diff --git a/Tests/check_tiff_crashes.py b/Tests/check_tiff_crashes.py
index f4eb04375..8b659ea2d 100644
--- a/Tests/check_tiff_crashes.py
+++ b/Tests/check_tiff_crashes.py
@@ -14,16 +14,20 @@
 # version.
 
 
+import urllib.request
+
 from PIL import Image
 
 repro_read_strip = (
-    "images/crash_1.tif",
-    "images/crash_2.tif",
+    "crash_1.tif",
+    "crash_2.tif",
 )
 
 for path in repro_read_strip:
-    with Image.open(path) as im:
-        try:
-            im.load()
-        except Exception as msg:
-            print(msg)
+    repo = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-pillow/Pillow/master/"
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(repo + "Tests/images/" + path) as f:
+        with Image.open(f) as im:
+            try:
+                im.load()
+            except Exception as msg:
+                print(msg)