diff --git a/funcs/utils.c b/funcs/utils.c
index 8ed71cbb..32a9a1de 100644
--- a/funcs/utils.c
+++ b/funcs/utils.c
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ if (NULL==cptr) {
 fprintf(stderr, "[%s]  -->  [%s]\n", fname, cptr);
 #endif
 
-if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".pnm"))	return FILE_TYPE_PNM;
+if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".pnm" ))	return FILE_TYPE_PNM;
 if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".fimg"))	return FILE_TYPE_FIMG;
-if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".tga"))	return FILE_TYPE_TGA;
-if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".png"))	return FILE_TYPE_PNG;
+if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".tga" ))	return FILE_TYPE_TGA;
+if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".png" ))	return FILE_TYPE_PNG;
 if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".tiff"))	return FILE_TYPE_TIFF;
+if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".tif" ))	return FILE_TYPE_TIFF;
 if (!strcasecmp(cptr, ".fits"))	return FILE_TYPE_FITS;
 
 return -1;
diff --git a/v4l2/Makefile b/v4l2/Makefile
index b536a994..5260e695 100644
--- a/v4l2/Makefile
+++ b/v4l2/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ v4l2_pr_structs.o:	v4l2_pr_structs.c v4l2_pr_structs.h Makefile
 
 grabvidseq: grabvidseq.c ${DEPS} rgb2fimg.o 
 	gcc ${COPT} $<  rgb2fimg.o ../libfloatimg.a -lpnglite -lz -lm 	\
-		-lcfitsio -lv4l2 -o $@
+		-lcfitsio -lv4l2 -ltiff -o $@
 
 video-infos: video-infos.c Makefile funcs.o v4l2_pr_structs.o
 	gcc -Wall -g $<  ${LOBJ} ../libfloatimg.a -o $@
diff --git a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
index 6bdc1ea0..9bc30cab 100644
--- a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
+++ b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ switch (foo) {
 	case FILE_TYPE_FITS:
 		foo = fimg_save_R_as_fits(to_save, outfile, 0);
 		break;
+	case FILE_TYPE_TIFF:
+		foo = fimg_write_as_tiff(to_save, outfile, 0);
 	default:
 		fprintf(stderr, "can't save as %s\n", outfile);
 		break;