diff --git a/etg/bitmap.py b/etg/bitmap.py
index b7df9156..fbb83e6c 100644
--- a/etg/bitmap.py
+++ b/etg/bitmap.py
@@ -42,11 +42,42 @@ def run():
     
     tools.removeVirtuals(c)
 
-    c.find('wxBitmap').findOverload('(const char *const *bits)').ignore()
     c.find('wxBitmap.bits').type = 'const char*'
     c.find('wxBitmap.type').default = 'wxBITMAP_TYPE_ANY'
     c.find('LoadFile.type').default = 'wxBITMAP_TYPE_ANY'
 
+    c.find('wxBitmap').findOverload('(const char *const *bits)').ignore()
+
+    c.addCppCtor('(PyObject* listOfBytes)',
+        doc="Construct a Bitmap from a list of strings formatted as XPM data.",
+        body="""\
+            wxPyThreadBlocker blocker;
+            char**    cArray = NULL;
+            int       count;
+            char      errMsg[] = "Expected a list of bytes objects.";
+            
+            if (!PyList_Check(listOfBytes)) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, errMsg);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            count = PyList_Size(listOfBytes);
+            cArray = new char*[count];
+
+            for(int x=0; x<count; x++) {
+                PyObject* item = PyList_GET_ITEM(listOfBytes, x);
+                if (!PyBytes_Check(item)) {
+                    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, errMsg);
+                    delete [] cArray;
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+                cArray[x] = PyBytes_AsString(item);
+            }
+            wxBitmap* bmp = new wxBitmap(cArray);
+            delete [] cArray;
+            return bmp;
+            """)
+
+
     c.find('SetMask.mask').transfer = True
 
     c.addCppMethod('void', 'SetMaskColour', '(const wxColour& colour)', """\