diff --git a/src/Arduboy2.cpp b/src/Arduboy2.cpp
index b96e2d1..feb77b7 100644
--- a/src/Arduboy2.cpp
+++ b/src/Arduboy2.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ void Arduboy2Base::clear()
   fillScreen(BLACK);
 }
 
+
+// Used by drawPixel to help with left bitshifting since AVR has no
+// multiple bit shift instruction.  We can bit shift from a lookup table
+// in flash faster than we can calculate the bit shifts on the CPU.
+PROGMEM const unsigned char bitshift_left[] = {
+  1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128
+};
+
 void Arduboy2Base::drawPixel(int16_t x, int16_t y, uint8_t color)
 {
   #ifdef PIXEL_SAFE_MODE
@@ -276,14 +284,35 @@ void Arduboy2Base::drawPixel(int16_t x, int16_t y, uint8_t color)
   }
   #endif
 
-  uint8_t row = (uint8_t)y / 8;
-  if (color)
-  {
-    sBuffer[(row*WIDTH) + (uint8_t)x] |=   _BV((uint8_t)y % 8);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    sBuffer[(row*WIDTH) + (uint8_t)x] &= ~ _BV((uint8_t)y % 8);
+  uint16_t row_offset; // = (y * WIDTH/8) & ~0b01111111 + (uint8_t)x;
+  uint8_t bit; // = 1 << (y % 8);
+
+  asm volatile(
+    "mul %[width_offset],%[y]\n"
+    "movw %[row_offset], r0\n"
+    "andi %A[row_offset], 0x80\n" // row_offset &= (~0b01111111);
+    "clr __zero_reg__\n"
+    "add %A[row_offset], %[x]\n"
+    "adc %B[row_offset], __zero_reg__\n"
+    // mask for only 0-7
+    "andi %[y], 0x07\n"
+    // Z += y
+    "add r30, %[y]\n"
+    "adc r31, __zero_reg__\n"
+    // load correct bitshift from program RAM
+    "lpm %[bit], Z\n"
+    : [row_offset] "=r" (row_offset),
+      [bit] "=r" (bit)
+    : [width_offset] "r" ((uint8_t)(WIDTH/8)),
+      [y] "r" ((uint8_t)y),
+      [x] "r" ((uint8_t)x),
+      "z" (bitshift_left)
+    : "r1", "r0");
+
+  if (color) {
+    sBuffer[row_offset] |=   bit;
+  } else {
+    sBuffer[row_offset] &= ~ bit;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Arduboy2.h b/src/Arduboy2.h
index e1f5f69..efa2172 100644
--- a/src/Arduboy2.h
+++ b/src/Arduboy2.h
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class Arduboy2Base : public Arduboy2Core
    * specified color. The values WHITE or BLACK can be used for the color.
    * If the `color` parameter isn't included, the pixel will be set to WHITE.
    */
-  void drawPixel(int16_t x, int16_t y, uint8_t color = WHITE);
+  void  drawPixel(int16_t x, int16_t y, uint8_t color = WHITE);
 
   /** \brief
    * Returns the state of the given pixel in the screen buffer.
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ class Arduboy2 : public Print, public Arduboy2Base
    *
    * \details
    * This function is called by `bootLogoShell()` and `bootlogoText()`.
-   * 
+   *
    * If a unit name has been saved in system EEPROM, it will be displayed at
    * the bottom of the screen. This function pauses for a short time to allow
    * the name to be seen.