diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-image.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-image.c
index d4356598b..924626be0 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-image.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-image.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 struct _ClutterImagePrivate
 {
   CoglTexture *texture;
+  gint width;
+  gint height;
 };
 
 static void clutter_content_iface_init (ClutterContentIface *iface);
@@ -68,6 +70,27 @@ clutter_image_error_quark (void)
   return g_quark_from_static_string ("clutter-image-error-quark");
 }
 
+static void
+update_image_size (ClutterImage *self)
+{
+  gint width, height;
+
+  if (self->priv->texture == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  width = cogl_texture_get_width (self->priv->texture);
+  height = cogl_texture_get_height (self->priv->texture);
+
+  if (self->priv->width == width &&
+      self->priv->height == height)
+    return;
+
+  self->priv->width = width;
+  self->priv->height = height;
+
+  clutter_content_invalidate_size (CLUTTER_CONTENT (self));
+}
+
 static void
 clutter_image_finalize (GObject *gobject)
 {
@@ -238,6 +261,7 @@ clutter_image_set_data (ClutterImage     *image,
     }
 
   clutter_content_invalidate (CLUTTER_CONTENT (image));
+  update_image_size (image);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -306,6 +330,7 @@ clutter_image_set_bytes (ClutterImage     *image,
     }
 
   clutter_content_invalidate (CLUTTER_CONTENT (image));
+  update_image_size (image);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -399,6 +424,7 @@ clutter_image_set_area (ClutterImage                 *image,
     }
 
   clutter_content_invalidate (CLUTTER_CONTENT (image));
+  update_image_size (image);
 
   return TRUE;
 }