diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
index 18ec53bf..972b2d0f 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/BitmapDrawable.java
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 package android.graphics.drawable;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+import com.android.internal.R;
+
 import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.content.res.Resources.Theme;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.RectF;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 
 public class BitmapDrawable extends Drawable {
 
 	private Bitmap bitmap;
 
+	public BitmapDrawable() {
+	}
+
 	public BitmapDrawable(Resources res, Bitmap bitmap) {
 		this.bitmap = bitmap;
 	}
@@ -23,4 +36,13 @@ public class BitmapDrawable extends Drawable {
 		return bitmap;
 	}
 
+	public void inflate(Resources r, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs, Theme theme)
+			throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+		final TypedArray a = r.obtainAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.BitmapDrawable);
+		if (a.hasValue(R.styleable.BitmapDrawable_src)) {
+			paintable = a.getDrawable(R.styleable.BitmapDrawable_src).paintable;
+		}
+		a.recycle();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
index 97fe4f9a..1689bb1e 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/Drawable.java
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ public class Drawable {
 			return drawable;
 		} else if ("shape".equals(parser.getName())) {
 			return new GradientDrawable();
+		} else if ("bitmap".equals(parser.getName())) {
+			BitmapDrawable drawable = new BitmapDrawable();
+			drawable.inflate(resources, parser, parser, null);
+			return drawable;
 		}
 		return null;
 	}