diff --git a/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 4e76379c0..b95fde51d 100644
--- a/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -1153,8 +1153,11 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
                     # following tiffcp.c->cpTag->TIFF_RATIONAL
                     atts[k] = float(v[0][0])/float(v[0][1])
                     continue
-                if type(v) == tuple and len(v) > 2:
+                if (type(v) == tuple and
+                        (len(v) > 2 or
+                            (len(v) == 2 and v[1] == 0))):
                     # List of ints?
+                    # Avoid divide by zero in next if-clause
                     if type(v[0]) in (int, float):
                         atts[k] = list(v)
                     continue
diff --git a/Tests/images/total-pages-zero.tif b/Tests/images/total-pages-zero.tif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50df07af3
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/total-pages-zero.tif differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
index cf809d5d0..2241123ac 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
@@ -299,6 +299,26 @@ class TestFileTiff(PillowTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ret, [0, 1])
 
 
+    def test_page_number_x_0(self):
+        # Issue 973
+        # Test TIFF with tag 297 (Page Number) having value of 0 0.
+        # The first number is the current page number.
+        # The second is the total number of pages, zero means not available.
+
+        # Arrange
+        outfile = self.tempfile("temp.tif")
+
+        # Created by printing a page in Chrome to PDF, then:
+        # /usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=tiffg3 -sOutputFile=total-pages-zero.tif
+        # -dNOPAUSE /tmp/test.pdf -c quit
+        infile = "Tests/images/total-pages-zero.tif"
+        im = Image.open(infile)
+
+        # Act / Assert
+        # Should not divide by zero
+        im.save(outfile)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()