diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index a3171aeaa..84122655a 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -1558,10 +1558,10 @@ class Image(object):
             resample = NEAREST
 
         if self.mode == 'LA':
-            return self.convert('La').resize(size, resample).convert('LA')
+            return self.convert('La').resize(size, resample, box).convert('LA')
 
         if self.mode == 'RGBA':
-            return self.convert('RGBa').resize(size, resample).convert('RGBA')
+            return self.convert('RGBa').resize(size, resample, box).convert('RGBA')
 
         self.load()
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_resample.py b/Tests/test_image_resample.py
index bbdbf2a02..17461c868 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_resample.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_resample.py
@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ class CoreResampleBoxTest(PillowTestCase):
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(AssertionError, "difference 29\."):
             self.assert_image_similar(reference, without_box, 5)
 
+    def test_formats(self):
+        for resample in [Image.NEAREST, Image.BILINEAR]:
+            for mode in ['RGB', 'L', 'RGBA', 'LA', 'I', '']:
+                im = hopper(mode)
+                box = (20, 20, im.size[0] - 20, im.size[1] - 20)
+                with_box = im.resize((32, 32), resample, box)
+                cropped = im.crop(box).resize((32, 32), resample)
+                self.assert_image_similar(cropped, with_box, 0.4)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()