diff --git a/openpdf/src/main/java/com/lowagie/text/Image.java b/openpdf/src/main/java/com/lowagie/text/Image.java
index 2636c5aad..79f93cb8b 100644
--- a/openpdf/src/main/java/com/lowagie/text/Image.java
+++ b/openpdf/src/main/java/com/lowagie/text/Image.java
@@ -551,6 +551,21 @@ public static Image getInstance(String filename)
         return getInstance(Utilities.toURL(filename));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets an instance of an Image from the classpath.
+     *
+     * @param filename a filename
+     * @return an object of type <CODE>Gif</CODE>,<CODE>Jpeg</CODE> or
+     * <CODE>Png</CODE>
+     * @throws BadElementException if error in creating {@link ImgWMF#ImgWMF(byte[]) ImgWMF}
+     * @throws IOException         if image is not recognized
+     */
+    public static Image getInstanceFromClasspath(String filename)
+            throws BadElementException, IOException {
+        URL url = Image.class.getResource("/" + filename);
+        return getInstance(url);
+    }
+
     /**
      * gets an instance of an Image
      *
diff --git a/openpdf/src/test/java/com/lowagie/text/ImageTest.java b/openpdf/src/test/java/com/lowagie/text/ImageTest.java
index 0139b3611..87c51a2ac 100644
--- a/openpdf/src/test/java/com/lowagie/text/ImageTest.java
+++ b/openpdf/src/test/java/com/lowagie/text/ImageTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ void shouldReturnImageWithUrlForPath() throws Exception {
         assertNotNull(image.getUrl());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldReturnImageWithUrlFromClasspath() throws Exception {
+        String fileName = "H.gif";
+        final Image image = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath(fileName);
+        assertNotNull(image.getUrl());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldReturnImageWithoutUrl() throws IOException {
         byte[] imageBytes = readFileBytes();
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/Images.java b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/Images.java
index 9c6176152..40f1cf104 100644
--- a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/Images.java
+++ b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/Images.java
@@ -49,25 +49,25 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
             // step 4:
             document.add(new Paragraph("A picture of my dog: otsoe.jpg"));
-            Image jpg = Image.getInstance("otsoe.jpg");
+            Image jpg = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("otsoe.jpg");
             document.add(jpg);
             document.add(new Paragraph("getacro.gif"));
-            Image gif = Image.getInstance("getacro.gif");
+            Image gif = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("getacro.gif");
             document.add(gif);
             document.add(new Paragraph("pngnow.png"));
-            Image png = Image.getInstance("pngnow.png");
+            Image png = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("pngnow.png");
             document.add(png);
             document.add(new Paragraph("grayscaled.png"));
-            Image grayscaledPng = Image.getInstance("grayscaled.png");
+            Image grayscaledPng = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("grayscaled.png");
             document.add(grayscaledPng);
             document.add(new Paragraph("iText.bmp"));
-            Image bmp = Image.getInstance("iText.bmp");
+            Image bmp = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("iText.bmp");
             document.add(bmp);
             document.add(new Paragraph("iText.wmf"));
-            Image wmf = Image.getInstance("iText.wmf");
+            Image wmf = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("iText.wmf");
             document.add(wmf);
             document.add(new Paragraph("iText.tif"));
-            Image tif = Image.getInstance("iText.tif");
+            Image tif = Image.getInstanceFromClasspath("iText.tif");
             document.add(tif);
         } catch (DocumentException | IOException de) {
             System.err.println(de.getMessage());
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/getacro.gif b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/getacro.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/getacro.gif
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/getacro.gif
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/grayscaled.png b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/grayscaled.png
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/grayscaled.png
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/grayscaled.png
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.bmp b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.bmp
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.bmp
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.bmp
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.tif b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.tif
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.tif
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.tif
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.wmf b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.wmf
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/iText.wmf
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/iText.wmf
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/otsoe.jpg b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/otsoe.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/otsoe.jpg
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/otsoe.jpg
diff --git a/pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/pngnow.png b/pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/pngnow.png
similarity index 100%
rename from pdf-toolbox/src/test/java/com/lowagie/examples/objects/images/pngnow.png
rename to pdf-toolbox/src/test/resources/pngnow.png