diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 7cef987a..5b77edcf 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ qt_add_library(quickshell-core STATIC
 	scriptmodel.cpp
 	colorquantizer.cpp
 	toolsupport.cpp
+	itemimagegrab.cpp
 )
 
 qt_add_qml_module(quickshell-core
diff --git a/src/core/itemimagegrab.cpp b/src/core/itemimagegrab.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06ee7b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/itemimagegrab.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#include "itemimagegrab.hpp"
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qquickitem.h>
+#include <qquickitemgrabresult.h>
+#include <qsize.h>
+#include <qthreadpool.h>
+#include <qtmetamacros.h>
+
+void ItemImageGrab::grab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path) {
+	this->grab(target, path, QSize());
+}
+
+void ItemImageGrab::grab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path, const QSize& targetSize) {
+	this->cropAndGrab(target, path, QRect(), targetSize);
+}
+
+void ItemImageGrab::cropAndGrab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path, const QRect& rect) {
+	this->cropAndGrab(target, path, rect, QSize());
+}
+
+void ItemImageGrab::cropAndGrab(
+    QQuickItem* target,
+    const QUrl& path,
+    const QRect& rect,
+    const QSize& targetSize
+) {
+	if (!target) {
+		qWarning() << "ItemImageGrab: a target is required";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!path.isLocalFile()) {
+		qWarning() << "ItemImageGrab: can only save to a file on the local filesystem";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	QSharedPointer<QQuickItemGrabResult> grabResult;
+	if (targetSize.isEmpty()) {
+		grabResult = target->grabToImage();
+	} else {
+		grabResult = target->grabToImage(targetSize);
+	}
+
+	QObject::connect(
+	    grabResult.data(),
+	    &QQuickItemGrabResult::ready,
+	    this,
+	    [grabResult, rect, path, this]() {
+		    QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start([grabResult, rect, path, this] {
+			    QImage image = grabResult->image();
+
+			    if (!rect.isEmpty()) {
+				    image = image.copy(rect);
+			    }
+
+			    const QString localFile = path.toLocalFile();
+
+			    if (image.save(localFile)) {
+				    emit this->saved(localFile, path);
+			    } else {
+				    emit this->failed(path);
+			    }
+		    });
+	    }
+	);
+}
diff --git a/src/core/itemimagegrab.hpp b/src/core/itemimagegrab.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..619c2fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/itemimagegrab.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qquickitem.h>
+#include <qsize.h>
+
+/// Allows for saving an item grab to an file asynchronously.
+class ItemImageGrab: public QObject {
+	Q_OBJECT;
+	QML_ELEMENT;
+
+public:
+	explicit ItemImageGrab(QObject* parent = nullptr): QObject(parent) {};
+
+	Q_INVOKABLE void grab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path);
+	Q_INVOKABLE void grab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path, const QSize& targetSize);
+
+	Q_INVOKABLE void cropAndGrab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path, const QRect& rect);
+	Q_INVOKABLE void
+	cropAndGrab(QQuickItem* target, const QUrl& path, const QRect& rect, const QSize& targetSize);
+
+signals:
+	void saved(const QString& file, const QUrl& path);
+	void failed(const QUrl& path);
+};
diff --git a/src/core/module.md b/src/core/module.md
index b9404ea9..541733c1 100644
--- a/src/core/module.md
+++ b/src/core/module.md
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ headers = [
 	"clock.hpp",
 	"scriptmodel.hpp",
 	"colorquantizer.hpp",
+	"itemimagegrab.hpp",
 ]
 -----