diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
index ed78308c1e..1c63c5e32e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub use layout::*;
 pub use measurement::*;
 pub use render::*;
 pub use ui_node::*;
+use widget::UiImageSize;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod prelude {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ impl Plugin for UiPlugin {
             .register_type::<Style>()
             .register_type::<BackgroundColor>()
             .register_type::<UiImage>()
+            .register_type::<UiImageSize>()
             .register_type::<Val>()
             .register_type::<widget::Button>()
             .register_type::<widget::Label>()
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
index 09ddeceebc..ca0a8d1b0c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/widget/image.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@ use bevy_ecs::query::Without;
 use bevy_ecs::{
     prelude::Component,
     query::With,
+    reflect::ReflectComponent,
     system::{Query, Res},
 };
 use bevy_math::Vec2;
+use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, FromReflect, Reflect, ReflectFromReflect};
 use bevy_render::texture::Image;
 #[cfg(feature = "bevy_text")]
 use bevy_text::Text;
 
-/// The size of the image in pixels
+/// The size of the image in physical pixels
 ///
-/// This field is set automatically
-#[derive(Component, Copy, Clone, Debug, Default)]
+/// This field is set automatically by `update_image_calculated_size_system`
+#[derive(Component, Debug, Copy, Clone, Default, Reflect, FromReflect)]
+#[reflect(Component, Default, FromReflect)]
 pub struct UiImageSize {
     size: Vec2,
 }