diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index c0515d378..87868f8dc 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ _MODE_CONV = {
     # official modes
     "1": ('|b1', None),  # broken
     "L": ('|u1', None),
+    "LA": ('|u1', 2),
     "I": (_ENDIAN + 'i4', None),
     "F": (_ENDIAN + 'f4', None),
     "P": ('|u1', None),
@@ -2215,6 +2216,7 @@ _fromarray_typemap = {
     ((1, 1), ">f4"): ("F", "F;32BF"),
     ((1, 1), "<f8"): ("F", "F;64F"),
     ((1, 1), ">f8"): ("F", "F;64BF"),
+    ((1, 1, 2), "|u1"): ("LA", "LA"),
     ((1, 1, 3), "|u1"): ("RGB", "RGB"),
     ((1, 1, 4), "|u1"): ("RGBA", "RGBA"),
     }
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_array.py b/Tests/test_image_array.py
index ce8cbe78c..5aad8d3b3 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_array.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_array.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TestImageArray(PillowTestCase):
         # FIXME: wrong?
         self.assertEqual(test("F"), (3, (100, 128), Image._ENDIAN + 'f4', 51200))
 
+        self.assertEqual(test("LA"), (3, (100, 128, 2), '|u1', 25600))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGB"), (3, (100, 128, 3), '|u1', 38400))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGBA"), (3, (100, 128, 4), '|u1', 51200))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGBX"), (3, (100, 128, 4), '|u1', 51200))
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class TestImageArray(PillowTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(test("L"), ("L", (128, 100), True))
         self.assertEqual(test("I"), ("I", (128, 100), True))
         self.assertEqual(test("F"), ("F", (128, 100), True))
+        self.assertEqual(test("LA"), ("LA", (128, 100), True))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGB"), ("RGB", (128, 100), True))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGBA"), ("RGBA", (128, 100), True))
         self.assertEqual(test("RGBX"), ("RGBA", (128, 100), True))
diff --git a/Tests/test_numpy.py b/Tests/test_numpy.py
index 4f2a5afb1..4af40c88b 100644
--- a/Tests/test_numpy.py
+++ b/Tests/test_numpy.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class TestNumpy(PillowTestCase):
         self.assert_image(to_image(numpy.float32), "F", (10, 10))
         self.assert_image(to_image(numpy.float64), "F", (10, 10))
 
+        self.assert_image(to_image(numpy.uint8, 2), "LA", (10, 10))
         self.assert_image(to_image(numpy.uint8, 3), "RGB", (10, 10))
         self.assert_image(to_image(numpy.uint8, 4), "RGBA", (10, 10))
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class TestNumpy(PillowTestCase):
         modes = [("L", 'uint8'),
                  ("I", 'int32'),
                  ("F", 'float32'),
+                 ("LA", 'uint8'),
                  ("RGB", 'uint8'),
                  ("RGBA", 'uint8'),
                  ("RGBX", 'uint8'),