diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/tiff/ReaderWriterTIFF.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/tiff/ReaderWriterTIFF.cpp
index b3ed735a7..9ee299313 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/tiff/ReaderWriterTIFF.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/tiff/ReaderWriterTIFF.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ class ReaderWriterTIFF : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
                     TIFFSetField(image, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, 1);
                     bitsPerSample = 32;
                     break;
+                case GL_SHORT:
+                    TIFFSetField(image, TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT, SAMPLEFORMAT_INT);
+                    bitsPerSample = 16;
+                    break;
                 default:
                     bitsPerSample = 8;
                     break;