diff --git a/views_pdf_template.php b/views_pdf_template.php
index 1a0f096..20bbda9 100644
--- a/views_pdf_template.php
+++ b/views_pdf_template.php
@@ -398,6 +398,53 @@ class PdfTemplate extends FPDI {
       return '';
     }
 
+    // TCPDF uses cURL to fetch the image files. As a result, it looks like an
+    // anonymous user. If anonymous users don't have privileges to view the
+    // images, we'll get an error saying "TCPDF ERROR: [Image] Unable to get
+    // image", despite the current user having the proper privileges.
+    //
+    // Luckily, TCPDF can also add images from inline base64 encoded data. So,
+    // we check for images that the current user is allowed to see, but
+    // anonymous users aren't. We then replace the src-attribute contents with
+    // the base64-encoded image data for such images.
+    //
+    // Get all the src-attributes:
+    preg_match_all('/<img[^>]+src="([^"]+)"/', $content, $matches);
+    foreach ($matches[1] as $match) {
+      // We're only interested in private files. We can recognize them by the
+      // standard URL.
+      if (substr($match, 0, 14) == '/system/files/') {
+        // Process the URL into a Drupal internal URI.
+        $uri = substr($match, 14);
+        $uri = 'private://' . file_stream_wrapper_uri_normalize($uri);
+
+        // Check that the URI refers to a Drupal managed file object.
+        $efq = new EntityFieldQuery();
+        $efq->entityCondition('entity_type', 'file');
+        $efq->propertyCondition('uri', $uri);
+        $result = $efq->execute();
+        if (isset($result['file']) && !empty($result['file'])) {
+          // Make sure anonymous users can't get the file.
+          global $base_url;
+          $access = drupal_http_request($base_url . $match);
+          if ($access->code == 403) {
+            // Make sure the current user can get the file.
+            $options = array(
+              'headers' => array(
+                'Cookie' => session_name() . '=' . $_COOKIE[session_name()],
+              )
+            );
+            $access = drupal_http_request($base_url . $match, $options);
+            if ($access->code == 200) {
+              // Replace the src attribute with the encoded data. TCPDF
+              // recognizes inline data by the leading '@'.
+              $content = str_replace($match, '@' . base64_encode($access->data), $content);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     // Apply the hyphenation patterns to the content:
     if (!isset($options['text']['hyphenate']) && is_object($view) && is_object($view->display_handler)) {
       $options['text']['hyphenate'] = $view->display_handler->get_option('default_text_hyphenate');