diff --git a/apps/recorder/bmp.c b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
index d6f61d1c87..819d2e6976 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/bmp.c
+++ b/apps/recorder/bmp.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static inline void set_rgb_union(struct uint8_rgb *dst, union rgb_union src)
     dst->red = src.red;
     dst->green = src.green;
     dst->blue = src.blue;
+    dst->alpha = 0xff;
 }
 
 struct bmp_args {
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ struct bmp_args {
     int cur_col;
     struct img_part part;
 #endif
+    /* as read_part_line() goes through the rows it'll set this to true
+     * if it finds transparency. Initialize to false before calling */
+    bool alpha_detected;
 };
 
 static unsigned int read_part_line(struct bmp_args *ba)
@@ -233,6 +237,7 @@ static unsigned int read_part_line(struct bmp_args *ba)
 #endif
         return 0;
     }
+
     while (ibuf < ba->buf + (BM_MAX_WIDTH << 2))
     {
         switch (depth)
@@ -274,6 +279,7 @@ static unsigned int read_part_line(struct bmp_args *ba)
             component = data & 0xf8;
             component |= component >> 5;
             buf->red = component;
+            buf->alpha = 0xff;
             buf++;
             ibuf += 2;
             break;
@@ -282,13 +288,12 @@ static unsigned int read_part_line(struct bmp_args *ba)
             buf->blue = *ibuf++;
             buf->green = *ibuf++;
             buf->red = *ibuf++;
-            if (depth == 32)
-                ibuf++;
+            buf->alpha = (depth == 32) ? *ibuf++ : 0xff;
+            if (buf->alpha != 0xff) ba->alpha_detected = true;
             buf++;
             break;
         }
     }
-
 #if !defined(HAVE_LCD_COLOR) && \
     ((LCD_DEPTH > 1 || (defined(HAVE_REMOTE_LCD) && LCD_REMOTE_DEPTH > 1)) || \
     defined(PLUGIN))
@@ -422,41 +427,40 @@ void output_row_8_native(uint32_t row, void * row_in,
                 }
 #endif /* LCD_PIXELFORMAT */
 #elif LCD_DEPTH == 16
-#if   defined(LCD_STRIDEFORMAT) && LCD_STRIDEFORMAT == VERTICAL_STRIDE
-                /* M:Robe 500 */
-                (void) fb_width;
-                fb_data *dest = (fb_data *)ctx->bm->data + row;
+                /* iriver h300, colour iPods, X5 */
+                (void)fb_width;
+                fb_data *dest = STRIDE_MAIN((fb_data *)ctx->bm->data + fb_width * row,
+                                            (fb_data *)ctx->bm->data + row);
                 int delta = 127;
-                unsigned r, g, b;
+                unsigned r, g, b;                
+                /* setup alpha channel buffer */
+                unsigned char *bm_alpha = NULL;
+                if (ctx->bm->alpha_offset > 0)
+                    bm_alpha = ctx->bm->data + ctx->bm->alpha_offset;
+                if (bm_alpha)
+                    bm_alpha += ctx->bm->width*row/2;
+
                 for (col = 0; col < ctx->bm->width; col++) {
                     if (ctx->dither)
                         delta = DITHERXDY(col,dy);
                     r = qp->red;
                     g = qp->green;
-                    b = (qp++)->blue;
+                    b = qp->blue;
                     r = (31 * r + (r >> 3) + delta) >> 8;
                     g = (63 * g + (g >> 2) + delta) >> 8;
                     b = (31 * b + (b >> 3) + delta) >> 8;
                     *dest = LCD_RGBPACK_LCD(r, g, b);
-                    dest += ctx->bm->height;
+                    dest += STRIDE_MAIN(1, ctx->bm->height);
+                    if (bm_alpha) {
+                        /* pack alpha channel for 2 pixels into 1 byte */
+                        unsigned alpha = 255-qp->alpha;
+                        if (col%2)
+                            *bm_alpha++ |= alpha&0xf0;
+                        else
+                            *bm_alpha = alpha>>4;
+                    }
+                    qp++;
                 }
-#else
-                /* iriver h300, colour iPods, X5 */
-                fb_data *dest = (fb_data *)ctx->bm->data + fb_width * row;
-                int delta = 127;
-                unsigned r, g, b;
-                for (col = 0; col < ctx->bm->width; col++) {
-                    if (ctx->dither)
-                        delta = DITHERXDY(col,dy);
-                    r = qp->red;
-                    g = qp->green;
-                    b = (qp++)->blue;
-                    r = (31 * r + (r >> 3) + delta) >> 8;
-                    g = (63 * g + (g >> 2) + delta) >> 8;
-                    b = (31 * b + (b >> 3) + delta) >> 8;
-                    *dest++ = LCD_RGBPACK_LCD(r, g, b);
-                }
-#endif
 #endif /* LCD_DEPTH */
 }
 #endif
@@ -480,6 +484,7 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
     int depth, numcolors, compression, totalsize;
     int ret;
     bool return_size = format & FORMAT_RETURN_SIZE;
+    bool read_alpha = format & FORMAT_TRANSPARENT;
 
     unsigned char *bitmap = bm->data;
     struct uint8_rgb palette[256];
@@ -608,8 +613,14 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
 
     if (cformat)
         totalsize = cformat->get_size(bm);
-    else
+    else {
         totalsize = BM_SIZE(bm->width,bm->height,format,remote);
+#ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
+        if (!remote)
+#endif
+            if (depth == 32 && read_alpha) /* account for possible 4bit alpha per pixel */
+                totalsize += bm->width * bm->height / 2;
+    }
 
     if(return_size)
     {
@@ -704,13 +715,21 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
 
     memset(bitmap, 0, totalsize);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LCD_COLOR
+    if (read_alpha && depth == 32)
+        bm->alpha_offset = totalsize - (bm->width * bm->height / 2);
+    else
+        bm->alpha_offset = 0;
+#endif
+
     struct bmp_args ba = {
         .fd = fd, .padded_width = padded_width, .read_width = read_width,
         .width = src_dim.width, .depth = depth, .palette = palette,
 #if (LCD_DEPTH > 1 || (defined(HAVE_REMOTE_LCD) && LCD_REMOTE_DEPTH > 1)) && \
     defined(HAVE_BMP_SCALING) || defined(PLUGIN)
-        .cur_row = 0, .cur_col = 0, .part = {0,0}
+        .cur_row = 0, .cur_col = 0, .part = {0,0},
 #endif
+        .alpha_detected = false,
     };
 
 #if (LCD_DEPTH > 1 || (defined(HAVE_REMOTE_LCD) && LCD_REMOTE_DEPTH > 1)) && \
@@ -759,7 +778,6 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
             return -6;
     }
 #endif
-
     int row;
     /* loop to read rows and put them to buffer */
     for (row = rset.rowstart; row != rset.rowstop; row += rset.rowstep) {
@@ -858,5 +876,14 @@ int read_bmp_fd(int fd,
         }
 #endif
     }
+#ifdef HAVE_LCD_COLOR
+    if (!ba.alpha_detected)
+    {   /* if this has an alpha channel, totalsize accounts for it as well
+         * subtract if no actual alpha information was found */
+        if (bm->alpha_offset > 0)
+            totalsize -= bm->width*bm->height/2;
+        bm->alpha_offset = 0;
+    }
+#endif
     return totalsize; /* return the used buffer size. */
 }
diff --git a/apps/recorder/bmp.h b/apps/recorder/bmp.h
index 31bd0730bd..3ddc3b66df 100644
--- a/apps/recorder/bmp.h
+++ b/apps/recorder/bmp.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct uint8_rgb {
     uint8_t blue;
     uint8_t green;
     uint8_t red;
+    uint8_t alpha;
 };
 
 struct dim {
diff --git a/firmware/drivers/lcd-16bit-common.c b/firmware/drivers/lcd-16bit-common.c
index bbac2b295a..7b37bf7c30 100644
--- a/firmware/drivers/lcd-16bit-common.c
+++ b/firmware/drivers/lcd-16bit-common.c
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ void lcd_mono_bitmap(const unsigned char *src, int x, int y, int width, int heig
     lcd_mono_bitmap_part(src, 0, 0, width, x, y, width, height);
 }
 
-/* draw alpha bitmap for anti-alias font */
 #define ALPHA_COLOR_FONT_DEPTH 2
 #define ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SHIFT (1 << ALPHA_COLOR_FONT_DEPTH)
 #define ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SIZE ((1 << ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SHIFT) - 1)
@@ -285,11 +284,17 @@ static inline unsigned blend_color(unsigned c, unsigned a)
     return blend_two_colors(c, current_vp->fg_pattern, a);
 }
 
-void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
-                                      int src_y, int stride, int x, int y,
-                                      int width, int height)
+/* Blend an image with an alpha channel
+ * if image is NULL, drawing will happen according to the drawmode
+ * src is the alpha channel (4bit per pixel) */
+static void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part_mix(const fb_data* image,
+                                      const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
+                                      int src_y, int x, int y,
+                                      int width, int height,
+                                      int stride_image, int stride_src)
 {
     fb_data *dst, *dst_row;
+    const fb_data *image_row;
     unsigned dmask = 0x00000000;
     int drmode = current_vp->drawmode;
     /* nothing to draw? */
@@ -356,13 +361,22 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
     {
         dmask = ~dmask;
     }
+    /* sourcing from an image ignore drawmode.
+     * Set to DRMODE_BG as we use its code path in the switch below */
+    if (image != NULL)
+    {
+        dmask = 0;
+        drmode = DRMODE_BG;
+    }
 
     dst_row = LCDADDR(x, y);
 
     int col, row = height;
     unsigned data, pixels;
-    unsigned skip_end = (stride - width);
-    unsigned skip_start = src_y * stride + src_x;
+    unsigned skip_end = (stride_src - width);
+    unsigned skip_start = src_y * stride_src + src_x;
+    unsigned skip_start_image = STRIDE_MAIN(src_y * stride_image + src_x,
+                                            src_x * stride_image + src_y);
 
 #ifdef ALPHA_BITMAP_READ_WORDS
     uint32_t *src_w = (uint32_t *)((uintptr_t)src & ~3);
@@ -379,6 +393,9 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
 #ifdef ALPHA_BITMAP_READ_WORDS
     pixels = 8 - pixels;
 #endif
+    if (image)
+        image += skip_start_image;
+    image_row = image;
 
     /* go through the rows and update each pixel */
     do
@@ -386,6 +403,12 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
         col = width;
         dst = dst_row;
         dst_row += ROW_INC;
+        if (image_row) {
+            image = image_row;
+            image_row += STRIDE_MAIN(stride_image,1);
+        }
+        else
+            image = dst;
 #ifdef ALPHA_BITMAP_READ_WORDS
 #define UPDATE_SRC_ALPHA    do { \
             if (--pixels) \
@@ -431,10 +454,11 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
                     uintptr_t bo = lcd_backdrop_offset;
                     do
                     {
-                        *dst = blend_two_colors(*dst, *(fb_data *)((uintptr_t)dst + bo),
-                                    data & ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SIZE );
+                        *dst = blend_two_colors(*(fb_data *)((uintptr_t)dst + bo),
+                                    *image, data & ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SIZE );
 
                         dst += COL_INC;
+                        image += STRIDE_MAIN(1, stride_image);
                         UPDATE_SRC_ALPHA;
                     }
                     while (--col);
@@ -443,9 +467,10 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
                 {
                     do
                     {
-                        *dst = blend_two_colors(*dst, current_vp->bg_pattern,
-                                    data & ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SIZE );
+                        *dst = blend_two_colors(current_vp->bg_pattern,
+                                    *image, data & ALPHA_COLOR_LOOKUP_SIZE );
                         dst += COL_INC;
+                        image += STRIDE_MAIN(1, stride_image);
                         UPDATE_SRC_ALPHA;
                     }
                     while (--col);
@@ -516,6 +541,15 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
     } while (--row);
 }
 
+
+/* draw alpha bitmap for anti-alias font */
+void ICODE_ATTR lcd_alpha_bitmap_part(const unsigned char *src, int src_x,
+                                      int src_y, int stride, int x, int y,
+                                      int width, int height)
+{
+    lcd_alpha_bitmap_part_mix(NULL, src, src_x, src_y, x, y, width, height, 0, stride);
+}
+
 /* Draw a partial bitmap (mono or native) including alpha channel */
 void ICODE_ATTR lcd_bmp_part(const struct bitmap* bm, int src_x, int src_y,
                                 int x, int y, int width, int height)
@@ -523,6 +557,10 @@ void ICODE_ATTR lcd_bmp_part(const struct bitmap* bm, int src_x, int src_y,
     int bitmap_stride = STRIDE_MAIN(bm->width, bm->height);
     if (bm->format == FORMAT_MONO)
         lcd_mono_bitmap_part(bm->data, src_x, src_y, bitmap_stride, x, y, width, height);
+    else if (bm->alpha_offset > 0)
+        lcd_alpha_bitmap_part_mix((fb_data*)bm->data, bm->data+bm->alpha_offset,
+            src_x, src_y, x, y, width, height,
+            bitmap_stride, bm->width);
     else
         lcd_bitmap_transparent_part((fb_data*)bm->data,
             src_x, src_y, bitmap_stride, x, y, width, height);
diff --git a/firmware/export/lcd.h b/firmware/export/lcd.h
index 47ea94bca9..ad579820ad 100644
--- a/firmware/export/lcd.h
+++ b/firmware/export/lcd.h
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ struct bitmap {
 #if (LCD_DEPTH > 1) || defined(HAVE_REMOTE_LCD) && (LCD_REMOTE_DEPTH > 1)
     int format;
     unsigned char *maskdata;
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_LCD_COLOR
+    int alpha_offset; /* byte-offset of alpha channel in data */
 #endif
     unsigned char *data;
 };