diff --git a/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py b/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
index 0bc52529a..2e9895d29 100644
--- a/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename, check=0):
 
     ImageFile._save(
         im, fp, [("raw", (0, 0) + im.size, 0, (rawmode, 0, orientation))])
+    
+    # write targa version 2 footer
+    fp.write(b"\000" * 8 + "TRUEVISION-XFILE." + b"\000")
 
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