diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/mapbox/reactnativemapboxgl/ReactNativeMapboxGLManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/mapbox/reactnativemapboxgl/ReactNativeMapboxGLManager.java
index 494086b..a2cf1ea 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/mapbox/reactnativemapboxgl/ReactNativeMapboxGLManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/mapbox/reactnativemapboxgl/ReactNativeMapboxGLManager.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public class ReactNativeMapboxGLManager extends SimpleViewManager<MapView> {
     public static final String PROP_COMPASS_IS_HIDDEN = "compassIsHidden";
     public static final String PROP_LOGO_IS_HIDDEN = "logoIsHidden";
     public static final String PROP_ATTRIBUTION_BUTTON_IS_HIDDEN = "attributionButtonIsHidden";
+    private static String APPLICATION_ID;
     private MapView mapView;
 
-
     @Override
     public String getName() {
         return REACT_CLASS;
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class ReactNativeMapboxGLManager extends SimpleViewManager<MapView> {
     public MapView createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext context) {
         mapView = new MapView(context, "pk.foo");
         mapView.onCreate(null);
+        APPLICATION_ID = context.getPackageName();
         StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
         StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
         return mapView;
@@ -104,6 +105,13 @@ public class ReactNativeMapboxGLManager extends SimpleViewManager<MapView> {
         return new BitmapDrawable(view.getResources(), x);
     }
 
+    public static Drawable drawableFromDrawableName(MapView view, String drawableName) {
+        Bitmap x;
+        int resID = view.getResources().getIdentifier(drawableName, "drawable", APPLICATION_ID);
+        x = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(view.getResources(), resID);
+        return new BitmapDrawable(view.getResources(), x);
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = PROP_ANNOTATIONS)
     public void setAnnotationClear(MapView view, @Nullable ReadableArray value) {
         setAnnotations(view, value, true);
@@ -138,7 +146,12 @@ public class ReactNativeMapboxGLManager extends SimpleViewManager<MapView> {
                         ReadableMap annotationImage = annotation.getMap("annotationImage");
                         String annotationURL = annotationImage.getString("url");
                         try {
-                            Drawable image = drawableFromUrl(mapView, annotationURL);
+                            Drawable image;
+                            if (annotationURL.startsWith("image!")) {
+                                image = drawableFromDrawableName(mapView, annotationURL.replace("image!", ""));
+                            } else {
+                                image = drawableFromUrl(mapView, annotationURL);
+                            }
                             IconFactory iconFactory = view.getIconFactory();
                             Icon icon = iconFactory.fromDrawable(image);
                             marker.icon(icon);