diff --git a/examples/software_barcode.py b/examples/software_barcode.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8476bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/software_barcode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from escpos.printer import Usb
+
+# Adapt to your needs
+p = Usb(0x0416, 0x5011, profile="POS-5890")
+
+# Some software barcodes
+p.soft_barcode('code128', 'Hello')
+p.soft_barcode('code39', '123456')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c5d77f6..bd4a3ed 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ setup(
         'pyyaml',
         'argparse',
         'argcomplete',
-        'future'
+        'future',
+        'pyBarcode==0.8b1'
     ],
     setup_requires=[
         'setuptools_scm',
diff --git a/src/escpos/escpos.py b/src/escpos/escpos.py
index 3faba40..d23bb05 100644
--- a/src/escpos/escpos.py
+++ b/src/escpos/escpos.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import qrcode
 import textwrap
 import six
 
+import barcode
+from barcode.writer import ImageWriter
+
 from .constants import ESC, GS, NUL, QR_ECLEVEL_L, QR_ECLEVEL_M, QR_ECLEVEL_H, QR_ECLEVEL_Q
 from .constants import QR_MODEL_1, QR_MODEL_2, QR_MICRO, BARCODE_TYPES, BARCODE_HEIGHT, BARCODE_WIDTH
 from .constants import TXT_ALIGN_CT, TXT_ALIGN_LT, TXT_ALIGN_RT, BARCODE_FONT_A, BARCODE_FONT_B
@@ -396,6 +399,26 @@ class Escpos(object):
         if function_type.upper() == "A":
             self._raw(NUL)
 
+    def soft_barcode(self, barcode_type, data, module_height=5, module_width=0.2, text_distance=1):
+        image_writer = ImageWriter()
+
+        if barcode_type not in barcode.PROVIDED_BARCODES:
+            raise BarcodeTypeError(
+                'Barcode type {} not supported by software barcode renderer'
+                .format(barcode_type))
+
+        barcode_class = barcode.get_barcode_class(barcode_type)
+        my_code = barcode_class(data, writer=image_writer)
+
+        my_code.write("/dev/null", {
+            'module_height': module_height,
+            'module_width': module_width,
+            'text_distance': text_distance
+        })
+
+        image = my_code.writer._image
+        self.image(image, impl='bitImageColumn')
+
     def text(self, txt):
         """ Print alpha-numeric text