diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.cpp b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
index c48da525..d102740f 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.cpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,35 @@ namespace vks
 			setImageLayout(cmdbuffer, image, aspectMask, oldImageLayout, newImageLayout, subresourceRange);
 		}
 
+		void insertImageMemoryBarrier(
+			VkCommandBuffer cmdbuffer,
+			VkImage image,
+			VkAccessFlags srcAccessMask,
+			VkAccessFlags dstAccessMask,
+			VkImageLayout oldImageLayout,
+			VkImageLayout newImageLayout,
+			VkPipelineStageFlags srcStageMask,
+			VkPipelineStageFlags dstStageMask,
+			VkImageSubresourceRange subresourceRange)
+		{
+			VkImageMemoryBarrier imageMemoryBarrier = vks::initializers::imageMemoryBarrier();
+			imageMemoryBarrier.srcAccessMask = srcAccessMask;
+			imageMemoryBarrier.dstAccessMask = dstAccessMask;
+			imageMemoryBarrier.oldLayout = oldImageLayout;
+			imageMemoryBarrier.newLayout = newImageLayout;
+			imageMemoryBarrier.image = image;
+			imageMemoryBarrier.subresourceRange = subresourceRange;
+
+			vkCmdPipelineBarrier(
+				cmdbuffer,
+				srcStageMask,
+				dstStageMask,
+				0,
+				0, nullptr,
+				0, nullptr,
+				1, &imageMemoryBarrier);
+		}
+
 		void exitFatal(std::string message, std::string caption)
 		{
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/base/VulkanTools.h b/base/VulkanTools.h
index 2c96d75b..ae822d05 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTools.h
+++ b/base/VulkanTools.h
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ namespace vks
 			VkPipelineStageFlags srcStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ALL_COMMANDS_BIT,
 			VkPipelineStageFlags dstStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_ALL_COMMANDS_BIT);
 
+		/** @brief Inser an image memory barrier into the command buffer */
+		void insertImageMemoryBarrier(
+			VkCommandBuffer cmdbuffer,
+			VkImage image,
+			VkAccessFlags srcAccessMask,
+			VkAccessFlags dstAccessMask,
+			VkImageLayout oldImageLayout,
+			VkImageLayout newImageLayout,
+			VkPipelineStageFlags srcStageMask,
+			VkPipelineStageFlags dstStageMask,
+			VkImageSubresourceRange subresourceRange);
+
 		// Display error message and exit on fatal error
 		void exitFatal(std::string message, std::string caption);