diff --git a/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py b/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
index 6f22308de..08110abf3 100644
--- a/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def Ghostscript(tile, size, fp, scale=1):
                "-c", "%d %d translate" % (-bbox[0], -bbox[1]),
                                              # adjust for image origin
                "-f", infile,                 # input file
+               "-c", "showpage",             # showpage (see: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698272)
                ]
 
     if gs_windows_binary is not None:
diff --git a/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.eps b/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.eps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffda2da41
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.eps differ
diff --git a/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.png b/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9ef86cb9
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/reqd_showpage.png differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_eps.py b/Tests/test_file_eps.py
index ecb34357a..54e806d81 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_eps.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_eps.py
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ class TestFileEps(PillowTestCase):
             target = Image.open('Tests/images/pil_sample_rgb.jpg')
             self.assert_image_similar(cmyk_image, target, 10)
 
+    def test_showpage(self):
+        # See https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/2615
+        plot_image = Image.open("Tests/images/reqd_showpage.eps")
+        target = Image.open("Tests/images/reqd_showpage.png")
+
+        #should not crash/hang
+        plot_image.load()
+        #  fonts could be slightly different
+        self.assert_image_similar(plot_image, target, 2)
+
     def test_file_object(self):
         # issue 479
         image1 = Image.open(file1)