diff --git a/graf2d/CMakeLists.txt b/graf2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d993e59f9682..def0cabf92dd5 100644
--- a/graf2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/graf2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ elseif(x11)
   add_subdirectory(x11)         # special CMakeLists.txt
   add_subdirectory(x11ttf)      # special CMakeLists.txt
 endif()
-if(asimage)
-  add_subdirectory(asimage)     # special CMakeLists.txt
-endif()
+
+add_subdirectory(asimage)     # special CMakeLists.txt
+
 add_subdirectory(padpainter)
 if(gviz)
   add_subdirectory(gviz)
diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/CMakeLists.txt b/graf2d/asimage/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ef9aa0e6007e..a0e3ea33e25ca 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,35 +7,40 @@
 ############################################################################
 # CMakeLists.txt file for building ROOT graf2d/asimage package
 # @author Pere Mato, CERN
+# @author Sergey Linev, GSI
 ############################################################################
 
-ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImage
-  NO_INSTALL_HEADERS
-  HEADERS
-    TASImage.h
-    TASImagePlugin.h
-    TASPluginGS.h
-    TASPngWriter.h
-  SOURCES
-    TASImage.cxx
-    TASPluginGS.cxx
-    TASPngWriter.cxx
-  DICTIONARY_OPTIONS
-    -writeEmptyRootPCM
-  LIBRARIES
-    libAfterImage
-  DEPENDENCIES
-    Core
-    Graf
-    Postscript
-)
+if(asimage)
+
+  ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImage
+    NO_GLOB_HEADERS
+    HEADERS
+      TASImage.h
+      TASImagePlugin.h
+      TASPluginGS.h
+      TASPngWriter.h
+    SOURCES
+      TASImage.cxx
+      TASPluginGS.cxx
+      TASPngWriter.cxx
+    DICTIONARY_OPTIONS
+      -writeEmptyRootPCM
+    LIBRARIES
+      libAfterImage
+    DEPENDENCIES
+      Core
+      Graf
+      Postscript
+  )
+
+  if (x11)
+    target_link_libraries(ASImage PRIVATE X11::X11)
+  endif()
 
-if (x11)
-  target_link_libraries(ASImage PRIVATE X11::X11)
 endif()
 
 ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImageUtils
-  NO_INSTALL_HEADERS
+  NO_GLOB_HEADERS
   HEADERS
     TASUtils.h
   SOURCES
@@ -44,30 +49,36 @@ ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImageUtils
     LinkDefUtils.h
   DICTIONARY_OPTIONS
     -writeEmptyRootPCM
-  LIBRARIES
-    libAfterImage
   DEPENDENCIES
-    ASImage
     Gpad
 )
 
-ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImageGui
-  NO_INSTALL_HEADERS
-  HEADERS
-    TASPaletteEditor.h
-  SOURCES
-    src/TASPaletteEditor.cxx
-  LINKDEF
-    LinkDefGui.h
-  DICTIONARY_OPTIONS
-    -writeEmptyRootPCM
-  LIBRARIES
-    libAfterImage
-  DEPENDENCIES
-    Gui
-    ASImage
-)
 
-ROOT_INSTALL_HEADERS()
+if(asimage)
 
-ROOT_ADD_TEST_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
+  target_link_libraries(ASImageUtils PRIVATE libAfterImage)
+
+  target_link_libraries(ASImageUtils PUBLIC ASImage)
+
+  ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ASImageGui
+    NO_GLOB_HEADERS
+    HEADERS
+      TASPaletteEditor.h
+    SOURCES
+      TASPaletteEditor.cxx
+    LINKDEF
+      LinkDefGui.h
+    DICTIONARY_OPTIONS
+      -writeEmptyRootPCM
+    LIBRARIES
+      libAfterImage
+    DEPENDENCIES
+      Gui
+      ASImage
+  )
+
+  ROOT_ADD_TEST_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
+
+else()
+  target_compile_definitions(ASImageUtils PRIVATE NO_ASIMAGE)
+endif()
diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h b/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
index 5a85bc0035c2a..d14af09359688 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ friend class TASUtils; // to implement gVirtualX-specific methods
    const char *GetTitle() const override;
    const char *GetIconName() const override { return GetTitle(); }
 
-   void  FromBitmap(const UChar_t *buf, UInt_t width, UInt_t height) override;
+   void  FromBitmap(const UChar_t *buf, UInt_t width, UInt_t height, const UChar_t *mask = nullptr) override;
    void  FromPad(TVirtualPad *pad, Int_t x = 0, Int_t y = 0, UInt_t w = 0, UInt_t h = 0) override;
    void  FromWindow(Drawable_t wid, Int_t x = 0, Int_t y = 0, UInt_t w = 0, UInt_t h = 0) override;
    void  FromGLBuffer(UChar_t *buf, UInt_t width, UInt_t height) override;
diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
index ee0208d3fb1bb..abddad4cabfa7 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
@@ -6353,12 +6353,12 @@ void TASImage::FromGLBuffer(UChar_t* buf, UInt_t w, UInt_t h)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// Creates an image from a RGBA buffer
 
-void TASImage::FromBitmap(const UChar_t *buf, UInt_t width, UInt_t height)
+void TASImage::FromBitmap(const UChar_t *buf, UInt_t width, UInt_t height, const UChar_t *mask)
 {
    DestroyImage();
    DestroyScaledImage();
 
-   fImage = bitmap2asimage(const_cast<unsigned char *>(buf), width, height, 0, nullptr);
+   fImage = bitmap2asimage(const_cast<unsigned char *>(buf), width, height, 0, const_cast<unsigned char *>(mask));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASUtils.cxx b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASUtils.cxx
index dd01c8d3a9e76..1e6014122efc9 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASUtils.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASUtils.cxx
@@ -11,12 +11,57 @@
 
 #include "TASUtils.h"
 #include "RConfigure.h"
-#include "TASImage.h"
 #include "TVirtualX.h"
 #include "TSystem.h"
 #include "TVirtualPad.h"
 #include "TError.h"
 
+
+#ifdef NO_ASIMAGE
+
+#include "TImage.h"
+
+
+Pixmap_t TASUtils::GetPixmap(TImage *)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::GetPixmap", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return 0;
+}
+
+Pixmap_t TASUtils::GetMask(TImage *)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::GetMask", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return 0;
+}
+
+Bool_t TASUtils::PaintImage(TImage *, Drawable_t, Int_t, Int_t, Bool_t)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::PaintImage", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return kFALSE;
+}
+
+Bool_t TASUtils::FillImageFromWindow(TImage *, Window_t, Int_t, Int_t)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::FillImageFromWindow", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return kFALSE;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<TImage> TASUtils::FromWindow(Window_t)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::FromWindow", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return nullptr;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<TImage> TASUtils::FromPixmap(Pixmap_t, Pixmap_t)
+{
+   ::Error("TASUtils::FromPixmap", "Not implemented, ASImage is not compiled");
+   return nullptr;
+}
+
+#else // NO_ASIMAGE
+
+#include "TASImage.h"
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define X_DISPLAY_MISSING 1
 #include "Windows4root.h"
@@ -250,7 +295,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<TImage> TASUtils::FromPixmap(Pixmap_t pxm, Pixmap_t mask)
 
       unsigned char *mask_bits = mask ? gVirtualX->GetColorBits(mask, 0, 0, w, h) : nullptr;
 
-      asimg->fImage = bitmap2asimage(bits, w, h, 0, mask_bits);
+      asimg->FromBitmap(bits, w, h, mask_bits);
 
       if (mask_bits)
          delete [] mask_bits;
@@ -341,3 +386,5 @@ Bool_t TASUtils::PaintImage(TImage *timg, Drawable_t wid, Int_t x, Int_t y, Bool
 
    return res;
 }
+
+#endif // NO_ASIMAGE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graf2d/graf/inc/TImage.h b/graf2d/graf/inc/TImage.h
index 4bab2fd8fa545..50460f8ceeca1 100644
--- a/graf2d/graf/inc/TImage.h
+++ b/graf2d/graf/inc/TImage.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ friend TImage operator/(const TImage &i1, const TImage &s2);
 
 
    // Create an image from bitmap. (See TASImage::FromBitmap)
-   virtual void FromBitmap(const UChar_t * /*buf*/, UInt_t /*w*/, UInt_t /*h*/) {}
+   virtual void FromBitmap(const UChar_t * /*buf*/, UInt_t /*w*/, UInt_t /*h*/, const UChar_t * /* mask */ = nullptr) {}
 
    // Create an image from the given pad. (See TASImage::FromPad)
    virtual void FromPad(TVirtualPad * /*pad*/, Int_t /*x*/ = 0, Int_t /*y*/ = 0, UInt_t /*w*/ = 0, UInt_t /*h*/ = 0) {}
diff --git a/graf2d/padpainter/CMakeLists.txt b/graf2d/padpainter/CMakeLists.txt
index 2553f0411cda1..5b6603d8a256e 100644
--- a/graf2d/padpainter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/graf2d/padpainter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,13 +19,8 @@ ROOT_STANDARD_LIBRARY_PACKAGE(ROOTPadPainter
     -writeEmptyRootPCM
   DEPENDENCIES
     Gpad
+    ASImageUtils
 )
 
 
-if(asimage)
-  target_link_libraries(ROOTPadPainter PUBLIC ASImageUtils)
-  target_compile_definitions(ROOTPadPainter PRIVATE USE_ASIMAGEUTILS)
-endif()
-
-
 ROOT_INSTALL_HEADERS()
diff --git a/graf2d/padpainter/src/TPadPainter.cxx b/graf2d/padpainter/src/TPadPainter.cxx
index 071a0866e7440..874f3b06b31f9 100644
--- a/graf2d/padpainter/src/TPadPainter.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/padpainter/src/TPadPainter.cxx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "TPadPainter.h"
 #include "TVirtualX.h"
 #include "TSystem.h"
+#include "TASUtils.h"
 #include "TCanvas.h"
 #include "TPoint.h"
 #include "TError.h"
@@ -25,10 +26,6 @@
 #include "TMath.h"
 #include "TPad.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_ASIMAGEUTILS
-#include "TASUtils.h"
-#endif
-
 namespace {
 
 //Typedef is fine, but let's pretend we look cool and modern:
@@ -234,17 +231,9 @@ void TPadPainter::DrawImage(TImage *img, Int_t x, Int_t y, Int_t flags)
 
    // use old API to draw image on gVirtualX window
    // img->PaintImage(wid, x, y, 0, 0, 0, 0, flags ? "" : "opaque");
-#ifdef USE_ASIMAGEUTILS
+
    // new API invokes
    TASUtils::PaintImage(img, wid, x, y, !flags);
-#else
-   ::Error("TPadPainter::DrawImage", "TASImage not compiled, image painting is not possible");
-   (void) wid;
-   (void) img;
-   (void) x;
-   (void) y;
-   (void) flags;
-#endif
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -596,7 +585,6 @@ Bool_t TPadPainter::FillImageFromPad(TImage *image, TVirtualPad *pad) const
    if (!image || !pad)
       return kFALSE;
 
-#ifdef USE_ASIMAGEUTILS
    auto width = pad->GetPadWidth();
    auto height = pad->GetPadHeight();
 
@@ -604,14 +592,7 @@ Bool_t TPadPainter::FillImageFromPad(TImage *image, TVirtualPad *pad) const
    gVirtualX->SelectWindow(wid);
 
    Window_t wd = gVirtualX->GetCurrentWindow();
-
    return TASUtils::FillImageFromWindow(image, wd, width, height);
-#else
-   ::Error("TPadPainter::FillImageFromPad", "Cannot work without TASImage class");
-   (void) image;
-   (void) pad;
-   return kFALSE;
-#endif
 }
 
 //Aux. private functions.