diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReader.java b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReader.java
index 9c130368..3cdb0253 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReader.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReader.java
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ public final class EXIFReader extends MetadataReader {
 
         long directoryOffset = input.readUnsignedInt();
 
-        return readDirectory(input, directoryOffset);
+        return readDirectory(input, directoryOffset, true);
     }
 
-    protected Directory readDirectory(final ImageInputStream pInput, final long pOffset) throws IOException {
+    protected Directory readDirectory(final ImageInputStream pInput, final long pOffset, final boolean readLinked) throws IOException {
         List<IFD> ifds = new ArrayList<IFD>();
         List<Entry> entries = new ArrayList<Entry>();
 
@@ -104,15 +104,18 @@ public final class EXIFReader extends MetadataReader {
             entries.add(entry);
         }
 
-        if (nextOffset == -1) {
-            nextOffset = pInput.readUnsignedInt();
-        }
+        if (readLinked) {
+            if (nextOffset == -1) {
+                nextOffset = pInput.readUnsignedInt();
+            }
 
-        // Read linked IFDs
-        if (nextOffset != 0) {
-            CompoundDirectory next = (CompoundDirectory) readDirectory(pInput, nextOffset);
-            for (int i = 0; i < next.directoryCount(); i++) {
-                ifds.add((IFD) next.getDirectory(i));
+            // Read linked IFDs
+            if (nextOffset != 0) {
+                CompoundDirectory next = (CompoundDirectory) readDirectory(pInput, nextOffset, true);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < next.directoryCount(); i++) {
+                    ifds.add((IFD) next.getDirectory(i));
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ public final class EXIFReader extends MetadataReader {
                         List<IFD> subIFDs = new ArrayList<IFD>(pointerOffsets.length);
 
                         for (long pointerOffset : pointerOffsets) {
-                            CompoundDirectory subDirectory = (CompoundDirectory) readDirectory(input, pointerOffset);
+                            CompoundDirectory subDirectory = (CompoundDirectory) readDirectory(input, pointerOffset, false);
 
                             for (int j = 0; j < subDirectory.directoryCount(); j++) {
                                 subIFDs.add((IFD) subDirectory.getDirectory(j));
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ public final class EXIFReader extends MetadataReader {
             Directory directory;
 
             if (args.length > 1) {
-                directory = reader.readDirectory(stream, pos);
+                directory = reader.readDirectory(stream, pos, false);
             }
             else {
                 directory = reader.read(stream);
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/TIFF.java b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/TIFF.java
index c6904e76..d169e690 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/TIFF.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/TIFF.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public interface TIFF {
     11 = FLOAT Single precision (4-byte) IEEE format.
     12 = DOUBLE Double precision (8-byte) IEEE format.
 
-    TODO: Verify IFD type
     See http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/tifftags/subifds.html
     13 = IFD, same as LONG
 
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReaderTest.java b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReaderTest.java
index 5e184bd4..b7770e11 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReaderTest.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/metadata/exif/EXIFReaderTest.java
@@ -190,4 +190,21 @@ public class EXIFReaderTest extends MetadataReaderAbstractTest {
         assertNotNull(exif);
         assertEquals(0, exif.size()); // EXIFTool reports "Warning: Bad ExifIFD directory"
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadExifJPEGWithInteropSubDir() throws IOException {
+        ImageInputStream stream = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(getResource("/jpeg/exif-with-interop-subdir.jpg"));
+        stream.seek(30);
+
+        Directory directory = createReader().read(new SubImageInputStream(stream, 65535));
+        assertEquals(11, directory.size());
+
+        Directory exif = (Directory) directory.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_EXIF_IFD).getValue();
+        assertNotNull(exif);
+        assertEquals(24, exif.size());
+
+        Directory interop = (Directory) exif.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_INTEROP_IFD).getValue();
+        assertNotNull(interop);
+        assertEquals(0, interop.size());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/resources/jpeg/exif-with-interop-subdir.jpg b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/resources/jpeg/exif-with-interop-subdir.jpg
new file mode 100644
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