diff --git a/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/package.json b/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/package.json
index 0e70643b602e5..c34035f65b848 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
   "author": "Kyle Mathews <mathews.kyle@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "bluebird": "^3.5.0"
+    "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^4.0.0",
+    "image-size": "^0.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.24.1"
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/src/extend-node-type.js b/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/src/extend-node-type.js
index 12087f9a8225c..2be6852bf36c9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/src/extend-node-type.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-transformer-sharp/src/extend-node-type.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const {
 } = require(`gatsby-plugin-sharp`)
 
 const sharp = require(`sharp`)
+const fsExtra = require('fs-extra');
+const sizeOf = require('image-size');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const ImageFormatType = new GraphQLEnumType({
   name: `ImageFormat`,
@@ -60,6 +63,42 @@ module.exports = ({ type, pathPrefix, getNodeAndSavePathDependency }) => {
   }
 
   return {
+    original: {
+      type: new GraphQLObjectType({
+        name: `ImageSharpOriginal`,
+        fields: {
+          width: { type: GraphQLFloat },
+          height: { type: GraphQLFloat },
+          src: { type: GraphQLString },
+        },
+      }),
+      args: {
+      },
+      async resolve(image, fieldArgs, context) {
+        const details = getNodeAndSavePathDependency(image.parent, context.path);
+        const dimensions = sizeOf(details.absolutePath);
+        const imageName = `${image.internal.contentDigest}${details.ext}`;
+        const publicPath = path.join(
+          process.cwd(),
+          `public`,
+          `static/${imageName}`
+        );
+
+        if (!fsExtra.existsSync(publicPath)) {
+          fsExtra.copy(details.absolutePath, publicPath, err => {
+            if (err) {
+              console.error(`error copying file`, err)
+            }
+          })
+        }
+
+        return {
+          width: dimensions.width,
+          height: dimensions.height,
+          src: '/static/' + imageName,
+        }
+      },
+    },
     responsiveResolution: {
       type: new GraphQLObjectType({
         name: `ImageSharpResponsiveResolution`,