diff --git a/gyp/utils.gyp b/gyp/utils.gyp
index d5b2ef7cdd..3171d36a2b 100644
--- a/gyp/utils.gyp
+++ b/gyp/utils.gyp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         '../include/utils/unix',
         '../include/utils/win',
         '../src/core',
+        '../src/image',
         '../src/opts',
         '../src/utils',
       ],
diff --git a/include/core/SkImage.h b/include/core/SkImage.h
index 33ae448072..61529cc71d 100644
--- a/include/core/SkImage.h
+++ b/include/core/SkImage.h
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ public:
     uint32_t uniqueID() const { return fUniqueID; }
     virtual bool isOpaque() const { return false; }
 
-    /**
-     * Return the GrTexture that stores the image pixels. Calling getTexture
-     * does not affect the reference count of the GrTexture object.
-     * Will return NULL if the image does not use a texture.
-     */
-    GrTexture* getTexture() const;
-
     virtual SkShader* newShader(SkShader::TileMode,
                                 SkShader::TileMode,
                                 const SkMatrix* localMatrix = NULL) const;
@@ -119,6 +112,21 @@ public:
      */
     const void* peekPixels(SkImageInfo* info, size_t* rowBytes) const;
 
+    // DEPRECATED
+    GrTexture* getTexture() const;
+
+    /**
+     *  Returns true if the image is texture backed.
+     */
+    bool isTextureBacked() const;
+
+    /** 
+     *  Retrieves the backend API handle of the texture. If flushPendingGrContextReads then the
+     *  GrContext will issue to the backend API any deferred read operations on the texture before
+     *  returning.
+     */
+    GrBackendObject getTextureHandle(bool flushPendingGrContextReads) const;
+
     /**
      *  Copy the pixels from the image into the specified buffer (pixels + rowBytes),
      *  converting them into the requested format (dstInfo). The image pixels are read
diff --git a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
index edb887c943..6db5c1db0d 100644
--- a/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
+++ b/src/gpu/SkGpuDevice.cpp
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ bool SkGpuDevice::filterImage(const SkImageFilter* filter, const SkBitmap& src,
 }
 
 static bool wrap_as_bm(const SkImage* image, SkBitmap* bm) {
-    GrTexture* tex = image->getTexture();
+    GrTexture* tex = as_IB(image)->getTexture();
     if (tex) {
         GrWrapTextureInBitmap(tex, image->width(), image->height(), image->isOpaque(), bm);
         return true;
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage.cpp b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
index 4efbc33c15..4e563a048e 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #include "SkReadPixelsRec.h"
 #include "SkString.h"
 #include "SkSurface.h"
+#if SK_SUPPORT_GPU
+#include "GrTexture.h"
+#include "GrContext.h"
+#endif
 
 uint32_t SkImage::NextUniqueID() {
     static int32_t gUniqueID;
@@ -46,10 +50,6 @@ bool SkImage::readPixels(const SkImageInfo& dstInfo, void* dstPixels, size_t dst
     return as_IB(this)->onReadPixels(rec.fInfo, rec.fPixels, rec.fRowBytes, rec.fX, rec.fY);
 }
 
-GrTexture* SkImage::getTexture() const {
-    return as_IB(this)->onGetTexture();
-}
-
 SkShader* SkImage::newShader(SkShader::TileMode tileX,
                              SkShader::TileMode tileY,
                              const SkMatrix* localMatrix) const {
@@ -109,6 +109,38 @@ SkImage* SkImage::newImage(int newWidth, int newHeight, const SkIRect* subset,
     return as_IB(this)->onNewImage(newWidth, newHeight, subset, quality);
 }
 
+#if SK_SUPPORT_GPU
+
+GrTexture* SkImage::getTexture() const {
+    return as_IB(this)->getTexture();
+}
+
+bool SkImage::isTextureBacked() const { return SkToBool(as_IB(this)->getTexture()); }
+
+GrBackendObject SkImage::getTextureHandle(bool flushPendingGrContextReads) const {
+    GrTexture* texture = as_IB(this)->getTexture();
+    if (texture) {
+        GrContext* context = texture->getContext();
+        if (context) {            
+            if (flushPendingGrContextReads) {
+                context->prepareSurfaceForExternalRead(texture);
+            }
+        }
+        return texture->getTextureHandle();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#else
+
+GrTexture* SkImage::getTexture() const { return NULL; }
+
+bool SkImage::isTextureBacked() const { return false; }
+
+GrBackendObject SkImage::getTextureHandle(bool flushPendingGrContextReads) const { return 0; }
+
+#endif
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 static bool raster_canvas_supports(const SkImageInfo& info) {
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Base.h b/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
index 5daf4195e2..3bbff58a18 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool onReadPixels(const SkImageInfo& dstInfo, void* dstPixels, size_t dstRowBytes,
                               int srcX, int srcY) const;
     
-    virtual GrTexture* onGetTexture() const { return NULL; }
+    virtual GrTexture* getTexture() const { return NULL; }
 
     // return a read-only copy of the pixels. We promise to not modify them,
     // but only inspect them (or encode them).
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
index 4c3e1300c5..eaaed8ae82 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SkSurface* SkImage_Gpu::onNewSurface(const SkImageInfo& info, const SkSurfacePro
 }
 
 extern void SkTextureImageApplyBudgetedDecision(SkImage* image) {
-    if (image->getTexture()) {
+    if (as_IB(image)->getTexture()) {
         ((SkImage_Gpu*)image)->applyBudgetDecision();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.h b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.h
index 972cd3c2c2..30638873e6 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.h
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     bool getROPixels(SkBitmap*) const override;
-    GrTexture* onGetTexture() const override { return fTexture; }
+    GrTexture* getTexture() const override { return fTexture; }
     SkShader* onNewShader(SkShader::TileMode,
                           SkShader::TileMode,
                           const SkMatrix* localMatrix) const override;
diff --git a/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
index cf0f0788d2..f44bbfede0 100644
--- a/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void SkSurface_Gpu::onCopyOnWrite(ContentChangeMode mode) {
     // image because onCopyOnWrite is only called when there is a cached image.
     SkImage* image = this->getCachedImage(kNo_Budgeted);
     SkASSERT(image);
-    if (rt->asTexture() == image->getTexture()) {
+    if (rt->asTexture() == as_IB(image)->getTexture()) {
         this->fDevice->replaceRenderTarget(SkSurface::kRetain_ContentChangeMode == mode);
         SkTextureImageApplyBudgetedDecision(image);
     } else if (kDiscard_ContentChangeMode == mode) {
diff --git a/src/utils/SkDeferredCanvas.cpp b/src/utils/SkDeferredCanvas.cpp
index b07a94a52f..4c9b270adb 100644
--- a/src/utils/SkDeferredCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/SkDeferredCanvas.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "SkColorFilter.h"
 #include "SkDrawFilter.h"
 #include "SkGPipe.h"
+#include "SkImage_Base.h"
 #include "SkPaint.h"
 #include "SkPaintPriv.h"
 #include "SkRRect.h"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ static uint64_t image_area(const SkImage* image) {
 // mutable for now (at least for the purposes of deferred canvas)
 //
 static bool should_draw_gpu_image_immediately(const SkImage* image) {
-    return image->getTexture() != NULL;
+    return as_IB(image)->getTexture() != NULL;
 }
 
 static bool should_draw_immediately(const SkBitmap* bitmap, const SkImage* image,
diff --git a/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp b/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
index 4803b68221..65c0c3b53d 100644
--- a/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/SurfaceTest.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "SkData.h"
 #include "SkDevice.h"
 #include "SkImageEncoder.h"
+#include "SkImage_Base.h"
 #include "SkRRect.h"
 #include "SkSurface.h"
 #include "SkUtils.h"
@@ -528,13 +529,13 @@ static void Test_crbug263329(skiatest::Reporter* reporter,
     // be recycling a texture that is held by an existing image.
     canvas2->clear(5);
     SkAutoTUnref<SkImage> image4(surface2->newImageSnapshot());
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image4->getTexture() != image3->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image4)->getTexture() != as_IB(image3)->getTexture());
     // The following assertion checks crbug.com/263329
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image4->getTexture() != image2->getTexture());
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image4->getTexture() != image1->getTexture());
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image3->getTexture() != image2->getTexture());
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image3->getTexture() != image1->getTexture());
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image2->getTexture() != image1->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image4)->getTexture() != as_IB(image2)->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image4)->getTexture() != as_IB(image1)->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image3)->getTexture() != as_IB(image2)->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image3)->getTexture() != as_IB(image1)->getTexture());
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image2)->getTexture() != as_IB(image1)->getTexture());
 }
 
 static void TestGetTexture(skiatest::Reporter* reporter,
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ static void TestGetTexture(skiatest::Reporter* reporter,
                                  GrContext* context) {
     SkAutoTUnref<SkSurface> surface(createSurface(surfaceType, context));
     SkAutoTUnref<SkImage> image(surface->newImageSnapshot());
-    GrTexture* texture = image->getTexture();
+    GrTexture* texture = as_IB(image)->getTexture();
     if (surfaceType == kGpu_SurfaceType || surfaceType == kGpuScratch_SurfaceType) {
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, texture);
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, 0 != texture->getTextureHandle());
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ static void TestGetTexture(skiatest::Reporter* reporter,
         REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, NULL == texture);
     }
     surface->notifyContentWillChange(SkSurface::kDiscard_ContentChangeMode);
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, image->getTexture() == texture);
+    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, as_IB(image)->getTexture() == texture);
 }
 
 #include "GrGpuResourcePriv.h"