diff --git a/include/project.h b/include/project.h
index 3f4fde19..9772b99b 100644
--- a/include/project.h
+++ b/include/project.h
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ private:
     QString findSpeciesIconPath(const QStringList &names) const;
     QPixmap getEventPixmap(const QString &gfxName, int frame, bool hFlip);
 
+    QPixmap loadSpeciesIcon(const QString &species);
+
     int maxObjectEvents;
     int maxMapDataSize;
     QSize defaultMapSize;
diff --git a/include/scripting.h b/include/scripting.h
index 327ee126..e9788e96 100644
--- a/include/scripting.h
+++ b/include/scripting.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
     static void cb_MapViewTabChanged(int oldTab, int newTab);
     static void cb_BorderVisibilityToggled(bool visible);
     static QImage cb_EventSpriteLoading(const QString &gfxName, const QString &direction);
+    static QImage cb_SpeciesIconLoading(const QString &species);
 
     static bool tryErrorJS(QJSValue js);
     static QJSValue fromBlock(Block block);
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ public:
     static void cb_MapViewTabChanged(int, int) {};
     static void cb_BorderVisibilityToggled(bool) {};
     static QImage cb_EventSpriteLoading(const QString &, const QString &) {return QImage();}
+    static QImage cb_SpeciesIconLoading(const QString &) {return QImage();}
 };
 
 #endif // QT_QML_LIB
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index 63f9f238..a4e880e6 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -3382,26 +3382,34 @@ QString Project::findSpeciesIconPath(const QStringList &names) const {
 QPixmap Project::getSpeciesIcon(const QString &species) {
     QPixmap pixmap;
     if (!QPixmapCache::find(species, &pixmap)) {
-        // Prefer path from config. If not present, use the path parsed from project files
-        QString path = Project::getExistingFilepath(projectConfig.pokemonIconPaths.value(species));
-        if (path.isEmpty()) {
-            path = getDefaultSpeciesIconPath(species);
-        }
-
-        QImage img(path);
-        if (img.isNull()) {
-            // No icon for this species, use placeholder
-            static const QPixmap placeholder = QPixmap(QStringLiteral(":images/pokemon_icon_placeholder.png"));
-            pixmap = placeholder;
-        } else {
-            img.setColor(0, qRgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
-            pixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(img).copy(0, 0, 32, 32);
-            QPixmapCache::insert(species, pixmap);
-        }
+        pixmap = loadSpeciesIcon(species);
+        QPixmapCache::insert(species, pixmap);
     }
     return pixmap;
 }
 
+QPixmap Project::loadSpeciesIcon(const QString &species) {
+    // Users may intercept the sprite loading with a scripting callback.
+    QImage scriptImage = Scripting::cb_SpeciesIconLoading(species);
+    if (!scriptImage.isNull()) return QPixmap::fromImage(scriptImage);
+
+    // Prefer path from config. If not present, use the path parsed from project files
+    QString path = Project::getExistingFilepath(projectConfig.pokemonIconPaths.value(species));
+    if (path.isEmpty()) {
+        path = getDefaultSpeciesIconPath(species);
+    }
+
+    QImage img(path);
+    if (img.isNull()) {
+        // No icon for this species, use placeholder
+        static const QPixmap placeholder = QPixmap(QStringLiteral(":images/pokemon_icon_placeholder.png"));
+        return placeholder;
+    }
+
+    img.setColor(0, qRgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
+    return QPixmap::fromImage(img).copy(0, 0, 32, 32);
+}
+
 int Project::getMapDataSize(int width, int height) const {
     return (width + this->mapSizeAddition.width())
          * (height + this->mapSizeAddition.height());
diff --git a/src/scriptapi/scripting.cpp b/src/scriptapi/scripting.cpp
index 9dd14bba..866a65d5 100644
--- a/src/scriptapi/scripting.cpp
+++ b/src/scriptapi/scripting.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,15 @@ QImage Scripting::cb_EventSpriteLoading(const QString &gfxName, const QString &d
     return toImage(instance->invokeCallback(QStringLiteral("onEventSpriteLoading"), args));
 }
 
+QImage Scripting::cb_SpeciesIconLoading(const QString &species) {
+    if (!instance) return QImage();
+
+    QJSValueList args {
+        species,
+    };
+    return toImage(instance->invokeCallback(QStringLiteral("onSpeciesIconLoading"), args));
+}
+
 QJSValue Scripting::fromBlock(Block block) {
     QJSValue obj = instance->engine->newObject();
     obj.setProperty("metatileId", block.metatileId());