diff --git a/tilemapper/main.go b/tilemapper/main.go
index bf5ffb0..f52170b 100644
--- a/tilemapper/main.go
+++ b/tilemapper/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"image"
 	"image/color"
 	"log"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 		width, height, depth int
 		colorsfile           string
 		outfile              string
+		shaded               bool
 	)
 
 	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 6379, "port to of mtredisalize server")
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&colorsfile, "colors", "colors.txt", "definition of colors")
 	flag.StringVar(&outfile, "output", "out.png", "image file of result")
 	flag.StringVar(&outfile, "o", "out.png", "image file of result (shorthand)")
+	flag.BoolVar(&shaded, "shaded", true, "draw relief")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -86,8 +89,15 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	image := renderer.CreateImage(
-		colors.Colors, color.RGBA{R: 0xff, G: 0xff, B: 0xff, A: 0xff})
+	var image image.Image
+
+	if shaded {
+		image = renderer.CreateShadedImage(
+			colors.Colors, color.RGBA{R: 0xff, G: 0xff, B: 0xff, A: 0xff})
+	} else {
+		image = renderer.CreateImage(
+			colors.Colors, color.RGBA{R: 0xff, G: 0xff, B: 0xff, A: 0xff})
+	}
 
 	if err = SaveAsPNG(outfile, image); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("writing image failed: %s", err)
diff --git a/tilemapper/renderer.go b/tilemapper/renderer.go
index bcccab6..3ccfc32 100644
--- a/tilemapper/renderer.go
+++ b/tilemapper/renderer.go
@@ -125,3 +125,51 @@ func (r *Renderer) CreateImage(colors []color.RGBA, background color.RGBA) *imag
 	}
 	return image
 }
+
+func safeColor(x int32) uint8 {
+	if x < 0 {
+		x = 0
+	} else if x > 255 {
+		x = 255
+	}
+	return uint8(x)
+}
+
+func (r *Renderer) CreateShadedImage(colors []color.RGBA, background color.RGBA) *image.RGBA {
+	pw, ph := r.width<<4, r.height<<4
+	image := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, pw, ph))
+	ofs, numCols := 0, int32(len(colors))
+	for z := ph - 1; z >= 0; z-- {
+		for x := 0; x < pw; x++ {
+			colIdx := r.cBuffer[ofs]
+			if colIdx < 0 || colIdx >= numCols {
+				image.Set(x, z, background)
+			} else {
+				var y, y1, y2 int32
+				y = r.yBuffer[ofs]
+				if x == 0 {
+					y1 = y
+				} else {
+					y1 = r.yBuffer[ofs-1]
+				}
+				if z == 0 {
+					y2 = y
+				} else {
+					y2 = r.yBuffer[ofs+pw]
+				}
+				d := ((y - y1) + (y - y2)) * 12
+				if d > 36 {
+					d = 36
+				}
+				col := colors[colIdx]
+				image.Set(x, z, color.RGBA{
+					R: safeColor(int32(col.R) + d),
+					G: safeColor(int32(col.G) + d),
+					B: safeColor(int32(col.B) + d),
+					A: 0xff})
+			}
+			ofs++
+		}
+	}
+	return image
+}