diff --git a/src/cairo-script-surface.c b/src/cairo-script-surface.c
index 9b37ca99b..7b08ddc82 100644
--- a/src/cairo-script-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-script-surface.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,12 @@ _write_image_surface (cairo_output_stream_t *output,
 	    data += stride;
 	}
 	break;
+    case CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB16_565:
+	for (row = image->height; row--; ) {
+	    _cairo_output_stream_write (output, data, 2*width);
+	    data += stride;
+	}
+	break;
     case CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24:
 	for (row = image->height; row--; ) {
 	    int col;