diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
index 2620e8659f..2789cf6e7b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
@@ -339,6 +339,40 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 		}
 
+		[LuaMethodAttributes(
+			"drawImageRegion",
+			"draws a given region of an image file from the given path at the given coordinate, and optionally with the given size"
+		)]
+		public void DrawImageRegion(string path, int source_x, int source_y, int source_width, int source_height, int dest_x, int dest_y, int? dest_width = null, int? dest_height = null)
+		{
+			GlobalWin.DisplayManager.NeedsToPaint = true;
+			using (var g = GetGraphics())
+			{
+				Image img;
+				if (ImageCache.ContainsKey(path))
+				{
+					img = ImageCache[path];
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					img = Image.FromFile(path);
+					ImageCache.Add(path, img);
+				}
+
+				var pts = new Point[]
+				{
+					new Point(dest_x, dest_y ),
+					new Point(dest_x + (dest_width ?? img.Width), dest_y),
+					new Point(dest_x + (dest_width ?? source_width), dest_y + (dest_height ?? source_height))
+				};
+
+				var rect = new Rectangle(source_x, source_y, source_width, source_height);
+
+
+				g.DrawImage(img, pts, rect, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
+			}
+		}
+
 		[LuaMethodAttributes(
 			"drawLine",
 			"Draws a line from the first coordinate pair to the 2nd. Color is optional (if not specified it will be drawn black)"