diff --git a/epicardium/epicardium.h b/epicardium/epicardium.h
index eb34e17b9401b02993b11a857d084f3d19202d25..c7ef38055c7bf155c0ff124ca613e2b692507e56 100644
--- a/epicardium/epicardium.h
+++ b/epicardium/epicardium.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,8 @@ enum disp_fillstyle {
 union disp_framebuffer {
   /** Coordinate based access (as shown in the example above). */
   uint8_t fb[DISP_HEIGHT][DISP_WIDTH][2];
+  /** Coordinate based access to 16bit color value. */
+  uint16_t fb16[DISP_HEIGHT][DISP_WIDTH];
   /** Raw byte-indexed access. */
   uint8_t raw[DISP_HEIGHT*DISP_WIDTH*2];
 };