diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/rgb/ReaderWriterRGB.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/rgb/ReaderWriterRGB.cpp
index cd28ea4cd..e4214cc7f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/rgb/ReaderWriterRGB.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/rgb/ReaderWriterRGB.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
 
 using namespace osg;
 
+typedef unsigned char * BytePtr;
+template <class T>
+inline void swapBytes(  T &s )
+{
+    if( sizeof( T ) == 1 ) return;
+
+    T d = s;
+    BytePtr sptr = (BytePtr)&s;
+    BytePtr dptr = &(((BytePtr)&d)[sizeof(T)-1]);
+
+    for( unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(T); i++ )
+        *(sptr++) = *(dptr--);
+}
+
 typedef struct _rawImageRec
 {
     unsigned short imagic;
@@ -350,6 +364,97 @@ class ReaderWriterRGB : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
         }
 
+        virtual WriteResult writeImage(const osg::Image &img,const std::string& fileName, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options*)
+        {
+            FILE *fp = fopen(fileName.c_str(), "wb");
+            if (!fp) return WriteResult::ERROR_IN_WRITING_FILE;
+
+	    rawImageRec raw;
+	    raw.imagic = 0732;
+
+ 	    GLenum dataType = img.getDataType();
+
+	    raw.type   = 
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE ? 1 :
+		     dataType == GL_BYTE ? 1 :
+                     dataType == GL_BITMAP ? 1 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT ? 2 :
+		     dataType == GL_SHORT ? 2 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_INT ? 4 :
+                     dataType == GL_INT ? 4 :
+		     dataType == GL_FLOAT ? 4 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE_3_3_2 ? 1 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE_2_3_3_REV ? 1 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5 ? 2 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5_REV ? 2 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4 ? 2 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4_REV ? 2 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1 ? 2 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_1_5_5_5_REV ? 2 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8 ? 4 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV ? 4 :
+		     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_INT_10_10_10_2 ? 4 :
+                     dataType == GL_UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV ? 4 : 4;
+
+	    GLenum pixelFormat = img.getPixelFormat();
+	    raw.dim    = 
+                       pixelFormat == GL_COLOR_INDEX? 1 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_RED? 1 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_GREEN? 1 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_BLUE? 1 :
+                       pixelFormat == GL_ALPHA? 1 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_RGB? 3 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_BGR ? 3 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_RGBA? 4 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_BGRA? 4 :
+                       pixelFormat == GL_LUMINANCE? 1 :
+		       pixelFormat == GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA ? 2 : 1;
+	    raw.sizeX = img.s();
+    	    raw.sizeY = img.t();
+    	    raw.sizeZ = raw.dim;
+    	    raw.min = 0;
+    	    raw.max = 0xFF;
+    	    raw.wasteBytes = 0;
+    	    strcpy( raw.name, fileName.c_str() );
+    	    raw.colorMap = 0;
+
+	    int isize = img.getImageSizeInBytes();
+	    unsigned char *buffer = new unsigned char[isize];
+	    unsigned char *dptr = buffer;
+	    int i, j;
+	    for( i = 0; i < raw.sizeZ; i++ )
+	    {
+		const unsigned char *ptr = img.data();
+		ptr += i;
+		for( j = 0; j < isize/raw.sizeZ; j++ )
+		{
+		    *(dptr++) = *ptr;
+		    ptr += raw.sizeZ;
+		}
+	    }
+
+    	    swapBytes( raw.imagic );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.type );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.dim );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.sizeX );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.sizeY );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.sizeZ );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.min );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.max );
+    	    swapBytes( raw.colorMap );
+
+
+	    char pad[512 - sizeof(rawImageRec)];
+	    memset( pad, 0, sizeof(pad));
+
+	    fwrite( &raw, sizeof( rawImageRec), 1, fp );
+	    fwrite( pad, sizeof(pad), 1, fp );
+	    fwrite( buffer, isize, 1, fp );
+
+            fclose(fp);
+            return WriteResult::FILE_SAVED;
+        }
+
 };
 
 // now register with Registry to instantiate the above