diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 899473ab0f..1879a2dfb3 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 # Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified
 *.bmp binary
 *.ttf binary
+*.gz binary
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
index c390afe9de..5dffc704bd 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ CONFIG_OSD=y
 CONFIG_SANDBOX_OSD=y
 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8=y
+CONFIG_BMP_16BPP=y
 CONFIG_W1=y
 CONFIG_W1_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_W1_EEPROM=y
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
index f184723a89..f16d890048 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL=y
 CONFIG_OSD=y
 CONFIG_SANDBOX_OSD=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8=y
+CONFIG_BMP_16BPP=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHRYSTONE=y
 CONFIG_RSA_VERIFY_WITH_PKEY=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
diff --git a/test/dm/video.c b/test/dm/video.c
index d5648f0c59..c496b05df7 100644
--- a/test/dm/video.c
+++ b/test/dm/video.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <bzlib.h>
 #include <dm.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
@@ -339,6 +340,29 @@ static int dm_test_video_bmp8(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 }
 DM_TEST(dm_test_video_bmp8, UT_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | UT_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);
 
+/* Test drawing a bitmap file on a 16bpp display */
+static int dm_test_video_bmp16(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	ulong src, src_len = ~0UL;
+	uint dst_len = ~0U;
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	ulong dst = 0x10000;
+
+	ut_assertok(uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_VIDEO, &dev));
+	ut_assertnonnull(dev);
+	ut_assertok(sandbox_sdl_set_bpp(dev, VIDEO_BPP16));
+
+	ut_assertok(read_file(uts, "tools/logos/denx-16bpp.bmp.gz", &src));
+	ut_assertok(gunzip(map_sysmem(dst, 0), dst_len, map_sysmem(src, 0),
+			   &src_len));
+
+	ut_assertok(video_bmp_display(dev, dst, 0, 0, false));
+	ut_asserteq(3700, compress_frame_buffer(uts, dev));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DM_TEST(dm_test_video_bmp16, UT_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | UT_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);
+
 /* Test drawing a bitmap file on a 32bpp display */
 static int dm_test_video_bmp32(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 {
diff --git a/tools/logos/denx-16bpp.bmp.gz b/tools/logos/denx-16bpp.bmp.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed99c58192
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/logos/denx-16bpp.bmp.gz differ