diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a13fdc28..f423782e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Features
-- Vips tile source and tiled file writer ([816](../../pull/816))
+- Vips tile source and tiled file writer ([816](../../pull/816), [827](../../pull/827), [830](../../pull/830))
 
 ### Improvements
 - Handle file URLs with GDAL ([820](../../pull/820))
diff --git a/sources/vips/large_image_source_vips/__init__.py b/sources/vips/large_image_source_vips/__init__.py
index 30fcd7b75..1bdd7a245 100644
--- a/sources/vips/large_image_source_vips/__init__.py
+++ b/sources/vips/large_image_source_vips/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import threading
 import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import cachetools
 import numpy
@@ -445,8 +446,9 @@ def write(self, path, lossy=True, alpha=True, overwriteAllowed=True, vips_kwargs
             x = min(x, img.width)
             y = min(y, img.height)
             img = img.crop(x, y, w, h)
-        if vips_kwargs is not None:
-            img.write_to_file(path, **vips_kwargs)
+        pathIsTiff = Path(path).suffix.lower() in {'tif', 'tiff'}
+        if vips_kwargs is not None or not pathIsTiff:
+            img.write_to_file(path, **(vips_kwargs or {}))
         elif not lossy:
             img.write_to_file(
                 path, tile_width=self.tileWidth, tile_height=self.tileHeight,