diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 5a632d24d3c9..f67926978d16 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ void WebContents::BeginFrameSubscription(mate::Arguments* args) {
   const auto view = web_contents()->GetRenderWidgetHostView();
   if (view) {
     std::unique_ptr<FrameSubscriber> frame_subscriber(new FrameSubscriber(
-        view, callback, only_dirty));
+        isolate(), view, callback, only_dirty));
     view->BeginFrameSubscription(std::move(frame_subscriber));
   }
 }
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.cc b/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.cc
index c33fa9d80f55..3840f8d98b03 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.cc
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ namespace atom {
 
 namespace api {
 
-FrameSubscriber::FrameSubscriber(content::RenderWidgetHostView* view,
+FrameSubscriber::FrameSubscriber(v8::Isolate* isolate,
+                                 content::RenderWidgetHostView* view,
                                  const FrameCaptureCallback& callback,
                                  bool only_dirty)
-    : view_(view),
+    : isolate_(isolate),
+      view_(view),
       callback_(callback),
       only_dirty_(only_dirty),
       weak_factory_(this) {
@@ -68,7 +70,23 @@ void FrameSubscriber::OnFrameDelivered(const FrameCaptureCallback& callback,
   if (response != content::ReadbackResponse::READBACK_SUCCESS)
     return;
 
-  callback.Run(gfx::Image::CreateFrom1xBitmap(bitmap), damage_rect);
+  v8::Locker locker(isolate_);
+  v8::HandleScope handle_scope(isolate_);
+
+  size_t rgb_arr_size = bitmap.width() * bitmap.height() *
+    bitmap.bytesPerPixel();
+  v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> buffer = node::Buffer::New(isolate_, rgb_arr_size);
+  if (buffer.IsEmpty())
+    return;
+
+  bitmap.copyPixelsTo(
+    reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(node::Buffer::Data(buffer.ToLocalChecked())),
+    rgb_arr_size);
+
+  v8::Local<v8::Value> damage =
+      mate::Converter<gfx::Rect>::ToV8(isolate_, damage_rect);
+
+  callback_.Run(buffer.ToLocalChecked(), damage);
 }
 
 }  // namespace api
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.h b/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.h
index 628c2bd7de17..f1c7f0af45e2 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/frame_subscriber.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "content/public/browser/render_widget_host_view_frame_subscriber.h"
 #include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkBitmap.h"
 #include "ui/gfx/geometry/size.h"
-#include "ui/gfx/image/image.h"
+#include "v8/include/v8.h"
 
 namespace atom {
 
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ namespace api {
 class FrameSubscriber : public content::RenderWidgetHostViewFrameSubscriber {
  public:
   using FrameCaptureCallback =
-      base::Callback<void(const gfx::Image&, const gfx::Rect&)>;
+      base::Callback<void(v8::Local<v8::Value>, v8::Local<v8::Value>)>;
 
-  FrameSubscriber(content::RenderWidgetHostView* view,
+  FrameSubscriber(v8::Isolate* isolate,
+                  content::RenderWidgetHostView* view,
                   const FrameCaptureCallback& callback,
                   bool only_dirty);
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class FrameSubscriber : public content::RenderWidgetHostViewFrameSubscriber {
                         const SkBitmap& bitmap,
                         content::ReadbackResponse response);
 
+  v8::Isolate* isolate_;
   content::RenderWidgetHostView* view_;
   FrameCaptureCallback callback_;
   bool only_dirty_;
diff --git a/docs/api/web-contents.md b/docs/api/web-contents.md
index ef75cd61e6cd..235c044c81e5 100644
--- a/docs/api/web-contents.md
+++ b/docs/api/web-contents.md
@@ -1063,15 +1063,18 @@ For the `mouseWheel` event, the `event` object also have following properties:
 * `callback` Function
 
 Begin subscribing for presentation events and captured frames, the `callback`
-will be called with `callback(image, dirtyRect)` when there is a
+will be called with `callback(frameBuffer, dirtyRect)` when there is a
 presentation event.
 
-The `image` is a [NativeImage](native-image.md) that contains the image data of
-the frame.
+The `frameBuffer` is a `Buffer` that contains raw pixel data. On most machines,
+the pixel data is effectively stored in 32bit BGRA format, but the actual
+representation depends on the endianness of the processor (most modern
+processors are little-endian, on machines with big-endian processors the data
+is in 32bit ARGB format).
 
 The `dirtyRect` is an object with `x, y, width, height` properties that
 describes which part of the page was repainted. If `onlyDirty` is set to
-`true`, `image` will only contain the repainted area. `onlyDirty`
+`true`, `frameBuffer` will only contain the repainted area. `onlyDirty`
 defaults to `false`.
 
 #### `contents.endFrameSubscription()`
diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
index be56c0b60ad8..ba8c979a9f8b 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
@@ -670,12 +670,12 @@ describe('browser-window module', function () {
       let called = false
       w.loadURL('file://' + fixtures + '/api/frame-subscriber.html')
       w.webContents.on('dom-ready', function () {
-        w.webContents.beginFrameSubscription(function (image) {
+        w.webContents.beginFrameSubscription(function (data) {
           // This callback might be called twice.
           if (called) return
           called = true
 
-          assert.equal(image.isEmpty(), false)
+          assert.notEqual(data.length, 0)
           w.webContents.endFrameSubscription()
           done()
         })
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ describe('browser-window module', function () {
       let called = false
       w.loadURL('file://' + fixtures + '/api/frame-subscriber.html')
       w.webContents.on('dom-ready', function () {
-        w.webContents.beginFrameSubscription(true, function (image) {
+        w.webContents.beginFrameSubscription(true, function (data) {
           // This callback might be called twice.
           if (called) return
           called = true
 
-          assert.equal(image.isEmpty(), false)
+          assert.notEqual(data.length, 0)
           w.webContents.endFrameSubscription()
           done()
         })