diff --git a/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
index 9a0920980..87dbf86da 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
     using System;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+    using System.Text;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -250,6 +251,19 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
             return result;
         }
 
+        public string ReadString(ref TiffIfdEntry entry)
+        {
+            if (entry.Type != TiffType.Ascii)
+                throw new ImageFormatException($"A value of type '{entry.Type}' cannot be converted to a string.");
+
+            byte[] bytes = ReadBytes(ref entry);
+            
+            if (bytes[entry.Count - 1] != 0)
+                throw new ImageFormatException("The retrieved string is not null terminated.");
+
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 0, (int)entry.Count - 1);
+        }
+
         private SByte ToSByte(byte[] bytes, int offset)
         {
             return (sbyte)bytes[offset];
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderIfdEntryTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderIfdEntryTests.cs
index 16581e367..ecdb375a5 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderIfdEntryTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderIfdEntryTests.cs
@@ -364,6 +364,65 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests
             Assert.Equal($"A value of type '{(TiffType)type}' cannot be converted to a signed integer.", e.Message);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { 0 }, "")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', 0 }, "ABC")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', (byte)'E', (byte)'F', 0 }, "ABCDEF")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', 0, (byte)'E', (byte)'F', (byte)'G', (byte)'H', 0 }, "ABCD\0EFGH")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { 0 }, "")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', 0 }, "ABC")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', (byte)'E', (byte)'F', 0 }, "ABCDEF")]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', 0, (byte)'E', (byte)'F', (byte)'G', (byte)'H', 0 }, "ABCD\0EFGH")]
+        public void ReadString_ReturnsValue(bool isLittleEndian, byte[] bytes, string expectedValue)
+        {
+            (TiffDecoderCore decoder, TiffIfdEntry entry) = GenerateTestIfdEntry(TiffGenEntry.Bytes(TiffTags.ImageWidth, TiffType.Ascii, (uint)bytes.Length, bytes), isLittleEndian);
+
+            string result = decoder.ReadString(ref entry);
+            
+            Assert.Equal(expectedValue, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Byte)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Short)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Long)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Rational)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.SByte)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Undefined)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.SShort)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.SLong)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.SRational)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Float)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Double)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(TiffType.Ifd)]
+        [InlineDataAttribute((TiffType)99)]
+        public void ReadString_ThrowsExceptionIfInvalidType(ushort type)
+        {
+            (TiffDecoderCore decoder, TiffIfdEntry entry) = GenerateTestIfdEntry(TiffGenEntry.Bytes(TiffTags.ImageWidth, (TiffType)type, 1, new byte[4]), true);
+
+            var e = Assert.Throws<ImageFormatException>(() => decoder.ReadString(ref entry));
+
+            Assert.Equal($"A value of type '{(TiffType)type}' cannot be converted to a string.", e.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', (byte)'E', (byte)'F' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(true, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', 0, (byte)'E', (byte)'F', (byte)'G', (byte)'H' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', (byte)'E', (byte)'F' })]
+        [InlineDataAttribute(false, new byte[] { (byte)'A', (byte)'B', (byte)'C', (byte)'D', 0, (byte)'E', (byte)'F', (byte)'G', (byte)'H' })]
+        public void ReadString_ThrowsExceptionIfStringIsNotNullTerminated(bool isLittleEndian, byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            (TiffDecoderCore decoder, TiffIfdEntry entry) = GenerateTestIfdEntry(TiffGenEntry.Bytes(TiffTags.ImageWidth, TiffType.Ascii, (uint)bytes.Length, bytes), isLittleEndian);
+
+            var e = Assert.Throws<ImageFormatException>(() => decoder.ReadString(ref entry));
+
+            Assert.Equal($"The retrieved string is not null terminated.", e.Message);
+        }
+
         private (TiffDecoderCore, TiffIfdEntry) GenerateTestIfdEntry(TiffGenEntry entry, bool isLittleEndian)
         {
             Stream stream = new TiffGenIfd()