diff --git a/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
index 18a5c3f5e..aee57b1ea 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff/TiffDecoderCore.cs
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         /// </summary>
         private readonly IDecoderOptions options;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// A flag indicating if the file is encoded in little-endian or big-endian format.
-        /// </summary>
-        private bool isLittleEndian;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TiffDecoderCore" /> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -34,11 +29,22 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
             this.options = options ?? new DecoderOptions();
         }
 
+        public TiffDecoderCore(Stream stream, bool isLittleEndian, IDecoderOptions options) : this(options)
+        {
+            this.InputStream = stream;
+            this.IsLittleEndian = isLittleEndian;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the input stream.
         /// </summary>
         public Stream InputStream { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A flag indicating if the file is encoded in little-endian or big-endian format.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsLittleEndian;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Decodes the image from the specified <see cref="Stream"/>  and sets
         /// the data to image.
@@ -62,13 +68,13 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         {
         }
 
-        private uint ReadHeader()
+        public uint ReadHeader()
         {
             byte[] headerBytes = new byte[8];
             ReadBytes(headerBytes, 8);
 
             if (headerBytes[0] == TiffConstants.ByteOrderLittleEndian && headerBytes[1] == TiffConstants.ByteOrderLittleEndian)
-                isLittleEndian = true;
+                IsLittleEndian = true;
             else if (headerBytes[0] != TiffConstants.ByteOrderBigEndian && headerBytes[1] != TiffConstants.ByteOrderBigEndian)
                 throw new ImageFormatException("Invalid TIFF file header.");
 
@@ -102,7 +108,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
 
         private Int16 ToInt16(byte[] bytes, int offset)
         {
-            if (isLittleEndian)
+            if (IsLittleEndian)
                 return (short)(bytes[offset + 0] | (bytes[offset + 1] << 8));
             else
                 return (short)((bytes[offset + 0] << 8) | bytes[offset + 1]);
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
 
         private Int32 ToInt32(byte[] bytes, int offset)
         {
-            if (isLittleEndian)
+            if (IsLittleEndian)
                 return bytes[offset + 0] | (bytes[offset + 1] << 8) | (bytes[offset + 2] << 16) | (bytes[offset + 3] << 24);
             else
                 return (bytes[offset + 0] << 24) | (bytes[offset + 1] << 16) | (bytes[offset + 2] << 8) | bytes[offset + 3];
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderHeaderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderHeaderTests.cs
index 00b826ef0..9394519e3 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderHeaderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffDecoderHeaderTests.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,40 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Tests
         public static object[][] IsLittleEndianValues = new[] { new object[] { false },
                                                                 new object[] { true } };
 
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(IsLittleEndianValues))]
+        public void ReadHeader_ReadsEndianness(bool isLittleEndian)
+        {
+            Stream stream = new TiffGenHeader()
+                            {
+                                FirstIfd = new TiffGenIfd()
+                            }
+                            .ToStream(isLittleEndian);
+
+            TiffDecoderCore decoder = new TiffDecoderCore(stream, false, null);
+
+            decoder.ReadHeader();
+
+            Assert.Equal(isLittleEndian, decoder.IsLittleEndian);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(IsLittleEndianValues))]
+        public void ReadHeader_ReadsFirstIfdOffset(bool isLittleEndian)
+        {
+            Stream stream = new TiffGenHeader()
+                            {
+                                FirstIfd = new TiffGenIfd()
+                            }
+                            .ToStream(isLittleEndian);
+
+            TiffDecoderCore decoder = new TiffDecoderCore(stream, false, null);
+
+            uint firstIfdOffset = decoder.ReadHeader();
+
+            Assert.Equal(8u, firstIfdOffset);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [MemberData(nameof(IsLittleEndianValues))]
         public void Decode_ThrowsException_WithInvalidByteOrderMarkers(bool isLittleEndian)