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 284e45f0..d7ed8ccf 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
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ public final class EXIFReader extends MetadataReader {
 
         if (readLinked) {
             if (nextOffset == -1) {
-                nextOffset = pInput.readUnsignedInt();
+                try {
+                    nextOffset = pInput.readUnsignedInt();
+                }
+                catch (EOFException e) {
+                    // catch EOF here as missing EOF marker
+                    nextOffset = 0;
+                }
             }
 
             // Read linked IFDs
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 1249de6c..d0d6831c 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
@@ -276,4 +276,13 @@ public class EXIFReaderTest extends MetadataReaderAbstractTest {
         assertNotNull(interop);
         assertEquals(0, interop.size());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadExifWithMissingEOFMarker() throws IOException {
+        ImageInputStream stream = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(getResource("/exif/noeof.tif"));
+        CompoundDirectory directory = (CompoundDirectory) createReader().read(stream);
+        assertEquals(15, directory.size());
+        assertEquals(1, directory.directoryCount());
+        stream.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/resources/exif/noeof.tif b/imageio/imageio-metadata/src/test/resources/exif/noeof.tif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19e68a2d
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