diff --git a/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py b/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
index e398445fa..94764855d 100644
--- a/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ class BmpImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                         for idx, mask in enumerate(['r_mask', 'g_mask', 'b_mask', 'a_mask']):
                             file_info[mask] = i32(header_data[36+idx*4:40+idx*4])
                     else:
-                        for mask in ['r_mask', 'g_mask', 'b_mask', 'a_mask']:
+                        # 40 byte headers only have the three components in the bitfields masks,
+                        # ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183376(v=vs.85).aspx
+                        # See also https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1293
+                        # Note below, None is a key in the SUPPORTED and MASK_MODES structures.
+                        file_info['a_mask'] = None
+                        for mask in ['r_mask', 'g_mask', 'b_mask']:
                             file_info[mask] = i32(read(4))
                     file_info['rgb_mask'] = (file_info['r_mask'], file_info['g_mask'], file_info['b_mask'])
                     file_info['rgba_mask'] = (file_info['r_mask'], file_info['g_mask'], file_info['b_mask'], file_info['a_mask'])
@@ -130,12 +135,22 @@ class BmpImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
         # ----------------- Process BMP with Bitfields compression (not palette)
         if file_info['compression'] == self.BITFIELDS:
             SUPPORTED = {
-                32: [(0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0x0), (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0xff000000), (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)],
+                32: [(0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0x0),
+                     (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, None),
+                     (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0xff000000),
+                     (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)],
                 24: [(0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff)],
                 16: [(0xf800, 0x7e0, 0x1f), (0x7c00, 0x3e0, 0x1f)]
             }
+            # From inspecting DIB files from Vista screenshots, the
+            # file format is a 32 bit color image, where the 'Alpha'
+            # channel for screenshots is actually a transparency mask
+            # (255-alpha) where 00 is solid and ff is transparent.  I
+            # can't find documentation of this, but it matches
+            # imagemagick's conversion of the .dib file into a .png.
             MASK_MODES = {
                 (32, (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0x0)): "BGRX",
+                (32, (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, None)): "BGRT",
                 (32, (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff, 0xff000000)): "BGRA",
                 (32, (0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)): "BGRA",
                 (24, (0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff)): "BGR",
@@ -145,7 +160,7 @@ class BmpImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
             if file_info['bits'] in SUPPORTED:
                 if file_info['bits'] == 32 and file_info['rgba_mask'] in SUPPORTED[file_info['bits']]:
                     raw_mode = MASK_MODES[(file_info['bits'], file_info['rgba_mask'])]
-                    self.mode = "RGBA" if raw_mode in ("BGRA",) else self.mode
+                    self.mode = "RGBA" if raw_mode in ("BGRA", "BGRT") else self.mode
                 elif file_info['bits'] in (24, 16) and file_info['rgb_mask'] in SUPPORTED[file_info['bits']]:
                     raw_mode = MASK_MODES[(file_info['bits'], file_info['rgb_mask'])]
                 else:
diff --git a/Tests/images/clipboard.dib b/Tests/images/clipboard.dib
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03dcab81d
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diff --git a/Tests/images/clipboard_target.png b/Tests/images/clipboard_target.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a696543
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/clipboard_target.png differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_bmp.py b/Tests/test_file_bmp.py
index 25f70139d..29d59ee44 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_bmp.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_bmp.py
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ class TestFileBmp(PillowTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(im.size, reloaded.size)
         self.assertEqual(reloaded.format, "JPEG")
 
+    def test_load_dib(self):
+        # test for #1293, Imagegrab returning Unsupported Bitfields Format
+        im = BmpImagePlugin.DibImageFile('Tests/images/clipboard.dib')
+        target = Image.open('Tests/images/clipboard_target.png')
+        self.assert_image_equal(im.convert('RGB'), target.convert('RGB'))
+        self.assert_image_similar(im, target, 1)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/libImaging/Unpack.c b/libImaging/Unpack.c
index 702bc9f1f..ff1c51cc5 100644
--- a/libImaging/Unpack.c
+++ b/libImaging/Unpack.c
@@ -832,6 +832,21 @@ unpackBGRA(UINT8* out, const UINT8* in, int pixels)
     }
 }
 
+static void
+unpackBGRT(UINT8* out, const UINT8* in, int pixels)
+{
+    int i;
+    /* RGBA, reversed bytes */
+    /* Transparency map, rather than an alpha channel */
+    for (i = 0; i < pixels; i++) {
+        out[R] = in[2];
+        out[G] = in[1];
+        out[B] = in[0];
+        out[A] = 255 - in[3];
+        out += 4; in += 4;
+    }
+}
+
 
 /* Unpack to "CMYK" image */
 
@@ -1213,6 +1228,7 @@ static struct {
     {"RGBA",    "RGBA;4B",      16,     ImagingUnpackRGBA4B},
     {"RGBA",    "RGBA;16B",     64,     unpackRGBA16B},
     {"RGBA",    "BGRA",         32,     unpackBGRA},
+    {"RGBA",    "BGRT",         32,     unpackBGRT},
     {"RGBA",    "ARGB",         32,     unpackARGB},
     {"RGBA",    "ABGR",         32,     unpackABGR},
     {"RGBA",    "YCCA;P",       32,     ImagingUnpackYCCA},