diff --git a/src/decoder/mod.rs b/src/decoder/mod.rs
index ae0ec7a..28a20b5 100644
--- a/src/decoder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/decoder/mod.rs
@@ -660,6 +660,11 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> Decoder<R> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns a mutable reference to the stream being decoded.
+    pub fn inner(&mut self) -> &mut R {
+        self.value_reader.reader.inner()
+    }
+
     /// Reads a TIFF byte value
     #[inline]
     pub fn read_byte(&mut self) -> Result<u8, io::Error> {
diff --git a/tests/decode_images.rs b/tests/decode_images.rs
index b53fa82..b50d512 100644
--- a/tests/decode_images.rs
+++ b/tests/decode_images.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use tiff::decoder::{ifd, Decoder, DecodingResult};
 use tiff::ColorType;
 
 use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{Read, Seek};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 const TEST_IMAGE_DIR: &str = "./tests/images/";
@@ -228,7 +229,55 @@ fn test_tiled_rgb_u8() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_tiled_rect_rgb_u8() {
-    test_image_sum_u8("tiled-rect-rgb-u8.tif", ColorType::RGB(8), 62081032);
+    let file = "tiled-rect-rgb-u8.tif";
+    let expected_type = ColorType::RGB(8);
+
+    test_image_sum_u8(file, expected_type, 62081032);
+
+    let path = PathBuf::from(TEST_IMAGE_DIR).join(file);
+    let img_file = File::open(path).expect("Cannot find test image!");
+    let mut decoder = Decoder::new(img_file).expect("Cannot create decoder");
+    assert_eq!(decoder.colortype().unwrap(), expected_type);
+
+    let c = decoder
+        .get_tag(tiff::tags::Tag::Compression)
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_u16()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c, tiff::tags::CompressionMethod::None.to_u16());
+
+    // Because the image is uncompressed, reading the first tile directly with the inner reader
+    // should yield the same result as reading it with the decoder's read_chunk method.
+    let first_offset = decoder
+        .get_tag_u32_vec(tiff::tags::Tag::TileOffsets)
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_iter()
+        .nth(0)
+        .unwrap();
+    let first_byte_count = decoder
+        .get_tag_u32_vec(tiff::tags::Tag::TileByteCounts)
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_iter()
+        .nth(0)
+        .unwrap();
+    decoder
+        .inner()
+        .seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(first_offset as u64))
+        .expect("Cannot seek to tile offset");
+    let mut buf = vec![0; first_byte_count as usize];
+    decoder
+        .inner()
+        .read_exact(&mut buf)
+        .expect("Cannot read tile data");
+    let raw_sum: u64 = buf.into_iter().map(<u64>::from).sum();
+
+    match decoder.read_chunk(0).unwrap() {
+        DecodingResult::U8(chunk) => {
+            let sum: u64 = chunk.into_iter().map(<u64>::from).sum();
+            assert_eq!(sum, raw_sum);
+        }
+        _ => panic!("Wrong bit depth"),
+    }
 }
 
 /* #[test]