diff --git a/skia-bindings/Cargo.toml b/skia-bindings/Cargo.toml
index c7f5d2fea..c5ced8d5a 100644
--- a/skia-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/skia-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ embed-freetype = []
 [dependencies]
 mozjpeg-sys = { version = "1", features = ["with_simd"], optional = true }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
+cpp = "0.5.7"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.0.37"
 bindgen = "0.63.0"
+cpp_build = "0.5.7"
 
 # For enum variant name replacements.
 regex = "1.4.5"
diff --git a/skia-bindings/build_support/skia_bindgen.rs b/skia-bindings/build_support/skia_bindgen.rs
index 58f67606b..93cfb651e 100644
--- a/skia-bindings/build_support/skia_bindgen.rs
+++ b/skia-bindings/build_support/skia_bindgen.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ pub fn generate_bindings(
     }
 
     let mut cc_build = Build::new();
+    let mut cpp_build = cpp_build::Config::new();
 
     for source in &build.binding_sources {
         cc_build.file(source);
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ pub fn generate_bindings(
 
     bindgen_args.push(format!("-I{}", include_path.display()));
     cc_build.include(include_path);
+    cpp_build.include(include_path);
 
     for (name, value) in &build.definitions {
         match value {
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ pub fn generate_bindings(
     let target_str = &target.to_string();
     cc_build.target(target_str);
     bindgen_args.push(format!("--target={target_str}"));
+    cpp_build.flag(&format!("--target={target_str}"));
 
     // Platform specific arguments and flags.
     {
@@ -230,10 +233,12 @@ pub fn generate_bindings(
 
         for (var, val) in cc_defines {
             cc_build.define(var, val);
+            cpp_build.define(var, Some(val));
         }
 
         for arg in cc_args {
             cc_build.flag(&arg);
+            cpp_build.flag(&arg);
         }
 
         // we add skia-bindings later on.
@@ -253,6 +258,13 @@ pub fn generate_bindings(
             .write_to_file(out_path.join("bindings.rs"))
             .expect("Couldn't write bindings!");
     }
+
+    {
+        println!("GENERATING CPP BINDINGS");
+        let src_dir = std::env::current_dir().unwrap().join("src");
+        cpp_build.include(src_dir);
+        cpp_build.build("src/lib.rs");
+    }
 }
 
 const ALLOWLISTED_FUNCTIONS: &[&str] = &[
diff --git a/skia-bindings/src/lib.rs b/skia-bindings/src/lib.rs
index 7d0d85cd2..5166faf09 100644
--- a/skia-bindings/src/lib.rs
+++ b/skia-bindings/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,3 +21,18 @@ pub mod icu;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[cfg(feature = "use-system-jpeg-turbo")]
 use mozjpeg_sys;
+
+use cpp::cpp;
+
+cpp! {{
+    #include "include/codec/SkCodec.h"
+    #include "bindings.h"
+}}
+
+pub fn make_from_data(data: *mut SkData) -> *mut SkCodec {
+    unsafe {
+        cpp!([data as "SkData*"] -> *mut SkCodec as "SkCodec*" {
+            return SkCodec::MakeFromData(sp(data)).release();
+        })
+    }
+}