diff --git a/Makefile.vc b/Makefile.vc
index 0d8857c0..2374fe4e 100644
--- a/Makefile.vc
+++ b/Makefile.vc
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ all: ex
 OUT_EXAMPLES = $(DIRBIN)\cwebp.exe $(DIRBIN)\dwebp.exe
 EXTRA_EXAMPLES = $(DIRBIN)\vwebp.exe $(DIRBIN)\webpmux.exe \
                  $(DIRBIN)\img2webp.exe $(DIRBIN)\get_disto.exe \
-                 $(DIRBIN)\webp_quality.exe
+                 $(DIRBIN)\webp_quality.exe $(DIRBIN)\vwebp_sdl.exe \
 
 ex: $(OUT_LIBS) $(OUT_EXAMPLES)
 all: ex $(EXTRA_EXAMPLES)
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ $(DIRBIN)\gif2webp.exe: $(EX_UTIL_OBJS) $(IMAGEIO_UTIL_OBJS) $(LIBWEBPMUX)
 $(DIRBIN)\gif2webp.exe: $(LIBWEBP)
 $(DIRBIN)\vwebp.exe: $(DIROBJ)\examples\vwebp.obj $(EX_UTIL_OBJS)
 $(DIRBIN)\vwebp.exe: $(IMAGEIO_UTIL_OBJS) $(LIBWEBPDEMUX) $(LIBWEBP)
+$(DIRBIN)\vwebp_sdl.exe: $(DIROBJ)\examples\vwebp_sdl.obj
+$(DIRBIN)\vwebp_sdl.exe: $(DIROBJ)\examples\webp_to_sdl.obj
+$(DIRBIN)\vwebp_sdl.exe: $(IMAGEIO_UTIL_OBJS) $(LIBWEBP)
 $(DIRBIN)\webpmux.exe: $(DIROBJ)\examples\webpmux.obj $(LIBWEBPMUX)
 $(DIRBIN)\webpmux.exe: $(EX_UTIL_OBJS) $(IMAGEIO_UTIL_OBJS) $(LIBWEBP)
 $(DIRBIN)\img2webp.exe: $(DIROBJ)\examples\img2webp.obj $(LIBWEBPMUX)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 454a7f38..0460af33 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -428,6 +428,44 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_gl" != "xno"], [
 ])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_VWEBP], [test "$build_vwebp" = "yes"])
 
+dnl === check for SDL support ===
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([sdl],
+              AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-sdl],
+                             [Disable detection of SDL support
+                              @<:@default=auto@:>@]))
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_sdl" != "xno"], [
+  CLEAR_LIBVARS([SDL])
+  WITHLIB_OPTION([sdl], [SDL])
+
+  $sdl_header = "no";
+  LIBCHECK_PROLOGUE([SDL])
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER([SDL/SDL.h], [sdl_header="SDL_SDL.h"],
+                  [AC_CHECK_HEADER([SDL.h], [sdl_header="SDL.h"],
+                  [AC_MSG_WARN(SDL library not available - no sdl.h)])])
+  if test x"$sdl_header" != "xno" ; then
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(SDL, SDL_Init,
+                 [SDL_LIBS="-lSDL"
+                  SDL_INCLUDES="-DWEBP_HAVE_SDL"
+                  AC_DEFINE(WEBP_HAVE_SDL, [1],
+                            [Set to 1 if SDL library is installed])
+                  sdl_support=yes
+                 ],
+                 AC_MSG_WARN(Optional SDL library not found),
+                 [$MATH_LIBS]),
+    if test x"$sdl_header" == "xSDL.h" ; then
+      SDL_INCLUDES="$SDL_INCLUDES -DWEBP_HAVE_JUST_SDL_H"
+    fi
+  fi
+  LIBCHECK_EPILOGUE([SDL])
+
+  if test "$sdl_support" = "yes" ; then
+    build_vwebp_sdl=yes
+  fi
+])
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_VWEBP_SDL], [test "$build_vwebp_sdl" = "yes"])
+
 dnl === check for PNG support ===
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([png], AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-png],
@@ -718,4 +756,6 @@ gif2webp    : ${build_gif2webp-no}
 img2webp    : ${build_img2webp-no}
 webpmux     : ${enable_libwebpmux-no}
 vwebp       : ${build_vwebp-no}
+SDL support : ${sdl_support-no}
+vwebp_sdl   : ${build_vwebp_sdl-no}
 ])
diff --git a/extras/Makefile.am b/extras/Makefile.am
index 4863c613..b9861080 100644
--- a/extras/Makefile.am
+++ b/extras/Makefile.am
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ libwebpextras_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 libwebpextras_la_LDFLAGS = -lm
 libwebpextras_la_LIBADD = ../src/libwebp.la
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = get_disto webp_quality
+noinst_PROGRAMS =
+noinst_PROGRAMS += get_disto webp_quality
+if BUILD_VWEBP_SDL
+  noinst_PROGRAMS += vwebp_sdl
+endif
 
-get_disto_SOURCES = get_disto.c
-get_disto_CPPFLAGS  = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
+get_disto_SOURCES  = get_disto.c
+get_disto_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
 get_disto_LDADD = ../imageio/libimageio_util.la ../imageio/libimagedec.la
 get_disto_LDADD += ../src/libwebp.la
 get_disto_LDADD += $(PNG_LIBS) $(JPEG_LIBS) $(TIFF_LIBS)
@@ -24,3 +28,9 @@ webp_quality_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(USE_EXPERIMENTAL_CODE)
 webp_quality_LDADD  = ../imageio/libimageio_util.la
 webp_quality_LDADD += libwebpextras.la
 webp_quality_LDADD += ../src/libwebp.la
+
+vwebp_sdl_SOURCES  = vwebp_sdl.c webp_to_sdl.c webp_to_sdl.h
+vwebp_sdl_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(SDL_INCLUDES)
+vwebp_sdl_LDADD = ../imageio/libimageio_util.la
+vwebp_sdl_LDADD += ../src/libwebp.la
+vwebp_sdl_LDADD += $(SDL_LIBS)
diff --git a/extras/vwebp_sdl.c b/extras/vwebp_sdl.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..700929f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/vwebp_sdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+// that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
+// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
+// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Simple SDL-based WebP file viewer.
+// Does not support animation, just static images.
+//
+// Press 'q' to exit.
+//
+// Author: James Zern (jzern@google.com)
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "webp/config.h"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WEBP_HAVE_SDL)
+
+#include "webp_to_sdl.h"
+#include "webp/decode.h"
+#include "../imageio/imageio_util.h"
+
+#if defined(WEBP_HAVE_JUST_SDL_H)
+#include <SDL.h>
+#else
+#include <SDL/SDL.h>
+#endif
+
+static void ProcessEvents(void) {
+  int done = 0;
+  SDL_Event event;
+  while (!done && SDL_WaitEvent(&event)) {
+    switch (event.type) {
+      case SDL_KEYUP:
+        switch (event.key.keysym.sym) {
+          case SDLK_q: done = 1; break;
+          default: break;
+        }
+        break;
+      default: break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  int c;
+  int ok = 0;
+  for (c = 1; c < argc; ++c) {
+    const char* file = NULL;
+    const uint8_t* webp = NULL;
+    size_t webp_size = 0;
+    if (!strcmp(argv[c], "-h")) {
+      printf("Usage: %s [-h] image.webp [more_files.webp...]\n", argv[0]);
+      return 0;
+    } else {
+      file = argv[c];
+    }
+    if (file == NULL) continue;
+    if (!ImgIoUtilReadFile(file, &webp, &webp_size)) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Error opening file: %s\n", file);
+      goto Error;
+    }
+    if (webp_size != (size_t)(int)webp_size) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "File too large.\n");
+      goto Error;
+    }
+    ok = WebpToSDL((const char*)webp, (int)webp_size);
+    free((void*)webp);
+    if (!ok) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Error decoding file %s\n", file);
+      goto Error;
+    }
+    ProcessEvents();
+  }
+  ok = 1;
+
+ Error:
+  SDL_Quit();
+  return ok ? 0 : 1;
+}
+
+#else  // !WEBP_HAVE_SDL
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "SDL support not enabled in %s.\n", argv[0]);
+  (void)argc;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/extras/webp_to_sdl.c b/extras/webp_to_sdl.c
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b47c1e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/webp_to_sdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+// that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
+// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
+// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+//  Simple WebP-to-SDL wrapper. Useful for emscripten.
+//
+// Author: James Zern (jzern@google.com)
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "webp/config.h"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(WEBP_HAVE_SDL)
+
+#include "webp_to_sdl.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "webp/decode.h"
+
+#if defined(WEBP_HAVE_JUST_SDL_H)
+#include <SDL.h>
+#else
+#include <SDL/SDL.h>
+#endif
+
+int WebpToSDL(const char* data, unsigned int data_size) {
+  int ok = 0;
+  VP8StatusCode status;
+  WebPDecoderConfig config;
+  WebPBitstreamFeatures* const input = &config.input;
+  WebPDecBuffer* const output = &config.output;
+  SDL_Surface* screen = NULL;
+  SDL_Surface* surface = NULL;
+
+  if (!WebPInitDecoderConfig(&config)) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Library version mismatch!\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
+
+  status = WebPGetFeatures((uint8_t*)data, (size_t)data_size, &config.input);
+  if (status != VP8_STATUS_OK) goto Error;
+
+  screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(input->width, input->height, 32, SDL_SWSURFACE);
+  if (screen == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to set video mode (32bpp %dx%d)!\n",
+            input->width, input->height);
+    goto Error;
+  }
+
+  surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
+                                 input->width, input->height, 32,
+                                 0x000000ffu,   // R mask
+                                 0x0000ff00u,   // G mask
+                                 0x00ff0000u,   // B mask
+                                 0xff000000u);  // A mask
+  if (surface == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create %dx%d RGBA surface!\n",
+            input->width, input->height);
+    goto Error;
+  }
+  if (SDL_MUSTLOCK(surface)) SDL_LockSurface(surface);
+
+#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+  output->colorspace = MODE_BGRA;
+#else
+  output->colorspace = MODE_RGBA;
+#endif
+  output->width  = surface->w;
+  output->height = surface->h;
+  output->u.RGBA.rgba   = surface->pixels;
+  output->u.RGBA.stride = surface->pitch;
+  output->u.RGBA.size   = surface->pitch * surface->h;
+  output->is_external_memory = 1;
+
+  status = WebPDecode((const uint8_t*)data, (size_t)data_size, &config);
+  if (status != VP8_STATUS_OK) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error decoding image (%d)\n", status);
+    goto Error;
+  }
+
+  if (SDL_MUSTLOCK(surface)) SDL_UnlockSurface(surface);
+  if (SDL_FillRect(screen, &screen->clip_rect, 0xffffffff) ||
+      SDL_BlitSurface(surface, NULL, screen, NULL) ||
+      SDL_Flip(screen)) {
+    goto Error;
+  }
+
+  ok = 1;
+
+ Error:
+  SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
+  SDL_FreeSurface(screen);
+  return ok;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#endif  // WEBP_HAVE_SDL
diff --git a/extras/webp_to_sdl.h b/extras/webp_to_sdl.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b5ea980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extras/webp_to_sdl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+// that can be found in the COPYING file in the root of the source
+// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+// in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
+// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+//  Simple WebP-to-SDL wrapper. Useful for emscripten.
+//
+// Author: James Zern (jzern@google.com)
+
+#ifndef WEBP_EXTRAS_WEBP_TO_SDL_H_
+#define WEBP_EXTRAS_WEBP_TO_SDL_H_
+
+// Exports the method WebpToSDL(const char* data, int data_size) which decodes
+// a WebP bitstream into an RGBA SDL surface.
+// Return false on failure.
+extern int WebpToSDL(const char* data, unsigned int data_size);
+
+#endif  // WEBP_EXTRAS_WEBP_TO_SDL_H_
diff --git a/makefile.unix b/makefile.unix
index 69ca0828..717e7b49 100644
--- a/makefile.unix
+++ b/makefile.unix
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ EXTRA_LIB = extras/libwebpextras.a
 OUT_EXAMPLES = examples/cwebp examples/dwebp
 EXTRA_EXAMPLES = examples/gif2webp examples/vwebp examples/webpmux \
                  examples/anim_diff examples/img2webp
-OTHER_EXAMPLES = extras/get_disto extras/webp_quality
+OTHER_EXAMPLES = extras/get_disto extras/webp_quality extras/vwebp_sdl
 
 OUTPUT = $(OUT_LIBS) $(OUT_EXAMPLES)
 ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
@@ -421,6 +421,13 @@ extras/webp_quality: extras/webp_quality.o
 extras/webp_quality: imageio/libimageio_util.a
 extras/webp_quality: $(EXTRA_LIB) src/libwebp.a
 
+extras/vwebp_sdl: extras/vwebp_sdl.o
+extras/vwebp_sdl: extras/webp_to_sdl.o
+extras/vwebp_sdl: imageio/libimageio_util.a
+extras/vwebp_sdl: src/libwebp.a
+extras/vwebp_sdl: EXTRA_FLAGS += -DWEBP_HAVE_SDL
+extras/vwebp_sdl: -lSDL
+
 $(OUT_EXAMPLES) $(EXTRA_EXAMPLES) $(OTHER_EXAMPLES):
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)