diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
index 885a4f3c49..f36fd3d070 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 //| Most people should not use this class directly. Use a specific display driver instead that will
 //| contain the initialization sequence at minimum.
 //|
-//| .. class:: Display(display_bus, init_sequence, *, width, height, colstart=0, rowstart=0, rotation=0, color_depth=16, set_column_command=0x2a, set_row_command=0x2b, write_ram_command=0x2c, set_vertical_scroll=0, backlight_pin=None, single_byte_bounds=False)
+//| .. class:: Display(display_bus, init_sequence, *, width, height, colstart=0, rowstart=0, rotation=0, color_depth=16, set_column_command=0x2a, set_row_command=0x2b, write_ram_command=0x2c, set_vertical_scroll=0, backlight_pin=None, single_byte_bounds=False, data_as_commands=False)
 //|
 //|   Create a Display object on the given display bus (`displayio.FourWire` or `displayio.ParallelBus`).
 //|
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@
 //|   :param int set_vertical_scroll: Command used to set the first row to show
 //|   :param microcontroller.Pin backlight_pin: Pin connected to the display's backlight
 //|   :param bool single_byte_bounds: Display column and row commands use single bytes
+//|   :param bool data_as_commands: Treat all init and boundary data as SPI commands. Certain displays require this.
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_display_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
-    enum { ARG_display_bus, ARG_init_sequence, ARG_width, ARG_height, ARG_colstart, ARG_rowstart, ARG_rotation, ARG_color_depth, ARG_set_column_command, ARG_set_row_command, ARG_write_ram_command, ARG_set_vertical_scroll, ARG_backlight_pin, ARG_single_byte_bounds };
+    enum { ARG_display_bus, ARG_init_sequence, ARG_width, ARG_height, ARG_colstart, ARG_rowstart, ARG_rotation, ARG_color_depth, ARG_set_column_command, ARG_set_row_command, ARG_write_ram_command, ARG_set_vertical_scroll, ARG_backlight_pin, ARG_single_byte_bounds, ARG_data_as_commands };
     static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
         { MP_QSTR_display_bus, MP_ARG_REQUIRED | MP_ARG_OBJ },
         { MP_QSTR_init_sequence, MP_ARG_REQUIRED | MP_ARG_OBJ },
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_display_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_a
         { MP_QSTR_set_vertical_scroll, MP_ARG_INT | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, {.u_int = 0x0} },
         { MP_QSTR_backlight_pin, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, {.u_obj = mp_const_none} },
         { MP_QSTR_single_byte_bounds, MP_ARG_BOOL | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, {.u_bool = false} },
+        { MP_QSTR_data_as_commands, MP_ARG_BOOL | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, {.u_bool = false} },
     };
     mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];
     mp_arg_parse_all(n_args, pos_args, kw_args, MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args), allowed_args, args);
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_display_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_a
             args[ARG_write_ram_command].u_int,
             args[ARG_set_vertical_scroll].u_int,
             bufinfo.buf, bufinfo.len, MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(backlight_pin),
-            args[ARG_single_byte_bounds].u_bool);
+            args[ARG_single_byte_bounds].u_bool,
+            args[ARG_data_as_commands].u_bool);
 
     return self;
 }
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.h b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.h
index d35569f6c1..3b855195d6 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Display.h
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ void common_hal_displayio_display_construct(displayio_display_obj_t* self,
     mp_obj_t bus, uint16_t width, uint16_t height,
     int16_t colstart, int16_t rowstart, uint16_t rotation, uint16_t color_depth,
     uint8_t set_column_command, uint8_t set_row_command, uint8_t write_ram_command, uint8_t set_vertical_scroll,
-    uint8_t* init_sequence, uint16_t init_sequence_len, const mcu_pin_obj_t* backlight_pin, bool single_byte_bounds);
+    uint8_t* init_sequence, uint16_t init_sequence_len, const mcu_pin_obj_t* backlight_pin, bool single_byte_bounds,
+    bool data_as_commands);
 
 int32_t common_hal_displayio_display_wait_for_frame(displayio_display_obj_t* self);
 
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Display.c b/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
index eccb2d0efa..34202aa454 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Display.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void common_hal_displayio_display_construct(displayio_display_obj_t* self,
         mp_obj_t bus, uint16_t width, uint16_t height, int16_t colstart, int16_t rowstart, uint16_t rotation,
         uint16_t color_depth, uint8_t set_column_command, uint8_t set_row_command,
         uint8_t write_ram_command, uint8_t set_vertical_scroll, uint8_t* init_sequence, uint16_t init_sequence_len,
-        const mcu_pin_obj_t* backlight_pin, bool single_byte_bounds) {
+        const mcu_pin_obj_t* backlight_pin, bool single_byte_bounds, bool data_as_commands) {
     self->color_depth = color_depth;
     self->set_column_command = set_column_command;
     self->set_row_command = set_row_command;
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ void common_hal_displayio_display_construct(displayio_display_obj_t* self,
     self->colstart = colstart;
     self->rowstart = rowstart;
     self->auto_brightness = false;
+    self->data_as_commands = data_as_commands;
     self->single_byte_bounds = single_byte_bounds;
 
     if (MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(bus, &displayio_parallelbus_type)) {
@@ -82,7 +83,13 @@ void common_hal_displayio_display_construct(displayio_display_obj_t* self,
         data_size &= ~DELAY;
         uint8_t *data = cmd + 2;
         self->send(self->bus, true, cmd, 1);
-        self->send(self->bus, false, data, data_size);
+        if (self->data_as_commands) {
+            for (uint32_t j=0; j < data_size; j++) {
+                self->send(self->bus, true, data + j, 1);
+            }
+        } else {
+            self->send(self->bus, false, data, data_size);
+        }
         uint16_t delay_length_ms = 10;
         if (delay) {
             data_size++;
@@ -214,30 +221,33 @@ void displayio_display_end_transaction(displayio_display_obj_t* self) {
 void displayio_display_set_region_to_update(displayio_display_obj_t* self, uint16_t x0, uint16_t y0, uint16_t x1, uint16_t y1) {
 
     self->send(self->bus, true, &self->set_column_command, 1);
+    bool isCommand = self->data_as_commands;
     if (self->single_byte_bounds) {
         uint8_t data[2];
         data[0] = x0 + self->colstart;
         data[1] = x1 - 1 + self->colstart;
-        self->send(self->bus, false, (uint8_t*) data, 2);
+        self->send(self->bus, isCommand, (uint8_t*) data, 2);
     } else {
         uint16_t data[2];
         data[0] = __builtin_bswap16(x0 + self->colstart);
         data[1] = __builtin_bswap16(x1 - 1 + self->colstart);
-        self->send(self->bus, false, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
+        self->send(self->bus, isCommand, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
     }
     self->send(self->bus, true, &self->set_row_command, 1);
     if (self->single_byte_bounds) {
         uint8_t data[2];
         data[0] = y0 + self->rowstart;
         data[1] = y1 - 1 + self->rowstart;
-        self->send(self->bus, false, (uint8_t*) data, 2);
+        self->send(self->bus, isCommand, (uint8_t*) data, 2);
     } else {
         uint16_t data[2];
         data[0] = __builtin_bswap16(y0  + self->rowstart);
         data[1] = __builtin_bswap16(y1 - 1 + self->rowstart);
-        self->send(self->bus, false, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
+        self->send(self->bus, isCommand, (uint8_t*) data, 4);
+    }
+    if (!self->data_as_commands) {
+        self->send(self->bus, true, &self->write_ram_command, 1);
     }
-    self->send(self->bus, true, &self->write_ram_command, 1);
 }
 
 bool displayio_display_frame_queued(displayio_display_obj_t* self) {
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Display.h b/shared-module/displayio/Display.h
index 4ccae37bf8..52f98a2520 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Display.h
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Display.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int16_t colstart;
     int16_t rowstart;
     bool single_byte_bounds;
+    bool data_as_commands;
     display_bus_begin_transaction begin_transaction;
     display_bus_send send;
     display_bus_end_transaction end_transaction;