diff --git a/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c b/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
index b0a0f629..57716273 100644
--- a/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
+++ b/3rd/cute_png/src/cute_png.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static bool cute_png_Image__clear(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool cute_png_Image__to_rgb565(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
+static bool cute_png_Image__to_rgb565_bytes(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     PY_CHECK_ARGC(1);
     cp_image_t* image = py_touserdata(argv);
     unsigned char* data = py_newbytes(py_retval(), image->w * image->h * 2);
@@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ static bool cute_png_Image__to_rgb565(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     return true;
 }
 
+static bool cute_png_Image__to_png_bytes(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
+    PY_CHECK_ARGC(1);
+    cp_image_t* image = py_touserdata(argv);
+    cp_saved_png_t saved_image = cp_save_png_to_memory(image);
+    assert(saved_image.data != NULL);
+    unsigned char* data = py_newbytes(py_retval(), saved_image.size);
+    memcpy(data, saved_image.data, saved_image.size);
+    CUTE_PNG_FREE(saved_image.data);
+    return true;
+}
+
 void pk__add_module_cute_png() {
     py_GlobalRef mod = py_newmodule("cute_png");
     py_Type tp_image = py_newtype("Image", tp_object, mod, cute_png_Image__dtor);
@@ -188,5 +199,6 @@ void pk__add_module_cute_png() {
     py_bindmethod(tp_image, "getpixel", cute_png_Image__getpixel);
     py_bindmethod(tp_image, "clear", cute_png_Image__clear);
 
-    py_bindmethod(tp_image, "to_rgb565", cute_png_Image__to_rgb565);
+    py_bindmethod(tp_image, "to_rgb565_bytes", cute_png_Image__to_rgb565_bytes);
+    py_bindmethod(tp_image, "to_png_bytes", cute_png_Image__to_png_bytes);
 }
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diff --git a/include/typings/cute_png.pyi b/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
index cbbef7e9..8f8b4ce1 100644
--- a/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
+++ b/include/typings/cute_png.pyi
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class Image:
     def getpixel(self, x: int, y: int) -> color32: ...
     def clear(self, color: color32) -> None: ...
 
-    def to_rgb565(self) -> bytes: ...
+    def to_rgb565_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
+    def to_png_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
 
 def loads(data: bytes) -> array2d[color32]: ...
 def dumps(image: array2d[color32]) -> bytes: ...