diff --git a/transform.go b/transform.go
index e81488f..f5e6438 100644
--- a/transform.go
+++ b/transform.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/muesli/smartcrop"
 	"github.com/muesli/smartcrop/nfnt"
 	"github.com/rwcarlsen/goexif/exif"
+	"golang.org/x/image/bmp"    // register bmp format
 	"golang.org/x/image/tiff"   // register tiff format
 	_ "golang.org/x/image/webp" // register webp format
 	"willnorris.com/go/gifresize"
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ func Transform(img []byte, opt Options) ([]byte, error) {
 	// transform and encode image
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	switch format {
+	case "bmp":
+		m = transformImage(m, opt)
+		err = bmp.Encode(buf, m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	case "gif":
 		fn := func(img image.Image) image.Image {
 			return transformImage(img, opt)
diff --git a/transform_test.go b/transform_test.go
index 7ca8311..f7555a9 100644
--- a/transform_test.go
+++ b/transform_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
+	"golang.org/x/image/bmp"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ func TestTransform(t *testing.T) {
 		encode      func(io.Writer, image.Image)
 		exactOutput bool // whether input and output should match exactly
 	}{
+		{"bmp", func(w io.Writer, m image.Image) { bmp.Encode(w, m) }, true},
 		{"gif", func(w io.Writer, m image.Image) { gif.Encode(w, m, nil) }, true},
 		{"jpeg", func(w io.Writer, m image.Image) { jpeg.Encode(w, m, nil) }, false},
 		{"png", func(w io.Writer, m image.Image) { png.Encode(w, m) }, true},