diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/PngLoader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/PngLoader.cs
index bc51e0b69d..c51fc2cbc8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/PngLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/PngLoader.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics
 	{
 		public static Bitmap Load(string filename)
 		{
-			return Load(File.OpenRead(filename));
+			using (var s = File.OpenRead(filename))
+				return Load(s);
 		}
 
 		public static Bitmap Load(Stream s)
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/ShpReader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/ShpReader.cs
index 3e99905c81..3ff3203224 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/ShpReader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/ShpReader.cs
@@ -174,5 +174,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		{
 			return GetEnumerator();
 		}
+
+		public static ShpReader Load(string filename)
+		{
+			using (var s = File.OpenRead(filename))
+				return new ShpReader(s);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs b/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
index dba249fef0..92ba03c9f1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Utility/Command.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ using System.Windows.Forms;
 using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib;
 using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip;
 using OpenRA.GameRules;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Utility
 {
@@ -145,5 +150,67 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
         public static void AuthenticateAndExtractZip(string[] args) { AuthenticateAndExecute("--extract-zip-inner", args); }
 		public static void AuthenticateAndInstallRAPackages(string[] args) { AuthenticateAndExecute( "--install-ra-packages-inner", args ); }
 		public static void AuthenticateAndInstallCncPackages(string[] args) { AuthenticateAndExecute( "--install-cnc-packages-inner", args ); }
+
+		public static void ConvertPngToShp(string[] args)
+		{
+			var src = args[1];
+			var dest = Path.ChangeExtension(src, ".shp");
+			var width = int.Parse(args[2]);
+
+			var srcImage = PngLoader.Load(src);
+
+			if (srcImage.Width % width != 0)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Bogus width; not a whole number of frames");
+
+			using (var destStream = File.Create(dest))
+				ShpWriter.Write(destStream, width, srcImage.Height,
+					srcImage.ToFrames(width));
+		}
+
+		static IEnumerable<byte[]> ToFrames(this Bitmap bitmap, int width)
+		{
+			for (var x = 0; x < bitmap.Width; x += width)
+			{
+				var data = bitmap.LockBits(new Rectangle(x, 0, width, bitmap.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadOnly,
+					PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed);
+
+				var bytes = new byte[width * bitmap.Height];
+				for (var i = 0; i < bitmap.Height; i++)
+					Marshal.Copy(new IntPtr(data.Scan0.ToInt64() + i * data.Stride),
+						bytes, i * width, width);
+
+				bitmap.UnlockBits(data);
+
+				yield return bytes;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static void ConvertShpToPng(string[] args)
+		{
+			var src = args[1];
+			var dest = Path.ChangeExtension(src, ".png");
+
+			var srcImage = ShpReader.Load(src);
+
+			using (var bitmap = new Bitmap(srcImage.ImageCount * srcImage.Width, srcImage.Height, PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed))
+			{
+				var x = 0;
+
+				foreach (var frame in srcImage)
+				{
+					var data = bitmap.LockBits(new Rectangle(x, 0, srcImage.Width, srcImage.Height), ImageLockMode.WriteOnly,
+						PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed);
+
+					for (var i = 0; i < bitmap.Height; i++)
+						Marshal.Copy(frame.Image, i * srcImage.Width,
+							new IntPtr(data.Scan0.ToInt64() + i * data.Stride), srcImage.Width);
+
+					Marshal.Copy(frame.Image, 0, data.Scan0, frame.Image.Length);
+					x += srcImage.Width;
+				}
+
+				bitmap.Save(dest);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Utility/OpenRA.Utility.csproj b/OpenRA.Utility/OpenRA.Utility.csproj
index fd026f6fac..ce1d15765f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Utility/OpenRA.Utility.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Utility/OpenRA.Utility.csproj
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core">
       <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
     <Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq">
       <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
index 1de9795468..96073af394 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Utility/Program.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
 				{ "--install-ra-packages", Command.AuthenticateAndInstallRAPackages },
 				{ "--install-cnc-packages", Command.AuthenticateAndInstallCncPackages },
 				{ "--extract-zip", Command.AuthenticateAndExtractZip },
+				{ "--shp", Command.ConvertPngToShp },
+				{ "--png", Command.ConvertShpToPng },
 			};
 
 			if (args.Length == 0) { PrintUsage(); return; }
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Utility
 			Console.WriteLine("  --install-ra-packages PATH       Install required packages for RA from CD to PATH");
 			Console.WriteLine("  --install-cnc-packages PATH      Install required packages for C&C from CD to PATH");
 			Console.WriteLine("  --settings-value SUPPORTDIR KEY  Get value of KEY in SUPPORTDIR/settings.yaml");
+			Console.WriteLine("  --shp PNGFILE FRAMEWIDTH         Convert a PNG containing one or more frames to a SHP");
+			Console.WriteLine("  --png SHPFILE                    Convert a SHP to a PNG containing all of its frames");
 		}
 
 		static T WithDefault<T>(T def, Func<T> f)