diff --git a/src/core/SkCanvas.cpp b/src/core/SkCanvas.cpp
index 199c1b0..57b4f7b 100644
--- a/src/core/SkCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkCanvas.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "SkDrawLooper.h"
 #include "SkPicture.h"
 #include "SkScalarCompare.h"
+#include "SkShape.h"
 #include "SkTemplates.h"
 #include "SkUtils.h"
 #include <new>
@@ -1357,12 +1358,19 @@
     this->drawTextOnPath(text, byteLength, path, &matrix, paint);
 }
 
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 void SkCanvas::drawPicture(SkPicture& picture) {
     int saveCount = save();
     picture.draw(this);
     restoreToCount(saveCount);
 }
 
+void SkCanvas::drawShape(SkShape* shape) {
+    // shape baseclass takes care of save/restore
+    shape->draw(this);
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////