diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderCore.cs
index c464cae0e..07e17680a 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderCore.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
@@ -133,11 +134,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
                     switch (this.infoHeader.Compression)
                     {
                         case BmpCompression.RGB:
-                            if (this.infoHeader.HeaderSize != 40)
-                            {
-                                throw new ImageFormatException($"Header Size value '{this.infoHeader.HeaderSize}' is not valid.");
-                            }
-
                             if (this.infoHeader.BitsPerPixel == 32)
                             {
                                 this.ReadRgb32(pixels, this.infoHeader.Width, this.infoHeader.Height, inverted);
@@ -372,11 +368,69 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
         /// </summary>
         private void ReadInfoHeader()
         {
-            byte[] data = new byte[BmpInfoHeader.Size];
+            byte[] data = new byte[BmpInfoHeader.MaxHeaderSize];
+
+            // read header size
+            this.currentStream.Read(data, 0, BmpInfoHeader.HeaderSizeSize);
+            int headerSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 0);
+            if (headerSize < BmpInfoHeader.HeaderSizeSize || headerSize > BmpInfoHeader.MaxHeaderSize)
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"This kind of bitmap files (header size $headerSize) is not supported.");
+            }
+
+            // read the rest of the header
+            this.currentStream.Read(data, BmpInfoHeader.HeaderSizeSize, headerSize - BmpInfoHeader.HeaderSizeSize);
+
+            switch (headerSize)
+            {
+                case BmpInfoHeader.BitmapCoreHeaderSize:
+                    this.infoHeader = this.ParseBitmapCoreHeader(data);
+                    break;
+
+                case BmpInfoHeader.BitmapInfoHeaderSize:
+                    this.infoHeader = this.ParseBitmapInfoHeader(data);
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"This kind of bitmap files (header size $headerSize) is not supported.");
+            }
+        }
 
-            this.currentStream.Read(data, 0, BmpInfoHeader.Size);
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the <see cref="BmpInfoHeader"/> from the stream, assuming it uses the BITMAPCOREHEADER format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">Header bytes read from the stream</param>
+        /// <returns>Parsed header</returns>
+        /// <seealso href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183372.aspx"/>
+        private BmpInfoHeader ParseBitmapCoreHeader(byte[] data)
+        {
+            return new BmpInfoHeader
+            {
+                HeaderSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 0),
+                Width = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 4),
+                Height = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 6),
+                Planes = BitConverter.ToInt16(data, 8),
+                BitsPerPixel = BitConverter.ToInt16(data, 10),
+
+                // the rest is not present in the core header
+                ImageSize = 0,
+                XPelsPerMeter = 0,
+                YPelsPerMeter = 0,
+                ClrUsed = 0,
+                ClrImportant = 0,
+                Compression = BmpCompression.RGB
+            };
+        }
 
-            this.infoHeader = new BmpInfoHeader
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the <see cref="BmpInfoHeader"/> from the stream, assuming it uses the BITMAPINFOHEADER format.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">Header bytes read from the stream</param>
+        /// <returns>Parsed header</returns>
+        /// <seealso href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd183376.aspx"/>
+        private BmpInfoHeader ParseBitmapInfoHeader(byte[] data)
+        {
+            return new BmpInfoHeader
             {
                 HeaderSize = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 0),
                 Width = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 4),
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
index 7f49be12a..12dd0f91a 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpEncoderCore.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
 
             BmpInfoHeader infoHeader = new BmpInfoHeader
             {
-                HeaderSize = BmpInfoHeader.Size,
+                HeaderSize = BmpInfoHeader.BitmapInfoHeaderSize,
                 Height = image.Height,
                 Width = image.Width,
                 BitsPerPixel = bpp,
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpInfoHeader.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpInfoHeader.cs
index 1037a97f9..b24404cac 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpInfoHeader.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpInfoHeader.cs
@@ -11,12 +11,27 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
     internal sealed class BmpInfoHeader
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Defines of the data structure in the bitmap file.
+        /// Defines the size of the BITMAPINFOHEADER data structure in the bitmap file.
         /// </summary>
-        public const int Size = 40;
+        public const int BitmapInfoHeaderSize = 40;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the size of this header (40 bytes)
+        /// Defines the size of the BITMAPCOREHEADER data structure in the bitmap file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int BitmapCoreHeaderSize = 12;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defines the size of the biggest supported header data structure in the bitmap file.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int MaxHeaderSize = BitmapInfoHeaderSize;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defines the size of the <see cref="HeaderSize"/> field.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int HeaderSizeSize = 4;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the size of this header
         /// </summary>
         public int HeaderSize { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/FileTestBase.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/FileTestBase.cs
index 933cfa86b..88d618880 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/FileTestBase.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/FileTestBase.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             // TestFile.Create(TestImages.Jpeg.Progressive.Bad.BadEOF), // Perf: Enable for local testing only
                TestFile.Create(TestImages.Bmp.Car),
             // TestFile.Create(TestImages.Bmp.NegHeight), // Perf: Enable for local testing only
+            // TestFile.Create(TestImages.Bmp.CoreHeader), // Perf: Enable for local testing only
                TestFile.Create(TestImages.Png.Splash),
             // TestFile.Create(TestImages.Png.Cross), // Perf: Enable for local testing only
             // TestFile.Create(TestImages.Png.Bad.ChunkLength1), // Perf: Enable for local testing only
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e10de23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Bmp/BmpDecoderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// <copyright file="BmpEncoderTests.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+using ImageSharp.Formats;
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Tests
+{
+    using ImageSharp.PixelFormats;
+
+    using Xunit;
+
+    public class BmpDecoderTests : FileTestBase
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [WithFileCollection(nameof(AllBmpFiles), PixelTypes.Rgb24)]
+        public void OpenAllBmpFiles_SaveBmp<TPixel>(TestImageProvider<TPixel> provider)
+            where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
+        {
+            using (Image<TPixel> image = provider.GetImage())
+            {
+                provider.Utility.SaveTestOutputFile(image, "bmp");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
index 4adc9bd72..3fdbecf50 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             public const string Car = "Bmp/Car.bmp";
             public const string F = "Bmp/F.bmp";
             public const string NegHeight = "Bmp/neg_height.bmp";
-            public static readonly string[] All = { Car, F, NegHeight };
+            public const string CoreHeader = "Bmp/BitmapCoreHeaderQR.bmp";
+            public static readonly string[] All = { Car, F, NegHeight, CoreHeader };
         }
 
         public static class Gif
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Bmp/BitmapCoreHeaderQR.bmp b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Bmp/BitmapCoreHeaderQR.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5c58f8cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages/Formats/Bmp/BitmapCoreHeaderQR.bmp differ