diff --git a/apps/automated/src/image-source/image-source-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
index 635bafb0dc..f46acce801 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/image-source/image-source-tests.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as app from '@nativescript/core/application';
 import * as TKUnit from '../tk-unit';
 import { Font } from '@nativescript/core/ui/styling/font';
 import { Color } from '@nativescript/core/color';
+import * as utils from '@nativescript/core/utils';
 
 const imagePath = '~/assets/logo.png';
 const splashscreenPath = '~/assets/splashscreen.png';
@@ -20,6 +21,36 @@ export function testFromResource() {
 	TKUnit.assert(img.height > 0, 'image.fromResource failed');
 }
 
+export function testDrawableSetNativeSource() {
+	if (global.isAndroid) {
+		const context = utils.ad.getApplicationContext() as android.content.Context;
+		const rDrawable = `${context.getPackageName()}.R$drawable`;
+		const rClazz = java.lang.Class.forName(`${rDrawable}`);
+		const iconId = rClazz.getDeclaredField('icon').get(null) as java.lang.Integer;
+		const splashScreenId = rClazz.getDeclaredField('splash_screen').get(null) as java.lang.Integer;
+
+		const icon = androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources.getDrawable(context, iconId?.intValue?.() ?? 0);
+		const splashScreen = androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources.getDrawable(context, splashScreenId?.intValue?.() ?? 0);
+
+		let type = icon?.getClass?.().toString?.() ?? '';
+
+		// >> imagesource-setNativeSource
+		const img = new ImageSource();
+		img.setNativeSource(icon);
+		// << imagesource-setNativeSource
+
+		TKUnit.assert(img.height > 0, `image ${type} setNativeSource failed`);
+
+		type = splashScreen?.getClass?.().toString?.() ?? '';
+
+		// >> imagesource-setNativeSource
+		img.setNativeSource(splashScreen);
+		// << imagesource-setNativeSource
+
+		TKUnit.assert(img.height > 0, `image ${type} setNativeSource failed`);
+	}
+}
+
 export function testFromUrl(done) {
 	let result: ImageSource;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts b/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
index 39458a717c..b331ad651a 100644
--- a/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
@@ -291,8 +291,13 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 
 	public setNativeSource(source: any): void {
 		if (source && !(source instanceof android.graphics.Bitmap)) {
-			throw new Error('The method setNativeSource() expects android.graphics.Bitmap instance.');
+			if (source instanceof android.graphics.drawable.Drawable) {
+				this.android = org.nativescript.widgets.Utils.getBitmapFromDrawable(source);
+				return;
+			}
+			throw new Error('The method setNativeSource() expects an android.graphics.Bitmap or android.graphics.drawable.Drawable instance.');
 		}
+
 		this.android = source;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar
index 879fef3611..47ef58d6c4 100644
Binary files a/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar and b/packages/core/platforms/android/widgets-release.aar differ
diff --git a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
index 54a9be7aeb..3d8665e01f 100644
--- a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ declare module org {
 		export module widgets {
 			export class Utils {
 				public static class: java.lang.Class<org.nativescript.widgets.Utils>;
+                public static getBitmapFromDrawable(param0: globalAndroid.graphics.drawable.Drawable): globalAndroid.graphics.Bitmap;
                 public static getBitmapFromView(param0: globalAndroid.view.View): globalAndroid.graphics.Bitmap;
 				public static loadImageAsync(param0: globalAndroid.content.Context, param1: string, param2: string, param3: number, param4: number, param5: org.nativescript.widgets.Utils.AsyncImageCallback): void;
 				public static drawBoxShadow(param0: globalAndroid.view.View, param1: string): void;
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Utils.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Utils.java
index b94794a017..7706174ab2 100644
--- a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Utils.java
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/Utils.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Matrix;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ private static Bitmap drawBitmap(View view) {
 		return bitmap;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public static Bitmap getBitmapFromView(View view) {
 		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
 			return drawBitmap(view);
@@ -88,6 +91,28 @@ public static Bitmap getBitmapFromView(View view) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public static Bitmap getBitmapFromDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
+		if (drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
+			return ((BitmapDrawable) drawable).getBitmap();
+		} else {
+			Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+			Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
+			Rect previousBounds = null;
+
+			if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+				previousBounds = drawable.getBounds();
+				drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
+			}
+
+			drawable.draw(canvas);
+
+			if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+				drawable.setBounds(previousBounds);
+			}
+			return bitmap;
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static void drawBoxShadow(View view, String value) {
 		if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
 			return;