diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 574f156..8a88ff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ set(SOURCES_CG
   src/image/image_hflip_alloc.c
   src/image/image_linear.c
   src/image/image_linear.S
+  src/image/image_linear_alloc.c
   src/image/image_rotate.c
   src/image/image_rotate_around.c
   src/image/image_rotate_around_scale.c
diff --git a/src/image/image_copy_palette.c b/src/image/image_copy_palette.c
index f7b4b3b..7169c15 100644
--- a/src/image/image_copy_palette.c
+++ b/src/image/image_copy_palette.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ bool image_copy_palette(image_t const *src, image_t *dst, int size)
 {
     if(!image_valid(src) || !dst)
         return false;
+    if(!IMAGE_IS_INDEXED(dst->format))
+        return true;
 
     if(size < 0)
         size = src->color_count;
diff --git a/src/image/image_linear_alloc.c b/src/image/image_linear_alloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51760c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image/image_linear_alloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <gint/image.h>
+
+image_t *image_linear_alloc(image_t const *src, struct image_linear_map *map)
+{
+    if(!image_valid(src) || IMAGE_IS_P4(src->format))
+        return NULL;
+
+    int f = IMAGE_IS_RGB16(src->format) ? IMAGE_RGB565A : IMAGE_P8_RGB565A;
+    image_t *dst = image_alloc(map->dst_w, map->dst_h, f);
+    if(!dst)
+        return NULL;
+    if(f == IMAGE_P8_RGB565A && !image_copy_palette(src, dst, -1)) {
+        image_free(dst);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    image_clear(dst);
+    image_linear(src, dst, map);
+    return dst;
+}