diff --git a/lib/image.coffee b/lib/image.coffee
index b1d420e..e46e8bb 100644
--- a/lib/image.coffee
+++ b/lib/image.coffee
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ class PDFImage
     if Buffer.isBuffer(src)
       data = src
     else
-      data = fs.readFileSync src
-      return unless data
+      if src[0..4] is 'data:' and src.indexOf(';base64,') > -1
+        base64String = src.split(';base64,')[1]
+        data = new Buffer(base64String, 'base64')
+
+      else
+        data = fs.readFileSync src
+        return unless data
     
     if data[0] is 0xff and data[1] is 0xd8
       return new JPEG(data, label)