diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
index 32e06f5883..a6ab4b0bce 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			return (TextureChannel)nextChannel;
 		}
 
-		public Sprite Allocate(Size imageSize)
+		public Sprite Allocate(Size imageSize) { return Allocate(imageSize, float2.Zero); }
+		public Sprite Allocate(Size imageSize, float2 spriteOffset)
 		{
 			if (imageSize.Width + p.X > current.Size.Width)
 			{
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				p = new Point(0,0);
 			}
 
-			var rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), channel);
+			var rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), spriteOffset, channel);
 			p.X += imageSize.Width;
 
 			return rect;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
index 1ebcb9eaad..fca0632536 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		public readonly Sheet sheet;
 		public readonly TextureChannel channel;
 		public readonly float2 size;
+		public readonly float2 offset;
 		readonly float2[] textureCoords;
 
 		public Sprite(Sheet sheet, Rectangle bounds, TextureChannel channel)
+			: this(sheet, bounds, float2.Zero, channel) {}
+
+		public Sprite(Sheet sheet, Rectangle bounds, float2 offset, TextureChannel channel)
 		{
-			this.bounds = bounds;
 			this.sheet = sheet;
+			this.bounds = bounds;
+			this.offset = offset;
 			this.channel = channel;
 			this.size = new float2(bounds.Size);
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
index c73485213f..985f194800 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				Flush();
 
 			currentSheet = s.sheet;
-			Util.FastCreateQuad(vertices, location.ToInt2(), s, paletteIndex, nv, size);
+			Util.FastCreateQuad(vertices, (location + s.offset).ToInt2(), s, paletteIndex, nv, size);
 			nv += 4;
 		}