diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFProviderInfo.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFProviderInfo.java
index c57ea06a..0a5e59d2 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFProviderInfo.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFProviderInfo.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ final class TIFFProviderInfo extends ReaderWriterProviderInfo {
     protected TIFFProviderInfo() {
         super(
                 TIFFProviderInfo.class,
-                new String[] {"tiff", "TIFF"},
+                new String[] {"tiff", "TIFF", "tif", "TIF"},
                 new String[] {"tif", "tiff"},
                 new String[] {
                         "image/tiff", "image/x-tiff"