diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e7e3fca5f..e969c0b83 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 language: node_js
+before_install:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:mc3man/trusty-media; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then brew update; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then brew install ffmpeg; fi
 install:
   - npm install --build-from-source
 node_js:
@@ -18,4 +24,4 @@ addons:
       - g++-4.9
 env:
   - CXX=g++-4.9
-sudo: false
+sudo: required
diff --git a/lib/image.js b/lib/image.js
index f373d849c..0a8d080e3 100644
--- a/lib/image.js
+++ b/lib/image.js
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-const bindings = require('./bindings')
-const Image = module.exports = bindings.Image
-const http = require("http")
-const https = require("https")
+const bindings = require('./bindings');
+const Image = module.exports = bindings.Image;
+const fs = require('fs');
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const http = require('http');
+const https = require('https');
 
 Object.defineProperty(Image.prototype, 'src', {
   /**
@@ -33,8 +35,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(Image.prototype, 'src', {
         // 'base64' must come before the comma
         const isBase64 = val.lastIndexOf('base64', commaI)
         const content = val.slice(commaI + 1)
-        this.source = Buffer.from(content, isBase64 ? 'base64' : 'utf8')
-        this._originalSource = val
+        setSource(this, Buffer.from(content, isBase64 ? 'base64' : 'utf8'), val);
       } else if (/^\s*https?:\/\//.test(val)) { // remote URL
         const onerror = err => {
           if (typeof this.onerror === 'function') {
@@ -52,17 +53,14 @@ Object.defineProperty(Image.prototype, 'src', {
           const buffers = []
           res.on('data', buffer => buffers.push(buffer))
           res.on('end', () => {
-            this.source = Buffer.concat(buffers)
-            this._originalSource = undefined
+            setSource(this, Buffer.concat(buffers));
           })
         }).on('error', onerror)
       } else { // local file path assumed
-        this.source = val
-        this._originalSource = undefined
+        setSource(this, val);
       }
     } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(val)) {
-      this.source = val
-      this._originalSource = undefined
+      setSource(this, val);
     }
   },
 
@@ -90,3 +88,47 @@ Image.prototype.inspect = function(){
     + (this.complete ? ' complete' : '')
     + ']';
 };
+
+function setSource(img, val, origSrc){
+  var {onload, onerror} = img;
+  var isBuff = Buffer.isBuffer(val);
+
+  img.onload = () => {
+    restore();
+    if(onload) img.onload();
+  };
+
+  img.onerror = err => {
+    img.onerror = () => {
+      restore();
+      if(onerror) img.onerror(err);
+    };
+
+    var buff = cp.spawnSync('ffmpeg', [
+      '-hide_banner',
+      '-i', isBuff ? '-' : val,
+
+      '-vframes', '1',
+      '-f', 'apng',
+      '-',
+    ], {
+      input: isBuff ? val : undefined,
+    }).stdout;
+
+    if(buff === null || buff.length === 0){
+      img.onerror();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    origSrc = val;
+    img.source = buff;
+  };
+
+  img.source = val;
+
+  function restore(){
+    img.onload = onload;
+    img.onerror = onerror;
+    img._originalSource = origSrc;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/159-crash1.jpg b/test/fixtures/159-crash1.jpg
index 0f3bbd0a7..99e33418c 100644
Binary files a/test/fixtures/159-crash1.jpg and b/test/fixtures/159-crash1.jpg differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/obscure/1160.jpg b/test/fixtures/obscure/1160.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..752891810
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/obscure/1160.jpg differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/obscure/122.png b/test/fixtures/obscure/122.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8899c68b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/obscure/122.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/obscure/562.webp b/test/fixtures/obscure/562.webp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a60d0a531
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/obscure/562.webp differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/obscure/73.png b/test/fixtures/obscure/73.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac34a6b81
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/obscure/73.png differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/obscure/953.bmp b/test/fixtures/obscure/953.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e607826d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/obscure/953.bmp differ
diff --git a/test/image.test.js b/test/image.test.js
index bac0d6605..c0a0e7af8 100644
--- a/test/image.test.js
+++ b/test/image.test.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const Image = require('../').Image
 const assert = require('assert')
 const assertRejects = require('assert-rejects')
 const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
 
 const png_checkers = `${__dirname}/fixtures/checkers.png`
 const png_clock = `${__dirname}/fixtures/clock.png`
@@ -268,4 +269,45 @@ describe('Image', function () {
 
     return Promise.all(corruptSources.map(src => loadImage(src).catch(() => null)))
   })
+
+  describe('Obscure image formats', () => {
+    var imgsDir = path.join(__dirname, '/fixtures/obscure');
+    var getNum = name => +name.match(/^\d+/)[0];
+
+    var imgNames = fs.readdirSync(imgsDir).sort((n1, n2) => {
+      n1 = getNum(n1);
+      n2 = getNum(n2);
+      return (n1 > n2) - (n1 < n2);
+    });
+
+    var test = description => {
+      var imgName = imgNames.shift();
+      var imgPath = path.join(imgsDir, imgName);
+      var num = getNum(imgName);
+
+      it(`${description} (#${num})`, done => {
+        var img = new Image();
+
+        img.onload = () => {
+          assert.strictEqual(img.width, 64);
+          assert.strictEqual(img.height, 64);
+          done();
+        };
+
+        img.onerror = err => {
+          throw err;
+        };
+
+        img.src = imgPath;
+      });
+    };
+
+    [
+      'Dubious gAMA chunk',
+      'PNG with cHRM chunk',
+      'WEBP format',
+      'BMP format',
+      'JPEG with precision set to 12',
+    ].forEach(test);
+  });
 })