diff --git a/dlib/image_transforms/draw.h b/dlib/image_transforms/draw.h
index 761a3977c..66737b215 100644
--- a/dlib/image_transforms/draw.h
+++ b/dlib/image_transforms/draw.h
@@ -293,6 +293,98 @@ namespace dlib
         return temp;
     }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    template <
+        typename image_type,
+        typename pixel_type
+        >
+    void draw_solid_circle (
+        image_type& img_,
+        const dpoint& center_point,
+        double radius,
+        const pixel_type& pixel
+    )
+    {
+        image_view<image_type> img(img_);
+        using std::sqrt;
+        const rectangle valid_area(get_rect(img));
+        const double x = center_point.x();
+        const double y = center_point.y();
+        const point cp(center_point);
+        if (radius > 1)
+        {
+            long first_x = static_cast<long>(x - radius + 0.5);
+            long last_x = static_cast<long>(x + radius + 0.5);
+            const double rs = radius*radius;
+
+            // ensure that we only loop over the part of the x dimension that this
+            // image contains.
+            if (first_x < valid_area.left())
+                first_x = valid_area.left();
+            if (last_x > valid_area.right())
+                last_x = valid_area.right();
+
+            long top, bottom;
+
+            top = static_cast<long>(sqrt(std::max(rs - (first_x-x-0.5)*(first_x-x-0.5),0.0))+0.5);
+            top += y;
+            long last = top;
+
+            // draw the left half of the circle
+            long middle = std::min(cp.x()-1,last_x);
+            for (long i = first_x; i <= middle; ++i)
+            {
+                double a = i - x + 0.5;
+                // find the top of the arc
+                top = static_cast<long>(sqrt(std::max(rs - a*a,0.0))+0.5);
+                top += y;
+                long temp = top;
+
+                while(top >= last) 
+                {
+                    bottom = y - top + y;
+                    draw_line(img_, point(i,top),point(i,bottom),pixel);
+                    --top;
+                }
+
+                last = temp;
+            }
+
+            middle = std::max(cp.x(),first_x);
+            top = static_cast<long>(sqrt(std::max(rs - (last_x-x+0.5)*(last_x-x+0.5),0.0))+0.5);
+            top += y;
+            last = top;
+            // draw the right half of the circle
+            for (long i = last_x; i >= middle; --i)
+            {
+                double a = i - x - 0.5;
+                // find the top of the arc
+                top = static_cast<long>(sqrt(std::max(rs - a*a,0.0))+0.5);
+                top += y;
+                long temp = top;
+
+                while(top >= last) 
+                {
+                    bottom = y - top + y;
+                    draw_line(img_, point(i,top),point(i,bottom),pixel);
+                    --top;
+                }
+
+                last = temp;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (valid_area.contains(cp))
+        {
+            // For circles smaller than a pixel we will just alpha blend them in proportion
+            // to how small they are.
+            rgb_alpha_pixel temp;
+            assign_pixel(temp, pixel);
+            temp.alpha = static_cast<unsigned char>(255*radius + 0.5);
+            assign_pixel(img[cp.y()][cp.x()], temp);
+        }
+    }
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 }
diff --git a/dlib/image_transforms/draw_abstract.h b/dlib/image_transforms/draw_abstract.h
index 27a0aec65..6631f8d8f 100644
--- a/dlib/image_transforms/draw_abstract.h
+++ b/dlib/image_transforms/draw_abstract.h
@@ -79,6 +79,29 @@ namespace dlib
             - The drawn rectangle will have edges that are thickness pixels wide.
     !*/
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    template <
+        typename image_type,
+        typename pixel_type
+        >
+    void draw_solid_circle (
+        image_type& img,
+        const dpoint& center_point,
+        double radius,
+        const pixel_type& pixel
+    );
+    /*!
+        requires
+            - image_type == an image object that implements the interface defined in
+              dlib/image_processing/generic_image.h 
+            - pixel_traits<pixel_type> is defined
+        ensures
+            - Draws a fully filled in circle onto image that is centered at center_point
+              and has the given radius.  The circle will be filled by assigning the given
+              pixel value to each element of the circle.
+    !*/
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     template <