diff --git a/PIL/CurImagePlugin.py b/PIL/CurImagePlugin.py
index 3825e098b..4db4c4073 100644
--- a/PIL/CurImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/CurImagePlugin.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class CurImageFile(BmpImagePlugin.BmpImageFile):
             # print "hotspot y", i16(s[6:])
             # print "bytes", i32(s[8:])
             # print "offset", i32(s[12:])
+        if not m:
+            raise TypeError("No cursors were found")
 
         # load as bitmap
         self._bitmap(i32(m[12:]) + offset)
diff --git a/Tests/images/no_cursors.cur b/Tests/images/no_cursors.cur
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a98e1035a
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/no_cursors.cur differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_cur.py b/Tests/test_file_cur.py
index fa4242629..f1c077945 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_cur.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_cur.py
@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@ from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase
 
 from PIL import Image, CurImagePlugin
 
+TEST_FILE = "Tests/images/deerstalker.cur"
+
 
 class TestFileCur(PillowTestCase):
 
     def test_sanity(self):
-        # Arrange
-        test_file = "Tests/images/deerstalker.cur"
+        im = Image.open(TEST_FILE)
 
-        # Act
-        im = Image.open(test_file)
-
-        # Assert
         self.assertEqual(im.size, (32, 32))
         self.assertIsInstance(im, CurImagePlugin.CurImageFile)
         # Check some pixel colors to ensure image is loaded properly
@@ -26,6 +23,12 @@ class TestFileCur(PillowTestCase):
         self.assertRaises(SyntaxError,
                           lambda: CurImagePlugin.CurImageFile(invalid_file))
 
+        no_cursors_file = "Tests/images/no_cursors.cur"
+
+        cur = CurImagePlugin.CurImageFile(TEST_FILE)
+        cur.fp = open(no_cursors_file, "rb")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cur._open)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()