diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b0eda1bb..1a3b6188 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: officer
 Type: Package
 Title: Manipulation of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint Documents
-Version: 0.4.5.013
+Version: 0.4.5.014
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Gohel", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "david.gohel@ardata.fr"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5d55e603..ff443c4c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ associated with a Word character style.
 a match in the document.
 - add function `docx_current_block_xml()` to let developpers access 
 the xml content where the cursor is.  
+- `ph_with.xml_document` now manages images paths in slide and 
+treats them in the relevant documents.
 
 ## Issues
 
diff --git a/R/ppt_classes.R b/R/ppt_classes.R
index 30b45747..36095e63 100644
--- a/R/ppt_classes.R
+++ b/R/ppt_classes.R
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ slide <- R6Class(
         xml_attr( cnvpr[[i]], "id") <- i
       self
     },
+    reference_img = function(src, dir_name){
+      src <- unique( src )
+      private$rels_doc$add_img(src, root_target = "../media")
+      dir.create(dir_name, recursive = TRUE, showWarnings = FALSE)
+      file.copy(from = src, to = file.path(dir_name, basename(src)))
+      self
+    },
 
     reference_slide = function(slide_file){
 
diff --git a/R/ppt_ph_with_methods.R b/R/ppt_ph_with_methods.R
index f60735d8..bf94b63b 100644
--- a/R/ppt_ph_with_methods.R
+++ b/R/ppt_ph_with_methods.R
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ ph_with.empty_content <- function( x, value, location, ... ){
 
 
 
-xml_to_slide <- function(slide, location, value){
+xml_to_slide <- function(slide, location, value, package_dir){
   node <- xml_find_first( value, as_xpath_content_sel("//") )
   if(xml_name(node) == "grpSp"){
     node_sppr <- xml_child(node, "p:grpSpPr")
@@ -558,9 +558,10 @@ ph_with.xml_document <- function( x, value, location, ... ){
 
   location <- fortify_location(location, doc = x)
 
-  xml_to_slide(slide, location, value)
+  xml_to_slide(slide, location, value, x$package_dir)
 
   xml_add_child(xml_find_first(slide$get(), "//p:spTree"), value)
+  process_images(slide, slide$relationship(), x$package_dir, media_dir = "ppt/media", media_rel_dir = "../media")
 
   slide$fortify_id()
   x