diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f1d4f21..f8e5937f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ v4l2/nc-camcontrol
 
 tools/fimg2png
 tools/fimg2pnm
+tools/fimg2tiff
 tools/fimgstats
 tools/mkfimg
 tools/png2fimg
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index bdf820a6..a02efbb7 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DEPS = ../floatimg.h  ../libfloatimg.a Makefile
 # 			----------
 
 all:	fimg2pnm mkfimg png2fimg fimgstats fimg2png	\
+	fimg2tiff					\
 	addpnm2fimg cumulfimgs fimgops fimgfx
 
 fimgstats:	fimgstats.c $(DEPS)
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ fimg2pnm:	fimg2pnm.c  $(DEPS)
 fimg2png:	fimg2png.c  $(DEPS)
 	gcc $(COPT) $< ../libfloatimg.a -lpnglite -lz -o $@ 
 
+fimg2tiff:	fimg2tiff.c  $(DEPS)
+	gcc $(COPT) $< ../libfloatimg.a -ltiff -o $@
+
 #
 # this tool require an external library
 # http://la.buvette.org/devel/libimage/libimage.html
diff --git a/tools/fimg2tiff.c b/tools/fimg2tiff.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b65c1ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fimg2tiff.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ *	converting a floatimg to a TIFF
+ */
+
+#include  <stdio.h>
+#include  <stdlib.h>
+#include  <unistd.h>
+
+#include  "../floatimg.h"
+
+int		verbosity;
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int convertir_fimg_en_TIFF(char *srcname, char *dstname, int grisaille)
+{
+int		foo, infos[3];
+FloatImg	fimg;
+
+#if DEBUG_LEVEL
+fprintf(stderr, ">>> %25s ( '%s' '%s' %d )\n", __func__,
+			srcname, dstname, notused);
+#endif
+
+foo = fimg_fileinfos(srcname, infos);
+if (foo) {
+	if (verbosity) fprintf(stderr, "'%s' get dims -> %d\n", srcname, foo);
+	return foo;
+	}
+
+if (verbosity) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: image '%s' is %d x %d  %s\n", 
+				__func__,
+				srcname, infos[0], infos[1],
+				fimg_str_type(infos[2]));
+	}
+
+foo = fimg_create_from_dump(srcname, &fimg);
+if (foo) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "create fimg from '%s' -> %d\n", srcname, foo);
+	return -1;
+	}
+
+if (grisaille) {
+	foo = fimg_desaturate(&fimg, &fimg, 0);
+	}
+
+foo = fimg_write_as_tiff(&fimg, dstname, 0);
+if (foo) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: saving as png '%s' -> %d\n", __func__,
+					dstname, foo);
+	return -1;
+	}
+
+fimg_destroy(&fimg);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+void help(int k)
+{
+
+puts("usage:\n\tfimg2tiff [options] foo.fimg bar.png");
+puts("options:");
+puts("\t-g\tconvert to gray");
+puts("\t-v\tincrease verbosity");
+if (verbosity) fimg_print_version(1);
+
+exit(0);
+}
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+int		foo, opt;
+int		to_gray = 0;
+
+while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ghv")) != -1) {
+	switch(opt) {
+		case 'g':	to_gray = 1;		break;
+		case 'v':	verbosity++;		break;
+		case 'h':	help(1);		exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+if (2 != argc-optind) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "error: %s need two filenames\n", argv[0]);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+foo = convertir_fimg_en_TIFF(argv[optind], argv[optind+1], to_gray);
+if (foo)
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s : got a %d from convertor\n", argv[0], foo);
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
+