diff --git a/tests/GdSystemTest.php b/tests/GdSystemTest.php
index 64932284..7663e80b 100644
--- a/tests/GdSystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/GdSystemTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ class GdSystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(50, $img->getHeight());
     }
 
+    public function testMakeFromDataUrl()
+    {
+        $img = $this->manager()->make('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGElEQVQYlWM8c+bMfwYiABMxikYVUk8hAHWzA3cRvs4UAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC');
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInternalType('resource', $img->getCore());
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->getWidth());
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->getHeight());
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $img->getWidth());
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $img->getHeight());
+    }
+
     public function testCanvas()
     {
         $img = $this->manager()->canvas(30, 20);
diff --git a/tests/ImagickSystemTest.php b/tests/ImagickSystemTest.php
index 25b28db6..aaa4dbfa 100644
--- a/tests/ImagickSystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/ImagickSystemTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ class ImagickSystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(50, $img->getHeight());
     }
 
+    public function testMakeFromDataUrl()
+    {
+        $str = file_get_contents('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGElEQVQYlWM8c+bMfwYiABMxikYVUk8hAHWzA3cRvs4UAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC');
+        $img = $this->manager()->make($str);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Imagick', $img->getCore());
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->getWidth());
+        $this->assertInternalType('int', $img->getHeight());
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $img->getWidth());
+        $this->assertEquals(10, $img->getHeight());
+        $this->assertEquals('image/png', $img->mime);
+    }
+
     public function testCanvas()
     {
         $img = $this->manager()->canvas(30, 20);