diff --git a/Tests/test_image.py b/Tests/test_image.py
index 83da76b96..3cd754f99 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import io
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ class TestImage(PillowTestCase):
     def test_bad_mode(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, Image.open, "filename", "bad mode")
 
+    def test_stringio(self):
+        with Image.open(io.StringIO("Tests/images/hopper.jpg")) as im:
+            self.assertEqual(im.mode, "RGB")
+            self.assertEqual(im.size, (128, 128))
+
     def test_pathlib(self):
         from PIL.Image import Path
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/open_files.rst b/docs/reference/open_files.rst
index ed0ab1a0c..d315b1cd1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/open_files.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/open_files.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 File Handling in Pillow
 =======================
 
-When opening a file as an image, Pillow requires a filename, ``pathlib.Path``
-object, or a file-like object. Pillow uses the filename or ``Path`` to open a
-file, so for the rest of this article, they will all be treated as a file-like
-object.
+When opening a file as an image, Pillow requires a filename, ``io.StringIO``
+object, ``pathlib.Path`` object, or a file-like object. Pillow uses the
+filename, ``StringIO`` or ``Path`` to open a file, so for the rest of this
+article, they will all be treated as a file-like object.
 
 The following are all equivalent::
 
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ The following are all equivalent::
     with Image.open('test.jpg') as im:
         ...
 
+    with Image.open(io.StringIO('test.jpg')) as im2:
+        ...
+
     with Image.open(pathlib.Path('test.jpg')) as im2:
         ...
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index ed90a26f7..16b84ab1d 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -2674,8 +2674,8 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
     :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.Image.load` method).  See
     :py:func:`~PIL.Image.new`. See :ref:`file-handling`.
 
-    :param fp: A filename (string), pathlib.Path object or a file object.
-       The file object must implement :py:meth:`~file.read`,
+    :param fp: A filename (string), io.StringIO object, pathlib.Path object
+       or a file object. The file object must implement :py:meth:`~file.read`,
        :py:meth:`~file.seek`, and :py:meth:`~file.tell` methods,
        and be opened in binary mode.
     :param mode: The mode.  If given, this argument must be "r".
@@ -2691,6 +2691,8 @@ def open(fp, mode="r"):
     filename = ""
     if isinstance(fp, Path):
         filename = str(fp.resolve())
+    elif isinstance(fp, io.StringIO):
+        filename = fp.getvalue()
     elif isPath(fp):
         filename = fp