diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05e12aee5..9f857fa3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ criterion = "^0.4"
 image = "^0"
 imageproc = "^0.23"
 rusttype = "^0.9"
+lazy_static = "^1.4"
 
 [[bench]]
 path = "benches/invert.rs"
diff --git a/src/encodings/webp.rs b/src/encodings/webp.rs
index 0513c2689..c5489d1e3 100644
--- a/src/encodings/webp.rs
+++ b/src/encodings/webp.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ impl WebPEncoder {
             config.lossless = self.lossless as _;
             config.quality = self.quality;
 
-            let res = libwebp::WebPEncode(std::ptr::addr_of!(config), std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(picture));
+            let res =
+                libwebp::WebPEncode(std::ptr::addr_of!(config), std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(picture));
             if res == 0 {
                 free(picture);
                 return Err(Error::EncodingError("WebP encoding error".to_string()));
@@ -163,7 +164,9 @@ impl Encoder for WebPEncoder {
             let mut final_image = std::mem::zeroed::<libwebp::WebPData>();
             let mut encoded_frames = Vec::new();
 
-            let free = |mut final_image: libwebp::WebPData, encoded_frames: Vec<libwebp::WebPData>, mux: *mut libwebp::WebPMux| {
+            let free = |mut final_image: libwebp::WebPData,
+                        encoded_frames: Vec<libwebp::WebPData>,
+                        mux: *mut libwebp::WebPMux| {
                 libwebp::WebPDataClear(std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(final_image));
                 for mut f in encoded_frames {
                     libwebp::WebPDataClear(std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(f));
@@ -222,7 +225,10 @@ impl Encoder for WebPEncoder {
                 }
                 i32::MIN..=-5_i32 | 2_i32..=i32::MAX => {
                     free(final_image, encoded_frames, mux);
-                    return Err(Error::EncodingError(format!("WebP mux error {}", mux_error)));
+                    return Err(Error::EncodingError(format!(
+                        "WebP mux error {}",
+                        mux_error
+                    )));
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/src/image.rs b/src/image.rs
index 3a32bb1ba..939fe645a 100644
--- a/src/image.rs
+++ b/src/image.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 #![allow(clippy::wildcard_imports)]
 
-use crate::{
-    draw::Draw,
-    error::{
-        Error::{self, InvalidExtension},
-        Result,
-    },
-    pixel::*,
-    Dynamic, DynamicFrameIterator,
-};
+use crate::{draw::Draw, error::{
+    Error::{self, InvalidExtension},
+    Result,
+}, pixel::*, Dynamic, DynamicFrameIterator, Paste};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "gif")]
 use crate::encodings::gif;
@@ -901,6 +896,50 @@ impl<P: Pixel> Image<P> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Pads this image in place on each side with the given value.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// * The new width or height would exceed [`u32::MAX`].
+    /// * The padding on either side would exceed [`u32::MAX`].
+    pub fn pad(&mut self, x1: u32, y1: u32, x2: u32, y2: u32, padding: P) {
+        let h_padding = x1
+            .checked_add(x2)
+            .expect("new horizontal padding overflowed u32");
+        let v_padding = y1
+            .checked_add(y2)
+            .expect("new vertical padding overflowed u32");
+        // Strange syntax to avoid if let, as it would bump the MSRV
+        let new_width = 
+            if let Some(new) = self.width().checked_add(h_padding) {new} else {
+                panic!("new width overflowed u32")
+            };
+        let new_height = 
+            if let Some(new) = self.height().checked_add(v_padding) {new} else {
+                panic!("new height overflowed u32")
+            };
+        let mut output = Self::new(new_width, new_height, padding);
+        output.draw(
+            &Paste::new(self)
+                .with_overlay_mode(OverlayMode::Replace)
+                .with_position(x1, y1)
+        );
+        // Only copy some fields, to preserve metadata
+        self.data = output.data;
+        // These both are guaranteed to be non-zero as long as the values didn't overflow,
+        // which we checked for earlier
+        unsafe {
+            self.width = NonZeroU32::new_unchecked(new_width);
+            self.height = NonZeroU32::new_unchecked(new_height);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Takes this image and pads it on each side. Useful for method chaining.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn padded(mut self, x1: u32, y1: u32, x2: u32, y2: u32, padding: P) -> Self {
+        self.pad(x1, y1, x2, y2, padding);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Mirrors, or flips this image horizontally (about the y-axis) in place.
     pub fn mirror(&mut self) {
         let width = self.width();
diff --git a/tests/sample.bin b/tests/sample.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2cf94918
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/sample.bin differ
diff --git a/tests/test_pad.rs b/tests/test_pad.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ec55291b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pad.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use ril::prelude::*;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref TEST_IMAGE: Image<Rgba> = Image::from_fn(
+        256, 256, |x, y|
+        Rgba::new(x as u8, y as u8, 255, 255)
+    );
+}
+
+//noinspection RsAssertEqual
+#[test]
+fn test_padding() -> ril::Result<()> {
+    let mut image = TEST_IMAGE.clone();
+    image.pad(64, 32, 64, 32, Default::default());
+    assert_eq!(image.dimensions(), (384, 320));
+    // Using include_bytes here to prevent having to test with a feature enabled
+    let bytes = image.data
+        .iter().flat_map(|pixel| pixel.as_bytes())
+        .collect::<Box<[u8]>>();
+    // Not using assert_eq here, as it causes a gigantic error message
+    // with the representations of each value
+    assert!(
+        bytes.as_ref() == include_bytes!("sample.bin"),
+        "padded image was not identical to sample"
+    );
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "width overflowed")]
+fn test_overflow_width_check() {
+    let mut image: Image<Rgba> = TEST_IMAGE.clone();
+    image.pad(u32::MAX, 0, 0, 0, Default::default());
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "padding overflowed")]
+fn test_overflow_pad_check() {
+    let mut image: Image<Rgba> = TEST_IMAGE.clone();
+    image.pad(u32::MAX, 0, 1, 0, Default::default());
+}
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