diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/ITgaEncoderOptions.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/ITgaEncoderOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6e9871e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/ITgaEncoderOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configuration options for use during tga encoding.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal interface ITgaEncoderOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of bits per pixel.
+        /// </summary>
+        TgaBitsPerPixel? BitsPerPixel { get; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaBitsPerPixel.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaBitsPerPixel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0666fa84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaBitsPerPixel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Enumerates the available bits per pixel the tga encoder supports.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum TgaBitsPerPixel : byte
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 8 bits per pixel. Each pixel consists of 1 byte.
+        /// </summary>
+        Pixel8 = 8,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 16 bits per pixel. Each pixel consists of 2 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        Pixel16 = 16,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 24 bits per pixel. Each pixel consists of 3 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        Pixel24 = 24,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 32 bits per pixel. Each pixel consists of 4 bytes.
+        /// </summary>
+        Pixel32 = 32
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaConfigurationModule.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaConfigurationModule.cs
index c7bf6cc93..18fbf4acd 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaConfigurationModule.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaConfigurationModule.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
         {
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(TgaFormat.Instance, new TgaEncoder());
             configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(TgaFormat.Instance, new TgaDecoder());
             configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new TgaImageFormatDetector());
         }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5b9fa752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System.IO;
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Advanced;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
+{
+    public sealed class TgaEncoder : IImageEncoder, ITgaEncoderOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the number of bits per pixel.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TgaBitsPerPixel? BitsPerPixel { get; set; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            var encoder = new TgaEncoderCore(this, image.GetMemoryAllocator());
+            encoder.Encode(image, stream);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoderCore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..349963f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaEncoderCore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Advanced;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Memory;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Metadata;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+using SixLabors.Memory;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Image encoder for writing an image to a stream as a truevision targa image.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class TgaEncoderCore
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Used for allocating memory during processing operations.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly MemoryAllocator memoryAllocator;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The global configuration.
+        /// </summary>
+        private Configuration configuration;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The color depth, in number of bits per pixel.
+        /// </summary>
+        private TgaBitsPerPixel? bitsPerPixel;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TgaEncoderCore"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="options">The encoder options.</param>
+        /// <param name="memoryAllocator">The memory manager.</param>
+        public TgaEncoderCore(ITgaEncoderOptions options, MemoryAllocator memoryAllocator)
+        {
+            this.memoryAllocator = memoryAllocator;
+            this.bitsPerPixel = options.BitsPerPixel;
+        }
+
+        public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
+            Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+            this.configuration = image.GetConfiguration();
+            ImageMetadata metadata = image.Metadata;
+            TgaMetadata tgaMetadata = metadata.GetFormatMetadata(TgaFormat.Instance);
+            this.bitsPerPixel = this.bitsPerPixel ?? tgaMetadata.BitsPerPixel;
+
+            var fileHeader = new TgaFileHeader(
+                idLength: 0,
+                colorMapType: 0,
+                imageType: TgaImageType.TrueColor,
+                cMapStart: 0,
+                cMapLength: 0,
+                cMapDepth: 0,
+                xOffset: 0,
+                yOffset: 0,
+                width: (short)image.Width,
+                height: (short)image.Height,
+                pixelDepth: (byte)this.bitsPerPixel.Value,
+                imageDescriptor: 0);
+
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+            Span<byte> buffer = stackalloc byte[TgaFileHeader.Size];
+#else
+            var buffer = new byte[TgaFileHeader.Size];
+#endif
+            fileHeader.WriteTo(buffer);
+
+            stream.Write(buffer, 0, TgaFileHeader.Size);
+
+            this.WriteImage(stream, image.Frames.RootFrame);
+
+            stream.Flush();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the pixel data to the binary stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to write to.</param>
+        /// <param name="image">
+        /// The <see cref="ImageFrame{TPixel}"/> containing pixel data.
+        /// </param>
+        private void WriteImage<TPixel>(Stream stream, ImageFrame<TPixel> image)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels = image.PixelBuffer;
+            switch (this.bitsPerPixel)
+            {
+                case TgaBitsPerPixel.Pixel24:
+                    this.Write24Bit(stream, pixels);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private IManagedByteBuffer AllocateRow(int width, int bytesPerPixel) => this.memoryAllocator.AllocatePaddedPixelRowBuffer(width, bytesPerPixel, 0);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the 24bit pixels uncompressed to the stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to write to.</param>
+        /// <param name="pixels">The <see cref="Buffer2D{TPixel}"/> containing pixel data.</param>
+        private void Write24Bit<TPixel>(Stream stream, Buffer2D<TPixel> pixels)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (IManagedByteBuffer row = this.AllocateRow(pixels.Width, 3))
+            {
+                for (int y = pixels.Height - 1; y >= 0; y--)
+                {
+                    Span<TPixel> pixelSpan = pixels.GetRowSpan(y);
+                    PixelOperations<TPixel>.Instance.ToBgr24Bytes(
+                        this.configuration,
+                        pixelSpan,
+                        row.GetSpan(),
+                        pixelSpan.Length);
+                    stream.Write(row.Array, 0, row.Length());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaFileHeader.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaFileHeader.cs
index 51390e1b7..72c275b28 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaFileHeader.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaFileHeader.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
@@ -135,5 +136,12 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
         {
             return MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, TgaFileHeader>(data)[0];
         }
+
+        public void WriteTo(Span<byte> buffer)
+        {
+            ref TgaFileHeader dest = ref Unsafe.As<byte, TgaFileHeader>(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(buffer));
+
+            dest = this;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaMetadata.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaMetadata.cs
index 185eaedc9..4ce61d2e4 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tga/TgaMetadata.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,21 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Tga
         {
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TgaMetadata"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="other">The metadata to create an instance from.</param>
+        private TgaMetadata(TgaMetadata other)
+        {
+            this.BitsPerPixel = other.BitsPerPixel;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the number of bits per pixel.
+        /// </summary>
+        public TgaBitsPerPixel BitsPerPixel { get; set; } = TgaBitsPerPixel.Pixel24;
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IDeepCloneable DeepClone() => throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+        public IDeepCloneable DeepClone() => new TgaMetadata(this);
     }
 }