diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Constants/TiffConstants.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Constants/TiffConstants.cs
index 1858d49b8..10a3478c0 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Constants/TiffConstants.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/Constants/TiffConstants.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
         /// </summary>
         public const byte ByteOrderBigEndian = 0x4D;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Byte order markers for indicating little endian encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const ushort ByteOrderLittleEndianShort = 0x4949;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Byte order markers for indicating big endian encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const ushort ByteOrderBigEndianShort = 0x4D4D;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Magic number used within the image file header to identify a TIFF format file.
         /// </summary>
@@ -59,5 +69,10 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff
         /// Size (in bytes) of the Double data type
         /// </summary>
         public const int SizeOfDouble = 8;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Size (in bytes) of the word boundary to allign data to when required
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int SizeOfWordBoundary = 4;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoder.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoder.cs
index 7bcb575db..75ff7dcd4 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoder.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoder.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream, ITiffEncoderOptions options)
             where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            var encode = new TiffEncoderCore(options);
+            encode.Encode(image, stream);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74e8338c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderCore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// <copyright file="TiffEncoderCore.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Formats
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Buffers;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Linq;
+    using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+    using System.Text;
+    using ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff;
+    using ImageSharp.Memory;
+    using ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+    using Quantizers;
+
+    using static ComparableExtensions;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Performs the TIFF encoding operation.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal sealed class TiffEncoderCore
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The options for the encoder.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly ITiffEncoderOptions options;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TiffEncoderCore"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
+        public TiffEncoderCore(ITiffEncoderOptions options)
+        {
+            this.options = options ?? new TiffEncoderOptions();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes the image to the specified stream from the <see cref="Image{TPixel}"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TPixel">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="image">The <see cref="ImageBase{TPixel}"/> to encode from.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to encode the image data to.</param>
+        public void Encode<TPixel>(Image<TPixel> image, Stream stream)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
+            Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
+
+            using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, true))
+            {
+                this.WriteHeader(writer, 0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the TIFF file header.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="BinaryWriter"/> to write data to.</param>
+        /// <param name="firstIfdOffset">The byte offset to the first IFD in the file.</param>
+        public void WriteHeader(BinaryWriter writer, uint firstIfdOffset)
+        {
+            if (firstIfdOffset == 0 || firstIfdOffset % TiffConstants.SizeOfWordBoundary != 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("IFD offsets must be non-zero and on a word boundary.", nameof(firstIfdOffset));
+            }
+
+            ushort byteOrderMarker = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? TiffConstants.ByteOrderLittleEndianShort
+                                                                 : TiffConstants.ByteOrderBigEndianShort;
+
+            writer.Write(byteOrderMarker);
+            writer.Write((ushort)42);
+            writer.Write(firstIfdOffset);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderHeaderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderHeaderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5c21f594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Formats.Tiff.Tests/Formats/Tiff/TiffEncoderHeaderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// <copyright file="TiffEncoderHeaderTests.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Tests
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.IO;
+    using Xunit;
+
+    using ImageSharp.Formats;
+    using System.Text;
+
+    public class TiffEncoderHeaderTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void WriteHeader_WritesValidHeader()
+        {
+            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+            TiffEncoderCore encoder = new TiffEncoderCore(null);
+
+            using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, true))
+            {
+                encoder.WriteHeader(writer, 1232);
+            }
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            Assert.Equal(8, stream.Length);
+            Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 0x49, 0x49, 42, 0, 0xD0, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00 }, stream.ToArray());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WriteHeader_ThrowsExceptionIfFirstIfdOffsetIsZero()
+        {
+            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+            TiffEncoderCore encoder = new TiffEncoderCore(null);
+
+            using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, true))
+            {
+                ArgumentException e = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => { encoder.WriteHeader(writer, 0); });
+                Assert.Equal("IFD offsets must be non-zero and on a word boundary.\r\nParameter name: firstIfdOffset", e.Message);
+                Assert.Equal("firstIfdOffset", e.ParamName);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WriteHeader_ThrowsExceptionIfIfdOffsetIsNotOnAWordBoundary()
+        {
+            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
+            TiffEncoderCore encoder = new TiffEncoderCore(null);
+
+            using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, true))
+            {
+                ArgumentException e = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => { encoder.WriteHeader(writer, 1234); });
+                Assert.Equal("IFD offsets must be non-zero and on a word boundary.\r\nParameter name: firstIfdOffset", e.Message);
+                Assert.Equal("firstIfdOffset", e.ParamName);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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