diff --git a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image.php b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image.php
index 7271c3c..5069365 100644
--- a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image.php
+++ b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image.php
@@ -701,6 +701,23 @@ public function save($file = NULL, $quality = 100)
                 return $this->_do_save($file, $quality);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Enable or disable interlace for progressive images
+         *
+         * GD
+         * Just use true or false for enable or disable interlace for jpeg files.
+         *
+         * Imagick
+         * Use INTERLACE constants from http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.constants.php
+         *
+         * @param $scheme bool|int
+         * @return mixed
+         */
+        public function interlace($scheme)
+        {
+            return $this->_do_interlace($scheme);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Render the image and return the binary string.
          *
@@ -832,4 +849,12 @@ abstract protected function _do_save($file, $quality);
          */
         abstract protected function _do_render($type, $quality);
 
+        /**
+         * Execute an interlace.
+         *
+         * @param $scheme
+         * @return mixed
+         */
+        abstract protected function _do_interlace($scheme);
+
 } // End Image
diff --git a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/GD.php b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/GD.php
index 9e93945..0b6ff6e 100644
--- a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/GD.php
+++ b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/GD.php
@@ -685,4 +685,12 @@ protected function _create($width, $height)
                 return $image;
         }
 
+        protected function _do_interlace($scheme)
+        {
+            // Loads image if not yet loaded
+            $this->_load_image();
+
+            return imageinterlace($this->_image, $scheme);
+        }
+
 } // End Image_GD
diff --git a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/Imagick.php b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/Imagick.php
index 411c782..322d8d5 100644
--- a/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/Imagick.php
+++ b/yii/image/drivers/Kohana/Image/Imagick.php
@@ -364,4 +364,9 @@ protected function _get_imagetype($extension)
 
                 return array($format, $type);
         }
+
+        protected function _do_interlace($scheme)
+        {
+            return $this->im->setInterlaceScheme($scheme);
+        }
 } // End Kohana_Image_Imagick