diff --git a/Tests/images/bmp/q/rgb32h52.bmp b/Tests/images/bmp/q/rgb32h52.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db6e4538e
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/bmp/q/rgb32h52.bmp differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_bmp_reference.py b/Tests/test_bmp_reference.py
index 0ad496135..5398664b8 100644
--- a/Tests/test_bmp_reference.py
+++ b/Tests/test_bmp_reference.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def test_questionable() -> None:
         "pal8os2sp.bmp",
         "pal8rletrns.bmp",
         "rgb32bf-xbgr.bmp",
+        "rgb32h52.bmp",
     ]
     for f in get_files("q"):
         try:
diff --git a/src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
index 6643ac39b..dd8c06f4d 100644
--- a/src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def _accept(prefix: bytes) -> bool:
 
 
 def _dib_accept(prefix):
-    return i32(prefix) in [12, 40, 64, 108, 124]
+    return i32(prefix) in [12, 40, 52, 64, 108, 124]
 
 
 # =============================================================================
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class BmpImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
 
         # --------------------------------------------- Windows Bitmap v2 to v5
         # v3, OS/2 v2, v4, v5
-        elif file_info["header_size"] in (40, 64, 108, 124):
+        elif file_info["header_size"] in (40, 52, 64, 108, 124):
             file_info["y_flip"] = header_data[7] == 0xFF
             file_info["direction"] = 1 if file_info["y_flip"] else -1
             file_info["width"] = i32(header_data, 0)
@@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ class BmpImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
             file_info["palette_padding"] = 4
             self.info["dpi"] = tuple(x / 39.3701 for x in file_info["pixels_per_meter"])
             if file_info["compression"] == self.BITFIELDS:
-                if len(header_data) >= 52:
-                    for idx, mask in enumerate(
-                        ["r_mask", "g_mask", "b_mask", "a_mask"]
-                    ):
+                if len(header_data) >= 48:
+                    masks = ["r_mask", "g_mask", "b_mask"]
+                    if len(header_data) >= 52:
+                        masks.append("a_mask")
+                    else:
+                        file_info["a_mask"] = 0x0
+                    for idx, mask in enumerate(masks):
                         file_info[mask] = i32(header_data, 36 + idx * 4)
                 else:
                     # 40 byte headers only have the three components in the