diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
index 236fcf445..072f7d401 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
@@ -403,10 +403,8 @@ class TestFileTiff:
         with Image.open("Tests/images/ifd_tag_type.tiff") as im:
             assert 0x8825 in im.tag_v2
 
-    def test_exif(self):
-        with Image.open("Tests/images/ifd_tag_type.tiff") as im:
-            exif = im.getexif()
-
+    def test_exif(self, tmp_path):
+        def check_exif(exif):
             assert sorted(exif.keys()) == [
                 256,
                 257,
@@ -439,6 +437,24 @@ class TestFileTiff:
             assert gps[0] == b"\x03\x02\x00\x00"
             assert gps[18] == "WGS-84"
 
+        outfile = str(tmp_path / "temp.tif")
+        with Image.open("Tests/images/ifd_tag_type.tiff") as im:
+            exif = im.getexif()
+            check_exif(exif)
+
+            im.save(outfile, exif=exif)
+
+        outfile2 = str(tmp_path / "temp2.tif")
+        with Image.open(outfile) as im:
+            exif = im.getexif()
+            check_exif(exif)
+
+            im.save(outfile2, exif=exif.tobytes())
+
+        with Image.open(outfile2) as im:
+            exif = im.getexif()
+            check_exif(exif)
+
     def test_exif_frames(self):
         # Test that EXIF data can change across frames
         with Image.open("Tests/images/g4-multi.tiff") as im:
diff --git a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
index a6d5d7093..1a5dee0b4 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
@@ -903,6 +903,11 @@ The :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.save` method can take the following keyword argum
     require a matching type in
     :py:attr:`~PIL.TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2.tagtype` tagtype.
 
+**exif**
+    Alternate keyword to "tiffinfo", for consistency with other formats.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 8.4.0
+
 **compression**
     A string containing the desired compression method for the
     file. (valid only with libtiff installed) Valid compression
diff --git a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 15678948c..d1e48ef81 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -1143,6 +1143,17 @@ class TiffImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
         if not self.is_animated:
             self._close_exclusive_fp_after_loading = True
 
+            # reset buffered io handle in case fp
+            # was passed to libtiff, invalidating the buffer
+            self.fp.tell()
+
+            # load IFD data from fp before it is closed
+            exif = self.getexif()
+            for key in TiffTags.TAGS_V2_GROUPS.keys():
+                if key not in exif:
+                    continue
+                exif.get_ifd(key)
+
     def _load_libtiff(self):
         """Overload method triggered when we detect a compressed tiff
         Calls out to libtiff"""
@@ -1507,12 +1518,24 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
     ifd[IMAGELENGTH] = im.size[1]
 
     # write any arbitrary tags passed in as an ImageFileDirectory
-    info = encoderinfo.get("tiffinfo", {})
+    if "tiffinfo" in encoderinfo:
+        info = encoderinfo["tiffinfo"]
+    elif "exif" in encoderinfo:
+        info = encoderinfo["exif"]
+        if isinstance(info, bytes):
+            exif = Image.Exif()
+            exif.load(info)
+            info = exif
+    else:
+        info = {}
     logger.debug("Tiffinfo Keys: %s" % list(info))
     if isinstance(info, ImageFileDirectory_v1):
         info = info.to_v2()
     for key in info:
-        ifd[key] = info.get(key)
+        if isinstance(info, Image.Exif) and key in TiffTags.TAGS_V2_GROUPS.keys():
+            ifd[key] = info.get_ifd(key)
+        else:
+            ifd[key] = info.get(key)
         try:
             ifd.tagtype[key] = info.tagtype[key]
         except Exception: