diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index cafc5a22f..a2a4f444e 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ def fromarray(obj, mode=None):
 
     size = shape[1], shape[0]
     if strides is not None:
-        obj = obj.tobytes()
+        obj = obj.tostring()
 
     return frombuffer(mode, size, obj, "raw", rawmode, 0, 1)
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_numpy.py b/Tests/test_numpy.py
index 5f8097ef8..b9cacf0bb 100644
--- a/Tests/test_numpy.py
+++ b/Tests/test_numpy.py
@@ -54,3 +54,11 @@ def test_numpy_to_image():
 
     assert_image(to_image(numpy.uint8, 3), "RGB", (10, 10))
     assert_image(to_image(numpy.uint8, 4), "RGBA", (10, 10))
+
+
+# based on an erring example at http://is.gd/6F0esS
+def test_3d_array():
+    a = numpy.ones((10, 10, 10), dtype=numpy.uint8)
+    assert_image(Image.fromarray(a[1, :, :]), "L", (10, 10))
+    assert_image(Image.fromarray(a[:, 1, :]), "L", (10, 10))
+    assert_image(Image.fromarray(a[:, :, 1]), "L", (10, 10))