diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d61ef4f..ab2b849 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ exclude = ["tests/images/*", "tests/fuzz_images/*"]
 half = { version = "2.4.1" }
 quick-error = "2.0.1"
 
+fax = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.20", optional = true }
 weezl = { version = "0.1.10", optional = true }
 zstd = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/decoder/image.rs b/src/decoder/image.rs
index bff237a..5da841a 100644
--- a/src/decoder/image.rs
+++ b/src/decoder/image.rs
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ impl Image {
     }
 
     fn create_reader<'r, R: 'r + Read>(
+        &self,
         reader: R,
         compression_method: CompressionMethod,
         compressed_length: u64,
@@ -452,6 +453,25 @@ impl Image {
 
                 Box::new(Cursor::new(data))
             }
+            CompressionMethod::Fax4 => {
+                let width = u16::try_from(self.width)?;
+                let height = u16::try_from(self.height)?;
+                let mut out: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(usize::from(width) * usize::from(height));
+
+                let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(usize::try_from(compressed_length)?);
+                reader.take(compressed_length).read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
+
+                // all extant tiff/fax4 decoders I've found always assume that the photometric interpretation
+                // is `WhiteIsZero`, ignoring the tag. ImageMagick appears to generate fax4-encoded tiffs
+                // with the tag incorrectly set to `BlackIsZero`.
+                fax::decoder::decode_g4(buffer.into_iter(), width, Some(height), |transitions| {
+                    out.extend(fax::decoder::pels(transitions, width).map(|c| match c {
+                        fax::Color::Black => 255,
+                        fax::Color::White => 0,
+                    }))
+                });
+                Box::new(Cursor::new(out))
+            }
             method => {
                 return Err(TiffError::UnsupportedError(
                     TiffUnsupportedError::UnsupportedCompressionMethod(method),
@@ -653,7 +673,7 @@ impl Image {
         assert!(output_row_stride >= data_row_bytes);
         assert!(buf.len() >= output_row_stride * (data_dims.1 as usize - 1) + data_row_bytes);
 
-        let mut reader = Self::create_reader(
+        let mut reader = self.create_reader(
             reader,
             compression_method,
             *compressed_bytes,
diff --git a/tests/decode_images.rs b/tests/decode_images.rs
index d7e4c31..1cb7b7c 100644
--- a/tests/decode_images.rs
+++ b/tests/decode_images.rs
@@ -672,3 +672,9 @@ fn bytes_gray_f32() {
         byte_order_u32,
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "fax")]
+fn test_fax4() {
+    test_image_sum_u8("fax4.tiff", ColorType::Gray(1), 62384985);
+}
diff --git a/tests/images/fax4.tiff b/tests/images/fax4.tiff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e74dc8a
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