diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.java
index 77f4831f5..67c75077b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.gallery.activities;
 
+import android.app.WallpaperManager;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.media.MediaScannerConnection;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.fragments.ViewPagerFragment;
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.models.Medium;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ public class ViewPagerActivity extends SimpleActivity
         deleteFile();
         switch (item.getItemId()) {
             case R.id.menu_set_as_wallpaper:
+                setAsWallpaper();
                 return true;
             case R.id.menu_share:
                 shareMedium();
@@ -158,6 +163,16 @@ public class ViewPagerActivity extends SimpleActivity
         }
     }
 
+    private void setAsWallpaper() {
+        final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(getCurrentFile().getAbsolutePath());
+        final WallpaperManager wallpaperManager = WallpaperManager.getInstance(getApplicationContext());
+        try {
+            wallpaperManager.setBitmap(bitmap);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Utils.showToast(getApplicationContext(), R.string.set_as_wallpaper_failed);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void shareMedium() {
         final Medium medium = getCurrentMedium();
         Utils.shareMedium(medium, this);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index e23efc869..73048975f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     <string name="ok">OK</string>
     <string name="cancel">Cancel</string>
     <string name="set_as_wallpaper">Set as Wallpaper</string>
+    <string name="set_as_wallpaper_failed">Setting as Wallpaper failed</string>
 
     <plurals name="folders_deleted">
         <item quantity="one">1 folder deleted</item>