diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
index 0cc7f30573..e902cd6b47 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_common.h
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ void              evas_gl_common_texture_rgb_a_pair_update(Evas_GL_Texture *tex,
 Evas_Colorspace   evas_gl_common_gl_format_to_colorspace(GLuint f);
 
 void              evas_gl_common_image_alloc_ensure(Evas_GL_Image *im);
+Evas_GL_Image    *evas_gl_common_image_load(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, const char *file, const char *key, Evas_Image_Load_Opts *lo, int *error);
 Evas_GL_Image    *evas_gl_common_image_mmap(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, Eina_File *f, const char *key, Evas_Image_Load_Opts *lo, int *error);
 Evas_GL_Image    *evas_gl_common_image_new_from_copied_data(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, DATA32 *data, int alpha, Evas_Colorspace cspace);
 Evas_GL_Image    *evas_gl_common_image_new(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int alpha, Evas_Colorspace cspace);
diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
index ffe29e39b2..37de0ba068 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
@@ -281,6 +281,37 @@ found_cspace:
    return im;
 }
 
+Evas_GL_Image *
+evas_gl_common_image_load(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, const char *file, const char *key, Evas_Image_Load_Opts *lo, int *error)
+{
+   RGBA_Image *im_im;
+
+#ifdef EVAS_CSERVE2
+   if (evas_cserve2_use_get())
+     {
+        im_im = (RGBA_Image *) evas_cache2_image_open
+          (evas_common_image_cache2_get(), file, key, lo, error);
+        if (im_im)
+          {
+             *error = evas_cache2_image_open_wait(&im_im->cache_entry);
+             if ((*error != EVAS_LOAD_ERROR_NONE)
+                 && im_im->cache_entry.animated.animated)
+               {
+                  evas_cache2_image_close(&im_im->cache_entry);
+                  im_im = NULL;
+               }
+             else
+               return evas_gl_common_image_new_from_rgbaimage(gc, im_im, lo, error);
+          }
+     }
+#endif
+
+   im_im = evas_common_load_image_from_file(file, key, lo, error);
+   if (!im_im) return NULL;
+
+   return evas_gl_common_image_new_from_rgbaimage(gc, im_im, lo, error);
+}
+
 Evas_GL_Image *
 evas_gl_common_image_mmap(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, Eina_File *f, const char *key, Evas_Image_Load_Opts *lo, int *error)
 {