diff --git a/tests/testimage.h b/tests/testimage.h
index 4e37102d60..cb2722db5a 100644
--- a/tests/testimage.h
+++ b/tests/testimage.h
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ namespace Catch
 class ImageRGBMatcher : public Catch::MatcherBase<wxImage>
 {
 public:
-    ImageRGBMatcher(const wxImage& image, int tolerance)
+    ImageRGBMatcher(const wxImage& image, int tolerance, bool checkAlpha = false)
         : m_image(image)
         , m_tolerance(tolerance)
+        , m_checkAlpha(checkAlpha)
     {
     }
 
@@ -46,14 +47,34 @@ public:
 
         if ( memcmp(other.GetData(), m_image.GetData(),
                     other.GetWidth()*other.GetHeight()*3) == 0 )
-            return true;
+        {
+            if ( m_checkAlpha )
+            {
+                if ( !other.HasAlpha() && !m_image.HasAlpha() )
+                    return true;
+
+                if ( other.HasAlpha() && m_image.HasAlpha() &&
+                     memcmp(other.GetAlpha(), m_image.GetAlpha(), other.GetWidth() * other.GetHeight()) == 0 )
+                    return true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
 
         const unsigned char* d1 = m_image.GetData();
         const unsigned char* d2 = other.GetData();
+        const unsigned char* a1 = m_image.GetAlpha();
+        const unsigned char* a2 = other.GetAlpha();
+        bool dispAlphaVal = a1 || a2;
         for ( int y = 0; y < m_image.GetHeight(); ++y )
         {
             for ( int x = 0; x < m_image.GetWidth(); ++x )
             {
+                wxString a1txt = dispAlphaVal ? (a1 != NULL ? wxString::Format("%02x", *a1) : "--") : "";
+                wxString a2txt = dispAlphaVal ? (a2 != NULL ? wxString::Format("%02x", *a2) : "--") : "";
+
                 for ( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
                 {
                     const unsigned char diff = d1[i] > d2[i] ? d1[i] - d2[i] : d2[i] - d1[i];
@@ -62,9 +83,43 @@ public:
                         m_diffDesc.Printf
                         (
                             "first mismatch is at (%d, %d) which "
-                            "has value 0x%02x%02x%02x instead of the "
-                            "expected 0x%02x%02x%02x",
-                            x, y, d2[0], d2[1], d2[2], d1[0], d1[1], d1[2]
+                            "has value 0x%02x%02x%02x%s instead of the "
+                            "expected 0x%02x%02x%02x%s",
+                            x, y, d2[0], d2[1], d2[2], a2txt, d1[0], d1[1], d1[2], a1txt
+                        );
+
+                        // Don't show all mismatches, there may be too many of them.
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ( m_checkAlpha )
+                {
+                    if ( a1 && a2 )
+                    {
+                        const unsigned char diff = *a1 > *a2 ? *a1 - *a2 : *a2 - *a1;
+                        if ( diff > m_tolerance )
+                        {
+                            m_diffDesc.Printf
+                            (
+                                "first mismatch is at (%d, %d) which "
+                                "has value 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x instead of the "
+                                "expected 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
+                                x, y, d2[0], d2[1], d2[2], *a2, d1[0], d1[1], d1[2], *a1
+                            );
+
+                            // Don't show all mismatches, there may be too many of them.
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if ( a1txt != a2txt )
+                    {
+                        m_diffDesc.Printf
+                        (
+                            "first mismatch is at (%d, %d) which "
+                            "has value 0x%02x%02x%02x%s instead of the "
+                            "expected 0x%02x%02x%02x%s",
+                            x, y, d2[0], d2[1], d2[2], a2txt, d1[0], d1[1], d1[2], a1txt
                         );
 
                         // Don't show all mismatches, there may be too many of them.
@@ -74,6 +129,8 @@ public:
 
                 d1 += 3;
                 d2 += 3;
+                if ( a1 ) a1++;
+                if ( a2 ) a2++;
             }
         }
 
@@ -98,18 +155,24 @@ public:
 private:
     const wxImage m_image;
     const int m_tolerance;
+    const bool m_checkAlpha;
     mutable wxString m_diffDesc;
 };
 
 inline ImageRGBMatcher RGBSameAs(const wxImage& image)
 {
-    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, 0);
+    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, 0, false);
+}
+
+inline ImageRGBMatcher RGBASameAs(const wxImage& image)
+{
+    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, 0, true);
 }
 
 // Allows small differences (within given tolerance) for r, g, and b values.
 inline ImageRGBMatcher RGBSimilarTo(const wxImage& image, int tolerance)
 {
-    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, tolerance);
+    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, tolerance, false);
 }
 
 class ImageAlphaMatcher : public Catch::MatcherBase<wxImage>