diff --git a/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b838bf9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+from tester import *
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+codecs = dir(Image.core)
+
+if "group4_encoder" not in codecs or "group4_decoder" not in codecs:
+    skip("tiff support not available")
+
+def _assert_noerr(im):
+    """Helper tests that assert basic sanity about the g4 tiff reading"""
+    #1 bit
+    assert_equal(im.mode, "1")
+
+    # Does the data actually load
+    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.load())
+    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.getdata())
+
+    try:
+        assert_equal(im._compression, 'group4')
+    except:
+        print("No _compression")
+        print (dir(im))
+
+    # can we write it back out, in a different form. 
+    out = tempfile("temp.png")
+    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.save(out))
+
+def test_g4_tiff():
+    """Test the ordinary file path load path"""
+
+    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
+    im = Image.open(file)
+
+    assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
+    _assert_noerr(im)
+
+def test_g4_large():
+    file = "Tests/images/pport_g4.tif"
+    im = Image.open(file)
+    _assert_noerr(im)
+
+def test_g4_tiff_file():
+    """Testing the string load path"""
+
+    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
+    with open(file,'rb') as f:
+        im = Image.open(f)
+
+        assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
+        _assert_noerr(im)
+
+def test_g4_tiff_bytesio():
+    """Testing the stringio loading code path"""
+    from io import BytesIO
+    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
+    s = BytesIO()
+    with open(file,'rb') as f:
+        s.write(f.read())
+        s.seek(0)
+    im = Image.open(s)
+
+    assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
+    _assert_noerr(im)
+    	
+def test_g4_eq_png():
+    """ Checking that we're actually getting the data that we expect"""
+    png = Image.open('Tests/images/lena_bw_500.png')
+    g4 = Image.open('Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif')
+
+    assert_image_equal(g4, png)
+
+def test_g4_write():
+    """Checking to see that the saved image is the same as what we wrote"""
+    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
+    orig = Image.open(file)
+
+    out = tempfile("temp.tif")
+    rot = orig.transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
+    assert_equal(rot.size,(500,500))
+    rot.save(out)
+
+    reread = Image.open(out)
+    assert_equal(reread.size,(500,500))
+    _assert_noerr(reread)
+    assert_image_equal(reread, rot)
+
+    assert_false(orig.tobytes() == reread.tobytes())
+
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
index cd3f2915b..d230bffa7 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ from tester import *
 
 from PIL import Image
 
-import random
-
-codecs = dir(Image.core)
-
-if "group4_encoder" not in codecs or "group4_decoder" not in codecs:
-    skip("tiff support not available")
-
 def test_sanity():
 
     file = tempfile("temp.tif")
@@ -63,83 +56,4 @@ def test_gimp_tiff():
             ])
     assert_no_exception(lambda: im.load())
 
-def _assert_noerr(im):
-    """Helper tests that assert basic sanity about the g4 tiff reading"""
-    #1 bit
-    assert_equal(im.mode, "1")
-
-    # Does the data actually load
-    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.load())
-    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.getdata())
-
-    try:
-        assert_equal(im._compression, 'group4')
-    except:
-        print("No _compression")
-        print (dir(im))
-
-    # can we write it back out, in a different form. 
-    out = tempfile("temp.png")
-    assert_no_exception(lambda: im.save(out))
-
-def test_g4_tiff():
-    """Test the ordinary file path load path"""
-
-    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
-    im = Image.open(file)
-
-    assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
-    _assert_noerr(im)
-
-def test_g4_large():
-    file = "Tests/images/pport_g4.tif"
-    im = Image.open(file)
-    _assert_noerr(im)
-
-def test_g4_tiff_file():
-    """Testing the string load path"""
-
-    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
-    with open(file,'rb') as f:
-        im = Image.open(f)
-
-        assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
-        _assert_noerr(im)
-
-def test_g4_tiff_bytesio():
-    """Testing the stringio loading code path"""
-    from io import BytesIO
-    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
-    s = BytesIO()
-    with open(file,'rb') as f:
-        s.write(f.read())
-        s.seek(0)
-    im = Image.open(s)
-
-    assert_equal(im.size, (500,500))
-    _assert_noerr(im)
-    	
-def test_g4_eq_png():
-    """ Checking that we're actually getting the data that we expect"""
-    png = Image.open('Tests/images/lena_bw_500.png')
-    g4 = Image.open('Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif')
-
-    assert_image_equal(g4, png)
-
-def test_g4_write():
-    """Checking to see that the saved image is the same as what we wrote"""
-    file = "Tests/images/lena_g4_500.tif"
-    orig = Image.open(file)
-
-    out = tempfile("temp.tif")
-    rot = orig.transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
-    assert_equal(rot.size,(500,500))
-    rot.save(out)
-
-    reread = Image.open(out)
-    assert_equal(reread.size,(500,500))
-    _assert_noerr(reread)
-    assert_image_equal(reread, rot)
-
-    assert_false(orig.tobytes() == reread.tobytes())
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff_small.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff_small.py
index d0780fa87..6f00261a3 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff_small.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff_small.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from tester import *
 
 from PIL import Image
 
-from test_file_tiff import _assert_noerr
+from test_file_libtiff import _assert_noerr
 
 """ The small lena image was failing on open in the libtiff
     decoder because the file pointer was set to the wrong place