diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractEncoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractEncoder.php
index dc264005..cffb5f53 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/AbstractEncoder.php
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ abstract class AbstractEncoder
      */
     abstract protected function processGif();
 
+    /**
+     * Processes and returns encoded image as TIFF string
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract protected function processTiff();
+
     /**
      * Buffer of encode result data
      *
@@ -69,16 +76,15 @@ abstract class AbstractEncoder
                 $this->result = $this->processJpeg();
                 break;
 
+            case 'tif':
             case 'tiff':
             case 'image/tiff':
-                if (method_exists($this, 'processTiff')) {
-                    $this->result = $this->processTiff();
-                    break;
-                }
-                //fall through
+                $this->result = $this->processTiff();
+                break;
+                
             default:
                 throw new \Intervention\Image\Exception\NotSupportedException(
-                    "Writing format ({$format}) is not supported."
+                    "Encoding format ({$format}) is not supported."
                 );
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Encoder.php b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Encoder.php
index 9f1582ee..96989744 100644
--- a/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Encoder.php
+++ b/src/Intervention/Image/Gd/Encoder.php
@@ -54,4 +54,16 @@ class Encoder extends \Intervention\Image\AbstractEncoder
 
         return $buffer;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Processes and returns encoded image as TIFF string
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function processTiff()
+    {
+        throw new \Intervention\Image\Exception\NotSupportedException(
+            "TIFF format is not supported by Gd Driver."
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/EncoderTest.php b/tests/EncoderTest.php
index a9220391..fbffca2b 100644
--- a/tests/EncoderTest.php
+++ b/tests/EncoderTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ class EncoderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('image/gif; charset=binary', $this->getMime($encoder->result));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Intervention\Image\Exception\NotSupportedException
+     */
+    public function testProcessTiffGd()
+    {
+        $core = imagecreatefromjpeg(__DIR__.'/images/test.jpg');
+        $encoder = new GdEncoder;
+        $image = Mockery::mock('\Intervention\Image\Image');
+        $img = $encoder->process($image, 'tif', 90);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+    }
+
     public function testProcessUnknownWithMimeGd()
     {
         $core = imagecreatefromjpeg(__DIR__.'/images/test.jpg');
@@ -107,6 +119,18 @@ class EncoderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('mock-gif', $encoder->result);
     }
 
+    public function testProcessTiffImagick()
+    {
+        $core = $this->getImagickMock('tiff');
+        $encoder = new ImagickEncoder;
+        $image = Mockery::mock('\Intervention\Image\Image');
+        $image->shouldReceive('getCore')->once()->andReturn($core);
+        $image->shouldReceive('setEncoded')->once()->andReturn($image);
+        $img = $encoder->process($image, 'tiff', 90);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Intervention\Image\Image', $img);
+        $this->assertEquals('mock-tiff', $encoder->result);
+    }
+
     public function testProcessUnknownWithMimeImagick()
     {
         $core = $this->getImagickMock('jpeg');