diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sheet.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sheet.cs
index f07e845622..70c79dc8d3 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sheet.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sheet.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using System.Drawing.Imaging;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
@@ -50,13 +51,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		public Sheet(SheetType type, Stream stream)
 		{
-			using (var bitmap = (Bitmap)Image.FromStream(stream))
-			{
-				Size = bitmap.Size;
-				data = new byte[4 * Size.Width * Size.Height];
-
-				Util.FastCopyIntoSprite(new Sprite(this, bitmap.Bounds(), TextureChannel.Red), bitmap);
-			}
+			var png = new Png(stream);
+			Size = new Size(png.Width, png.Height);
+			data = new byte[4 * Size.Width * Size.Height];
+			Util.FastCopyIntoSprite(new Sprite(this, new Rectangle(0, 0, png.Width, png.Height), TextureChannel.Red), png);
 
 			Type = type;
 			ReleaseBuffer();
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
index 1429e7b541..a2af5ed27e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Util.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
@@ -81,6 +82,46 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static void FastCopyIntoSprite(Sprite dest, Png src)
+		{
+			var destData = dest.Sheet.GetData();
+			var destStride = dest.Sheet.Size.Width;
+			var width = dest.Bounds.Width;
+			var height = dest.Bounds.Height;
+
+			unsafe
+			{
+				// Cast the data to an int array so we can copy the src data directly
+				fixed (byte* bd = &destData[0])
+				{
+					var data = (int*)bd;
+					var x = dest.Bounds.Left;
+					var y = dest.Bounds.Top;
+
+					var k = 0;
+					for (var j = 0; j < height; j++)
+					{
+						for (var i = 0; i < width; i++)
+						{
+							Color cc;
+							if (src.Palette == null)
+							{
+								var r = src.Data[k++];
+								var g = src.Data[k++];
+								var b = src.Data[k++];
+								var a = src.Data[k++];
+								cc = Color.FromArgb(a, r, g, b);
+							}
+							else
+								cc = src.Palette[src.Data[k++]];
+
+							data[(y + j) * destStride + x + i] = PremultiplyAlpha(cc).ToArgb();
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		public static void FastCopyIntoSprite(Sprite dest, Bitmap src)
 		{
 			var createdTempBitmap = false;