diff --git a/extensions/libtiff/error_handling.h b/extensions/libtiff/error_handling.h
index e4be1f8..fbe1621 100644
--- a/extensions/libtiff/error_handling.h
+++ b/extensions/libtiff/error_handling.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <cstdarg>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <tiffio.h>
+
 #define XM_CHECK_NULL(ptr)                            \
     {                                                 \
         if (!ptr)                                     \
@@ -30,3 +36,47 @@
         if (LIBTIFF_CALL_SUCCESS != retcode)                                                                   \
             throw std::runtime_error("libtiff call failed with code " + std::to_string(retcode) + ": " #call); \
     } while (0)
+
+// GeoTIFF/GDAL tag IDs that libtiff does not recognise natively.
+// Decoding is correct; the tags carry only geographic metadata.
+static constexpr uint32_t kGeoTIFFTags[] = {
+    33550,  // ModelPixelScaleTag
+    33922,  // ModelTiepointTag
+    34264,  // ModelTransformationTag
+    34735,  // GeoKeyDirectoryTag
+    34736,  // GeoDoubleParamsTag
+    34737,  // GeoAsciiParamsTag
+    42112,  // GDAL_METADATA
+    42113,  // GDAL_NODATA
+};
+
+// TIFFWarningHandler that silently drops "Unknown field with tag X" warnings for
+// the known GeoTIFF/GDAL tags and forwards all other libtiff warnings to stderr.
+inline void SuppressGeoTIFFTagWarnings(const char* module, const char* fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    if (strstr(fmt, "Unknown field with tag") != nullptr) {
+        va_list ap_copy;
+        va_copy(ap_copy, ap);
+        unsigned int tag = va_arg(ap_copy, unsigned int);
+        va_end(ap_copy);
+        for (auto geotiff_tag : kGeoTIFFTags) {
+            if (tag == geotiff_tag)
+                return;
+        }
+    }
+    char buf[1024];
+    vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
+    // libtiff permits a null module name in some code paths
+    if (module)
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", module, buf);
+    else
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", buf);
+}
+
+// Declared inline so the static once_flag is shared across all translation units,
+// guaranteeing TIFFSetWarningHandler is called exactly once per process.
+inline void InstallGeoTIFFWarningFilter()
+{
+    static std::once_flag flag;
+    std::call_once(flag, [] { TIFFSetWarningHandler(SuppressGeoTIFFTagWarnings); });
+}
diff --git a/extensions/libtiff/libtiff_ext.cpp b/extensions/libtiff/libtiff_ext.cpp
index 8d0a26b..4cd096a 100644
--- a/extensions/libtiff/libtiff_ext.cpp
+++ b/extensions/libtiff/libtiff_ext.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct LibtiffImgCodecsExtension
         try {
             XM_CHECK_NULL(framework)
             NVIMGCODEC_LOG_TRACE(framework, "libtiff_ext", "nvimgcodecExtensionCreate");
+            InstallGeoTIFFWarningFilter();
 
             XM_CHECK_NULL(extension)
             *extension = reinterpret_cast<nvimgcodecExtension_t>(new libtiff::LibtiffImgCodecsExtension(framework));
diff --git a/test/python/test_decode_tiff.py b/test/python/test_decode_tiff.py
index f3b8edc..77c1842 100644
--- a/test/python/test_decode_tiff.py
+++ b/test/python/test_decode_tiff.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 import os
+import struct
+import tempfile
 import numpy as np
 from nvidia import nvimgcodec
 import pytest as t
@@ -117,3 +119,111 @@ def test_decode_tiff_too_many_planes():
 def test_decode_tiff_oom():
     assert None == nvimgcodec.Decoder().read(
         os.path.join(img_dir_path, "tiff/error/oom.tiff"))
+
+
+def _create_geotiff(path, width=4, height=4):
+    """Build a minimal GeoTIFF from scratch with all eight GeoTIFF/GDAL metadata tags.
+
+    Returns the expected pixel array (HxWx1 uint8) so callers can compare against decoded output.
+    The file is constructed with struct so no third-party TIFF library is required.
+    """
+    # Image: row-major, values 0..(H*W-1)
+    image_data = bytes(i % 256 for i in range(width * height))
+
+    # Extra tag payloads (appended after the IFD)
+    model_pixel_scale = struct.pack("<3d", 1.0, 1.0, 0.0)  # ModelPixelScaleTag  (3 doubles)
+    model_tiepoint = struct.pack("<6d", *([0.0] * 6))  # ModelTiepointTag    (6 doubles)
+    model_transform = struct.pack("<16d", *([0.0] * 16))  # ModelTransformationTag (16 doubles)
+    geo_key_dir = struct.pack("<4H", 1, 1, 0, 0)  # GeoKeyDirectoryTag  (4 shorts)
+    geo_double = struct.pack("<d", 0.0)  # GeoDoubleParamsTag  (1 double)
+    geo_ascii = b"WGS 84|\x00"  # GeoAsciiParamsTag   (ASCII)
+    gdal_metadata = b"<GDALMetadata/>\x00"  # GDAL_METADATA      (ASCII)
+    gdal_nodata = b"-9999\x00"  # GDAL_NODATA         (ASCII)
+
+    # Compute layout offsets
+    # 0..7:   header
+    # 8..8+len(image_data)-1: pixel data
+    # ifd_offset: IFD
+    num_entries = 17
+    image_offset = 8
+    ifd_offset = image_offset + len(image_data)
+    entries_offset = ifd_offset + 2  # skip num_entries field
+    extra_start = entries_offset + num_entries * 12 + 4  # after entries + next-IFD pointer
+
+    off_mps = extra_start
+    off_mt = off_mps + len(model_pixel_scale)
+    off_mtx = off_mt + len(model_tiepoint)
+    off_gkd = off_mtx + len(model_transform)
+    off_gdp = off_gkd + len(geo_key_dir)
+    off_gas = off_gdp + len(geo_double)
+    off_gmd = off_gas + len(geo_ascii)
+    off_gnd = off_gmd + len(gdal_metadata)
+
+    SHORT, LONG, DOUBLE, ASCII = 3, 4, 12, 2
+
+    def ifd_entry(tag, ttype, count, val):
+        return struct.pack("<HHII", tag, ttype, count, val)
+
+    entries = b"".join(
+        [
+            ifd_entry(256, SHORT, 1, width),  # ImageWidth
+            ifd_entry(257, SHORT, 1, height),  # ImageLength
+            ifd_entry(258, SHORT, 1, 8),  # BitsPerSample
+            ifd_entry(259, SHORT, 1, 1),  # Compression = None
+            ifd_entry(262, SHORT, 1, 1),  # PhotometricInterpretation
+            ifd_entry(273, LONG, 1, image_offset),  # StripOffsets
+            ifd_entry(277, SHORT, 1, 1),  # SamplesPerPixel
+            ifd_entry(278, SHORT, 1, height),  # RowsPerStrip
+            ifd_entry(279, LONG, 1, len(image_data)),  # StripByteCounts
+            ifd_entry(33550, DOUBLE, 3, off_mps),  # ModelPixelScaleTag
+            ifd_entry(33922, DOUBLE, 6, off_mt),  # ModelTiepointTag
+            ifd_entry(34264, DOUBLE, 16, off_mtx),  # ModelTransformationTag
+            ifd_entry(34735, SHORT, 4, off_gkd),  # GeoKeyDirectoryTag
+            ifd_entry(34736, DOUBLE, 1, off_gdp),  # GeoDoubleParamsTag
+            ifd_entry(34737, ASCII, len(geo_ascii), off_gas),  # GeoAsciiParamsTag
+            ifd_entry(42112, ASCII, len(gdal_metadata), off_gmd),  # GDAL_METADATA
+            ifd_entry(42113, ASCII, len(gdal_nodata), off_gnd),  # GDAL_NODATA
+        ]
+    )
+    assert len(entries) == num_entries * 12
+
+    tiff_bytes = (
+        struct.pack("<HHI", 0x4949, 42, ifd_offset)  # header: LE + magic + IFD offset
+        + image_data
+        + struct.pack("<H", num_entries)
+        + entries
+        + struct.pack("<I", 0)  # next IFD = none
+        + model_pixel_scale
+        + model_tiepoint
+        + model_transform
+        + geo_key_dir
+        + geo_double
+        + geo_ascii
+        + gdal_metadata
+        + gdal_nodata
+    )
+    with open(path, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(tiff_bytes)
+
+    return np.frombuffer(image_data, dtype=np.uint8).reshape(height, width, 1)
+
+
+@t.mark.parametrize("backends", [
+    [nvimgcodec.Backend(nvimgcodec.BackendKind.CPU_ONLY)],
+    None,  # default backend
+])
+def test_decode_tiff_geotiff(backends):
+    """GeoTIFF files with standard geographic metadata tags must decode without errors.
+
+    GeoTIFF/GDAL tags are not natively known to libtiff, which emits
+    "Unknown field with tag X" warnings for them. The fix installs a custom libtiff
+    warning handler that suppresses those specific warnings while passing through all others.
+    """
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        geo_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "geo.tif")
+        expected = _create_geotiff(geo_path)
+
+        decoder = nvimgcodec.Decoder(backends=backends)
+        result = decoder.read(geo_path)
+        assert result is not None
+        np.testing.assert_array_equal(np.array(result.cpu()), expected)