diff --git a/esphome/components/display/display.cpp b/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
index ff97c8b322..674b68272d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/display/display.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,41 @@ void HOT Display::line(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, Color color) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+void Display::draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, ColorOrder order,
+                             ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian, int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) {
+  size_t line_stride = x_offset + w + x_pad;  // length of each source line in pixels
+  uint32_t color_value;
+  for (int y = 0; y != h; y++) {
+    size_t source_idx = (y_offset + y) * line_stride + x_offset;
+    size_t source_idx_mod;
+    for (int x = 0; x != w; x++, source_idx++) {
+      switch (bitness) {
+        default:
+          color_value = ptr[source_idx];
+          break;
+        case COLOR_BITNESS_565:
+          source_idx_mod = source_idx * 2;
+          if (big_endian) {
+            color_value = (ptr[source_idx_mod] << 8) + ptr[source_idx_mod + 1];
+          } else {
+            color_value = ptr[source_idx_mod] + (ptr[source_idx_mod + 1] << 8);
+          }
+          break;
+        case COLOR_BITNESS_888:
+          source_idx_mod = source_idx * 3;
+          if (big_endian) {
+            color_value = (ptr[source_idx_mod + 0] << 16) + (ptr[source_idx_mod + 1] << 8) + ptr[source_idx_mod + 2];
+          } else {
+            color_value = ptr[source_idx_mod + 0] + (ptr[source_idx_mod + 1] << 8) + (ptr[source_idx_mod + 2] << 16);
+          }
+          break;
+      }
+      this->draw_pixel_at(x + x_start, y + y_start, ColorUtil::to_color(color_value, order, bitness));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void HOT Display::horizontal_line(int x, int y, int width, Color color) {
   // Future: Could be made more efficient by manipulating buffer directly in certain rotations.
   for (int i = x; i < x + width; i++)
diff --git a/esphome/components/display/display.h b/esphome/components/display/display.h
index 595a8bf0d0..f270c2919c 100644
--- a/esphome/components/display/display.h
+++ b/esphome/components/display/display.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/automation.h"
 #include "esphome/core/time.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#include "display_color_utils.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_GRAPH
 #include "esphome/components/graph/graph.h"
@@ -191,6 +192,34 @@ class Display : public PollingComponent {
   /// Set a single pixel at the specified coordinates to the given color.
   virtual void draw_pixel_at(int x, int y, Color color) = 0;
 
+  /** Given an array of pixels encoded in the nominated format, draw these into the display's buffer.
+   * The naive implementation here will work in all cases, but can be overridden by sub-classes
+   * in order to optimise the procedure.
+   * The parameters describe a rectangular block of pixels, potentially within a larger buffer.
+   *
+   * \param x_start The starting destination x position
+   * \param y_start The starting destination y position
+   * \param w the width of the pixel block
+   * \param h the height of the pixel block
+   * \param ptr A pointer to the start of the data to be copied
+   * \param order The ordering of the colors
+   * \param bitness Defines the number of bits and their format for each pixel
+   * \param big_endian True if 16 bit values are stored big-endian
+   * \param x_offset The initial x-offset into the source buffer.
+   * \param y_offset The initial y-offset into the source buffer.
+   * \param x_pad How many pixels are in each line after the end of the pixels to be copied.
+   *
+   * The length of each source buffer line (stride) will be x_offset + w + x_pad.
+   */
+  virtual void draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, ColorOrder order,
+                              ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian, int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad);
+
+  /// Convenience overload for base case where the pixels are packed into the buffer with no gaps (e.g. suits LVGL.)
+  void draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, ColorOrder order,
+                      ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian) {
+    this->draw_pixels_at(x_start, y_start, w, h, ptr, order, bitness, big_endian, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
+
   /// Draw a straight line from the point [x1,y1] to [x2,y2] with the given color.
   void line(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, Color color = COLOR_ON);
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.cpp b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.cpp
index b315c8be87..ab577b3875 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,35 @@ void ILI9XXXDisplay::display_() {
   this->y_high_ = 0;
 }
 
+// note that this bypasses the buffer and writes directly to the display.
+void ILI9XXXDisplay::draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr,
+                                    display::ColorOrder order, display::ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian,
+                                    int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) {
+  if (w <= 0 || h <= 0)
+    return;
+  // if color mapping or software rotation is required, hand this off to the parent implementation. This will
+  // do color conversion pixel-by-pixel into the buffer and draw it later. If this is happening the user has not
+  // configured the renderer well.
+  if (this->rotation_ != display::DISPLAY_ROTATION_0_DEGREES || bitness != display::COLOR_BITNESS_565 || !big_endian ||
+      this->is_18bitdisplay_) {
+    return display::Display::draw_pixels_at(x_start, y_start, w, h, ptr, order, bitness, big_endian, x_offset, y_offset,
+                                            x_pad);
+  }
+  this->enable();
+  this->set_addr_window_(x_start, y_start, x_start + w - 1, y_start + h - 1);
+  // x_ and y_offset are offsets into the source buffer, unrelated to our own offsets into the display.
+  if (x_offset == 0 && x_pad == 0 && y_offset == 0) {
+    // we could deal here with a non-zero y_offset, but if x_offset is zero, y_offset probably will be so don't bother
+    this->write_array(ptr, w * h * 2);
+  } else {
+    auto stride = x_offset + w + x_pad;
+    for (size_t y = 0; y != h; y++) {
+      this->write_array(ptr + (y + y_offset) * stride + x_offset, w * 2);
+    }
+  }
+  this->disable();
+}
+
 // should return the total size: return this->get_width_internal() * this->get_height_internal() * 2 // 16bit color
 // values per bit is huge
 uint32_t ILI9XXXDisplay::get_buffer_length_() { return this->get_width_internal() * this->get_height_internal(); }
diff --git a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.h b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.h
index bf4889afe1..590be3e364 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ili9xxx/ili9xxx_display.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "esphome/components/spi/spi.h"
 #include "esphome/components/display/display_buffer.h"
+#include "esphome/components/display/display_color_utils.h"
 #include "ili9xxx_defines.h"
 #include "ili9xxx_init.h"
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ class ILI9XXXDisplay : public display::DisplayBuffer,
   void setup() override;
 
   display::DisplayType get_display_type() override { return display::DisplayType::DISPLAY_TYPE_COLOR; }
+  void draw_pixels_at(int x_start, int y_start, int w, int h, const uint8_t *ptr, display::ColorOrder order,
+                      display::ColorBitness bitness, bool big_endian, int x_offset, int y_offset, int x_pad) override;
 
  protected:
   void draw_absolute_pixel_internal(int x, int y, Color color) override;