diff --git a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_sheet.dart b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_sheet.dart
index c1f2d1200ee..67dd00c9383 100644
--- a/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_sheet.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/lib/src/sprite_sheet.dart
@@ -27,31 +27,42 @@ class SpriteSheet {
   /// size. If it's an animation sheet, this would be the frame size.
   final Vector2 srcSize;
 
+  /// The empty space around the edges of the image.
+  final double margin;
+
+  /// This empty space in between adjacent tiles within the image.
+  final double spacing;
+
+  /// The number of rows in the image based on the image height and the tile
+  /// size.
+  final int rows;
+
+  /// The number of columns in the image based on the image width and the tile
+  /// size.
+  final int columns;
+
   final Map<int, Sprite> _spriteCache = {};
 
   /// Creates a sprite sheet given the image and the tile size.
   SpriteSheet({
     required this.image,
     required this.srcSize,
-  });
+    this.margin = 0,
+    this.spacing = 0,
+  })  : columns = (image.width - 2 * margin + spacing) ~/ (srcSize.x + spacing),
+        rows = (image.height - 2 * margin + spacing) ~/ (srcSize.y + spacing);
 
   SpriteSheet.fromColumnsAndRows({
     required this.image,
-    required int columns,
-    required int rows,
+    required this.columns,
+    required this.rows,
+    this.spacing = 0,
+    this.margin = 0,
   }) : srcSize = Vector2(
-          image.width / columns,
-          image.height / rows,
+          (image.width - 2 * margin - (columns - 1) * spacing) / columns,
+          (image.height - 2 * margin - (rows - 1) * spacing) / rows,
         );
 
-  /// Compute the number of columns the image has
-  /// by using the image width and tile size.
-  int get columns => image.width ~/ srcSize.x;
-
-  /// Compute the number of rows the image has
-  /// by using the image height and tile size.
-  int get rows => image.height ~/ srcSize.y;
-
   /// Gets the sprite in the position (row, column) on the sprite sheet grid.
   ///
   /// This is lazily computed and cached for your convenience.
@@ -101,7 +112,9 @@ class SpriteSheet {
     final j = spriteId ~/ columns;
     return Sprite(
       image,
-      srcPosition: Vector2Extension.fromInts(i, j)..multiply(srcSize),
+      srcPosition: Vector2Extension.fromInts(i, j)
+        ..multiply(srcSize)
+        ..translate(margin + i * spacing, margin + j * spacing),
       srcSize: srcSize,
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/flame/test/spritesheet_test.dart b/packages/flame/test/spritesheet_test.dart
index 79ff8b3f2f6..05666c871c4 100644
--- a/packages/flame/test/spritesheet_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flame/test/spritesheet_test.dart
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ void main() {
       expect(spriteSheet.columns, 100);
     });
 
+    test('calculates columns and rows with margin and spacing', () {
+      final spriteSheet = SpriteSheet(
+        image: image,
+        srcSize: Vector2(1, 2),
+        margin: 3,
+        spacing: 2,
+      );
+
+      expect(spriteSheet.rows, 24);
+      expect(spriteSheet.columns, 32);
+    });
+
+    test('calculates srcSize with margin and spacing', () {
+      final spriteSheet = SpriteSheet.fromColumnsAndRows(
+        image: image,
+        columns: 32,
+        rows: 24,
+        margin: 3,
+        spacing: 2,
+      );
+
+      expect(spriteSheet.srcSize.x, 1);
+      expect(spriteSheet.srcSize.y, 2);
+    });
+
     test('assign the correct time in sprite', () {
       final spriteSheet = SpriteSheet(
         image: image,