diff --git a/face_recognition/__init__.py b/face_recognition/__init__.py
index 6e91db046..29a742234 100644
--- a/face_recognition/__init__.py
+++ b/face_recognition/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 __email__ = 'ageitgey@gmail.com'
 __version__ = '1.4.0'
 
-from .api import load_image_file, face_locations, batch_face_locations, face_landmarks, face_encodings, compare_faces, face_distance
+from .api import load_image_file, face_locations, batch_face_locations, face_landmarks, face_encodings, compare_faces, face_distance, get_face_image
diff --git a/face_recognition/api.py b/face_recognition/api.py
index 80a3f7fbe..ed112feda 100644
--- a/face_recognition/api.py
+++ b/face_recognition/api.py
@@ -224,3 +224,11 @@ def compare_faces(known_face_encodings, face_encoding_to_check, tolerance=0.6):
     :return: A list of True/False values indicating which known_face_encodings match the face encoding to check
     """
     return list(face_distance(known_face_encodings, face_encoding_to_check) <= tolerance)
+
+
+def get_face_image(face_image ,output_path="./face.jpg" ,known_face_locations=None):
+    if known_face_locations is None:
+        known_face_locations = face_locations(face_image)[0]
+    box = (known_face_locations[3],known_face_locations[0],known_face_locations[1],known_face_locations[2])
+    target_image = PIL.Image.fromarray(face_image).crop(box) 
+    target_image.save(output_path)