diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e81a61..00ab06f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ else (PNG_FOUND)
 endif (PNG_FOUND)
 
 SET(src image.c)
-SET(luasrc init.lua lena.jpg lena.png win.ui)
+SET(luasrc init.lua fabio.jpg fabio.png lena.jpg lena.png win.ui)
 
 ADD_TORCH_PACKAGE(image "${src}" "${luasrc}" "Image Processing")
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(image luaT TH)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52f58ca..01b2055 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ $ luarocks install image
 > require 'image'
 > l = image.lena()
 > image.display(l)
+> f = image.fabio()
+> image.display(f)
 ```
diff --git a/fabio.jpg b/fabio.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..895b2bc
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diff --git a/fabio.png b/fabio.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a7b14c
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diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index d685a6b..aa2052e 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1013,6 +1013,25 @@ local function lena()
 end
 rawset(image, 'lena', lena)
 
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- fabio is a nice gender-balancing variation on lena
+-- See: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/news/every-picture-tells-a-story/
+-- and first use in http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.6429
+-- along with original file on http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/let-there-be-only-one-fabio.html
+local function fabio()
+   local fname = 'fabio'
+   if xlua.require 'libjpeg' then
+      lena = image.load(paths.concat(sys.fpath(), fname .. '.jpg'), 1)
+   elseif xlua.require 'libpng' then
+      lena = image.load(paths.concat(sys.fpath(), fname .. '.png'), 1)
+   else
+      dok.error('no bindings available to load images (libjpeg AND libpng missing)', 'image.fabio')
+   end
+   return lena
+end
+rawset(image, 'fabio', fabio)
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- image.rgb2lab(image)
 -- converts a RGB image to YUV