diff --git a/libspectre/spectre-device.c b/libspectre/spectre-device.c
index a527d86..8f8a8df 100644
--- a/libspectre/spectre-device.c
+++ b/libspectre/spectre-device.c
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ spectre_device_render (SpectreDevice        *device,
 	char     **args;
 	int        n_args = 13;
 	int        arg = 0;
+	int        image_format;
 	int        success;
 	char      *fmt;
 	char      *text_alpha, *graph_alpha;
@@ -211,7 +212,29 @@ spectre_device_render (SpectreDevice        *device,
 		n_args++;
 	if (rc->width != -1 && rc->height != -1)
 		n_args += 3;
-	
+
+	switch (rc->image_format) {
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_4:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_4;
+		break;
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_8:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_8;
+		break;
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_16:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_16;
+		break;
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_32:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_32;
+		break;
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_64:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_64;
+		break;
+	case SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
+	default:
+		image_format = DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_DEFAULT;
+		break;
+	}
+
 	args = calloc (sizeof (char *), n_args);
 	args[arg++] = "libspectre"; /* This value doesn't really matter */
 	args[arg++] = "-dMaxBitmap=10000000";
@@ -231,7 +254,7 @@ spectre_device_render (SpectreDevice        *device,
 	args[arg++] = dsp_format = _spectre_strdup_printf ("-dDisplayFormat=%d",
 							   DISPLAY_COLORS_RGB |
 							   DISPLAY_DEPTH_8 |
-							   DISPLAY_ROW_ALIGN_32 |
+							   image_format |
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 							   DISPLAY_UNUSED_FIRST |
 							   DISPLAY_BIGENDIAN |
diff --git a/libspectre/spectre-private.h b/libspectre/spectre-private.h
index c868067..cf1cf04 100644
--- a/libspectre/spectre-private.h
+++ b/libspectre/spectre-private.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct SpectreRenderContext {
 	int                text_alpha_bits;
 	int                graphic_alpha_bits;
 	int                use_platform_fonts;
+	int                image_format;
 };
 
 struct SpectreExporter {
diff --git a/libspectre/spectre-render-context.c b/libspectre/spectre-render-context.c
index 8a0d224..81a070c 100644
--- a/libspectre/spectre-render-context.c
+++ b/libspectre/spectre-render-context.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spectre_render_context_new (void)
 	rc->text_alpha_bits = 4;
 	rc->graphic_alpha_bits = 2;
 	rc->use_platform_fonts = TRUE;
-	
+	rc->image_format = SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_32;
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -207,3 +207,20 @@ spectre_render_context_get_antialias_bits (SpectreRenderContext *rc,
 	if (text_bits)
 		*text_bits = rc->text_alpha_bits;
 }
+
+void
+spectre_render_context_set_image_format (SpectreRenderContext           *rc,
+					 SpectreRenderContextImageFormat image_format)
+{
+	_spectre_return_if_fail (rc != NULL);
+
+	rc->image_format = image_format;
+}
+
+SpectreRenderContextImageFormat
+spectre_render_context_get_image_format (SpectreRenderContext *rc)
+{
+	_spectre_return_val_if_fail (rc != NULL, SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_DEFAULT);
+
+	return rc->image_format;
+}
diff --git a/libspectre/spectre-render-context.h b/libspectre/spectre-render-context.h
index e1e7750..09291fa 100644
--- a/libspectre/spectre-render-context.h
+++ b/libspectre/spectre-render-context.h
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
 
 SPECTRE_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+typedef enum _SpectreRenderContextImageFormat {
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_4,
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_8,
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_16,
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_32,
+	SPECTRE_RENDER_CONTEXT_IMAGE_FORMAT_64,
+} SpectreRenderContextImageFormat;
+
 /*! This object defines how a page will be rendered */
 typedef struct SpectreRenderContext SpectreRenderContext;
 
@@ -138,6 +147,11 @@ void                  spectre_render_context_get_antialias_bits     (SpectreRend
 								     int                  *graphics_bits,
 								     int                  *text_bits);
 
+void                  spectre_render_context_set_image_format (SpectreRenderContext           *rc,
+							       SpectreRenderContextImageFormat image_format);
+
+SpectreRenderContextImageFormat spectre_render_context_get_image_format (SpectreRenderContext *rc);
+
 SPECTRE_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* SPECTRE_PAGE_H */