diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguage.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguage.cs
index ebe4035ed6..a1fe6976b7 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguage.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/AvaloniaXamlIlLanguage.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions
                     => AddType(typeSystem.GetType(type), typeSystem.GetType(conv));
                 
                 Add("Avalonia.Media.IImage","Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Converters.BitmapTypeConverter");
+                Add("Avalonia.Media.Imaging.IBitmap","Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Converters.BitmapTypeConverter");
                 var ilist = typeSystem.GetType("System.Collections.Generic.IList`1");
                 AddType(ilist.MakeGenericType(typeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Point")),
                     typeSystem.GetType("Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Converters.PointsListTypeConverter"));