diff --git a/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py b/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py
index d6778821b..87847eebd 100644
--- a/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/PngImagePlugin.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import logging
 import re
 import zlib
+import struct
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageFile, ImagePalette, _binary
 
@@ -106,17 +107,20 @@ class ChunkStream(object):
 
     def read(self):
         "Fetch a new chunk. Returns header information."
-
-        if self.queue:
-            cid, pos, length = self.queue[-1]
-            del self.queue[-1]
-            self.fp.seek(pos)
-        else:
-            s = self.fp.read(8)
-            cid = s[4:]
-            pos = self.fp.tell()
-            length = i32(s)
-
+        cid = None
+        try:
+            if self.queue:
+                cid, pos, length = self.queue[-1]
+                del self.queue[-1]
+                self.fp.seek(pos)
+            else:
+                s = self.fp.read(8)
+                cid = s[4:]
+                pos = self.fp.tell()
+                length = i32(s)
+        except struct.error:
+            SyntaxError("truncated PNG file (chunk %s)" % repr(cid))
+            
         if not is_cid(cid):
             raise SyntaxError("broken PNG file (chunk %s)" % repr(cid))
 
@@ -138,11 +142,15 @@ class ChunkStream(object):
     def crc(self, cid, data):
         "Read and verify checksum"
 
-        crc1 = Image.core.crc32(data, Image.core.crc32(cid))
-        crc2 = i16(self.fp.read(2)), i16(self.fp.read(2))
-        if crc1 != crc2:
-            raise SyntaxError("broken PNG file"
-                              "(bad header checksum in %s)" % cid)
+        try:
+            crc1 = Image.core.crc32(data, Image.core.crc32(cid))
+            crc2 = i16(self.fp.read(2)), i16(self.fp.read(2))
+            if crc1 != crc2:
+                raise SyntaxError("broken PNG file (bad header checksum in %s)"
+                                  % cid)
+        except struct.error:
+            raise SyntaxError("broken PNG file (incomplete checksum in %s)"
+                              % cid)
 
     def crc_skip(self, cid, data):
         "Read checksum.  Used if the C module is not present"
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_png.py b/Tests/test_file_png.py
index cb72b2d73..63ec8a303 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_png.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_png.py
@@ -253,6 +253,22 @@ class TestFilePng(PillowTestCase):
         im.load()
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, im.verify)
 
+    def test_verify_struct_error(self):
+        # Check open/load/verify exception (#1755)
+
+        # offsets to test, -10: breaks in i32() in read.
+        #                  -13: breaks in crc, txt chunk.
+        #                  -14: malformed chunk
+
+        for offset in (-10, -13, -14):
+            with open(TEST_PNG_FILE,'rb') as f:
+                test_file = f.read()[:offset]
+
+            im = Image.open(BytesIO(test_file))
+            self.assertTrue(im.fp is not None)
+            self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, im.verify)
+
+
     def test_roundtrip_dpi(self):
         # Check dpi roundtripping