diff --git a/Tests/test_image_putdata.py b/Tests/test_image_putdata.py
index 46a2ace71..3b7dc836a 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_putdata.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_putdata.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase, hopper
+from array import array
 
 import sys
 
@@ -63,6 +64,25 @@ class TestImagePutData(PillowTestCase):
         target = [2.0 * float(elt) + 256.0 for elt in data]
         self.assertEqual(list(im.getdata()), target)
 
+    def test_array_B(self):
+        # shouldn't segfault
+        # see https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1008
+
+        arr = array('B', [0])*15000
+        im = Image.new('L', (150, 100))
+        im.putdata(arr)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(im.getdata()),len(arr))
+        
+    def test_array_F(self):
+        # shouldn't segfault
+        # see https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1008
+
+        im = Image.new('F', (150, 100))
+        arr = array('f', [0.0])*15000
+        im.putdata(arr)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(im.getdata()),len(arr))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Tests/test_numpy.py b/Tests/test_numpy.py
index b00b8b36b..7b6f22b2b 100644
--- a/Tests/test_numpy.py
+++ b/Tests/test_numpy.py
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ class TestNumpy(PillowTestCase):
 
         im.point(lut)
 
+    def test_putdata(self):
+        # shouldn't segfault
+        # see https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1008
+
+        im = Image.new('F', (150, 100))
+        arr = numpy.zeros((15000,), numpy.float32)
+        im.putdata(arr)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(im.getdata()),len(arr))
+   
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()