diff --git a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
index 61a6af633..beda4f7a0 100644
--- a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
@@ -394,6 +394,19 @@ class JpegImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
         return _getmp(self)
 
 
+def _fixup_dict(src_dict):
+    # Helper function for _getexif()
+    # returns a dict with any single item tuples/lists as individual values
+    def _fixup(value):
+        try:
+            if len(value) == 1 and type(value) != type({}):
+                return value[0]
+        except: pass
+        return value
+
+    return dict([(k, _fixup(v)) for k, v in src_dict.items()])
+
+
 def _getexif(self):
     # Extract EXIF information.  This method is highly experimental,
     # and is likely to be replaced with something better in a future
@@ -408,9 +421,9 @@ def _getexif(self):
     file = io.BytesIO(data[6:])
     head = file.read(8)
     # process dictionary
-    info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2(head)
+    info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v1(head)
     info.load(file)
-    exif = dict(info)
+    exif = dict(_fixup_dict(info))
     # get exif extension
     try:
         # exif field 0x8769 is an offset pointer to the location
@@ -420,9 +433,9 @@ def _getexif(self):
     except (KeyError, TypeError):
         pass
     else:
-        info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2(head)
+        info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v1(head)
         info.load(file)
-        exif.update(info)
+        exif.update(_fixup_dict(info))
     # get gpsinfo extension
     try:
         # exif field 0x8825 is an offset pointer to the location
@@ -434,7 +447,8 @@ def _getexif(self):
     else:
         info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v1(head)
         info.load(file)
-        exif[0x8825] = dict([(k, v[0]) if len(v) == 1 else (k, v) for k, v in info.items()])
+        exif[0x8825] = _fixup_dict(info)
+    
     return exif
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py b/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
index 6f144bfea..c54d08713 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
@@ -188,6 +188,38 @@ class TestFileJpeg(PillowTestCase):
         # Assert
         self.assertEqual(exif[gps_index], expected_exif_gps)
 
+    def test_exif_rollback(self):
+        # rolling back exif support in 3.1 to pre-3.0 formatting.
+        # expected from 2.9, with b/u qualifiers switched for 3.2 compatibility
+        # this test passes on 2.9 and 3.1, but not 3.0 
+        expected_exif = {34867: 4294967295,
+                         258: (24, 24, 24), 
+                         36867: '2099:09:29 10:10:10', 
+                         34853: {0: b'\x00\x00\x00\x01', 
+                                 2: (4294967295, 1), 
+                                 5: b'\x01', 
+                                 30: 65535, 
+                                 29: '1999:99:99 99:99:99'}, 
+                         296: 65535, 
+                         34665: 185, 
+                         41994: 65535, 
+                         514: 4294967295, 
+                         271: 'Make',
+                         272: 'XXX-XXX', 
+                         305: 'PIL', 
+                         42034: ((1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1)), 
+                         42035: 'LensMake', 
+                         34856: b'\xaa\xaa\xaa\xaa\xaa\xaa', 
+                         282: (4294967295, 1), 
+                         33434: (4294967295, 1)}
+
+        im = Image.open('Tests/images/exif_gps.jpg')
+        exif = im._getexif()
+
+        for tag, value in expected_exif.items():
+            self.assertEqual(value, exif[tag])
+            
+
     def test_exif_gps_typeerror(self):
         im = Image.open('Tests/images/exif_gps_typeerror.jpg')