diff --git a/kitty/cocoa_window.m b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
index 8aaf8eb73..9dbb67643 100644
--- a/kitty/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 
+#include "pytypedefs.h"
 #include "state.h"
 #include "cleanup.h"
 #include "cocoa_window.h"
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@
 #include <crt_externs.h>
 #include <objc/runtime.h>
 
+static inline void cleanup_cfrelease(void *__p) { CFTypeRef *tp = (CFTypeRef *)__p; CFTypeRef cf = *tp; if (cf) { CFRelease(cf); } }
+#define RAII_CoreFoundation(type, name, initializer) __attribute__((cleanup(cleanup_cfrelease))) type name = initializer
+
 #if (MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < 101300)
 #define NSControlStateValueOn NSOnState
 #define NSControlStateValueOff NSOffState
@@ -453,11 +457,11 @@ live_delivered_notifications(void) {
 }
 
 static void
-schedule_notification(const char *appname, const char *identifier, const char *title, const char *body, const char *image_path, int urgency) {
+schedule_notification(const char *appname, const char *identifier, const char *title, const char *body, const char *image_path, int urgency) {@autoreleasepool {
     UNUserNotificationCenter *center = get_notification_center_safely();
     if (!center) return;
     // Configure the notification's payload.
-    UNMutableNotificationContent* content = [[UNMutableNotificationContent alloc] init];
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(UNMutableNotificationContent, *content, [[UNMutableNotificationContent alloc] init]);
     if (title) content.title = @(title);
     if (body) content.body = @(body);
     if (appname) content.threadIdentifier = @(appname);
@@ -504,8 +508,7 @@ schedule_notification(const char *appname, const char *identifier, const char *t
             free(duped_ident);
         });
     }];
-    [content release];
-}
+}}
 
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -1069,6 +1072,40 @@ cocoa_set_uncaught_exception_handler(void) {
     NSSetUncaughtExceptionHandler(&uncaughtExceptionHandler);
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+bundle_image_as_png(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {@autoreleasepool {
+    const char *b, *output_path = NULL; int is_identifier = 0; unsigned image_size = 256;
+    static const char* kwlist[] = {"path_or_identifier", "output_path", "image_size", "is_identifier", NULL};
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "s|sIp", (char**)kwlist, &b, &output_path, &image_size, &is_identifier)) return NULL;
+    NSWorkspace *workspace = [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace]; // autoreleased
+    NSImage *icon = nil;
+    if (is_identifier) {
+        NSURL *url = [workspace URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier:@(b)]; // autoreleased
+        if (!url) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_KeyError, "Failed to find bundle path for identifier: %s", b); return NULL;
+        }
+        icon = [workspace iconForFile:@(url.fileSystemRepresentation)];
+    } else icon = [workspace iconForFile:@(b)];
+    if (!icon) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Failed to load icon for bundle: %s", b); return NULL;
+    }
+    NSRect r = NSMakeRect(0, 0, image_size, image_size);
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CGColorSpaceRef, colorSpace, CGColorSpaceCreateWithName(kCGColorSpaceGenericRGB));
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CGContextRef, cgContext, CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, image_size, image_size, 8, 4*image_size, colorSpace, kCGBitmapByteOrderDefault|kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast));
+    NSGraphicsContext *context = [NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithCGContext:cgContext flipped:NO];  // autoreleased
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(CGImageRef, cg, [icon CGImageForProposedRect:&r context:context hints:nil]);
+    RAII_CoreFoundation(NSBitmapImageRep, *rep, [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithCGImage:cg]);
+    NSData *png = [rep representationUsingType:NSBitmapImageFileTypePNG properties:@{NSImageCompressionFactor: @1.0}]; // autoreleased
+    if (output_path) {
+        if (![png writeToFile:@(output_path) atomically:YES]) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_OSError, "Failed to write PNG data to %s", output_path);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, 0);
+    }
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(png.bytes, png.length);
+}}
+
 static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     {"cocoa_get_lang", (PyCFunction)cocoa_get_lang, METH_NOARGS, ""},
     {"cocoa_set_global_shortcut", (PyCFunction)cocoa_set_global_shortcut, METH_VARARGS, ""},
@@ -1079,6 +1116,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     {"cocoa_set_url_handler", (PyCFunction)cocoa_set_url_handler, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"cocoa_set_app_icon", (PyCFunction)cocoa_set_app_icon, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"cocoa_set_dock_icon", (PyCFunction)cocoa_set_dock_icon, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+    {"cocoa_bundle_image_as_png", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))bundle_image_as_png, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, ""},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index bdb990b6f..f38aea6f9 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ def cocoa_send_notification(
 ) -> None:
     pass
 
+def cocoa_bundle_image_as_png(path_or_identifier: str, output_path: str = '', image_size: int = 256, is_identifier: bool = False) -> bytes: ...
 def cocoa_remove_delivered_notification(identifier: str) -> bool: ...
 def cocoa_live_delivered_notifications() -> bool: ...