diff --git a/docs/api-output.md b/docs/api-output.md
index 353236f4f..5ff48754b 100644
--- a/docs/api-output.md
+++ b/docs/api-output.md
@@ -279,8 +279,9 @@ Warning: multiple sharp instances concurrently producing tile output can expose
     -   `tile.overlap` **[Number][8]** tile overlap in pixels, a value between 0 and 8192. (optional, default `0`)
     -   `tile.angle` **[Number][8]** tile angle of rotation, must be a multiple of 90. (optional, default `0`)
     -   `tile.container` **[String][1]** tile container, with value `fs` (filesystem) or `zip` (compressed file). (optional, default `'fs'`)
-    -   `tile.layout` **[String][1]** filesystem layout, possible values are `dz`, `zoomify` or `google`. (optional, default `'dz'`)
-
+    -   `tile.layout` **[String][1]** filesystem layout, possible values are `dz`, `zoomify` or `google`. (optional, default `'dz'`) 
+    -   `tile.depth` **[String][1]** pyramid depth, possible values are `onepixel`, `onetile` or `one`. (optional, default - libvips selects one based on layout) 
+    
 ### Examples
 
 ```javascript
diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 5e4a1c7b2..5585b087e 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ function toFormat (format, options) {
  * @param {Number} [tile.size=256] tile size in pixels, a value between 1 and 8192.
  * @param {Number} [tile.overlap=0] tile overlap in pixels, a value between 0 and 8192.
  * @param {Number} [tile.angle=0] tile angle of rotation, must be a multiple of 90.
+ * @param {String} [tile.depth] depth to shrink tiles, with value 'onepixel', 'onetile' or 'one', default based on layout
  * @param {String} [tile.container='fs'] tile container, with value `fs` (filesystem) or `zip` (compressed file).
  * @param {String} [tile.layout='dz'] filesystem layout, possible values are `dz`, `zoomify` or `google`.
  * @returns {Sharp}
@@ -474,6 +475,15 @@ function tile (tile) {
         throw new Error('Unsupported angle: angle must be a positive/negative multiple of 90 ' + tile.angle);
       }
     }
+
+    // Depth of tiles
+    if (is.defined(tile.depth)) {
+      if (is.string(tile.depth) && is.inArray(tile.depth, ['onepixel', 'onetile', 'one'])) {
+        this.options.tileDepth = tile.depth;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error("Invalid tile depth '" + tile.depth + "', should be one of 'onepixel', 'onetile' or 'one'");
+      }
+    }
   }
   // Format
   if (is.inArray(this.options.formatOut, ['jpeg', 'png', 'webp'])) {
diff --git a/src/pipeline.cc b/src/pipeline.cc
index 5cad5f013..dedb376fd 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cc
+++ b/src/pipeline.cc
@@ -946,14 +946,22 @@ class PipelineWorker : public Nan::AsyncWorker {
             suffix = AssembleSuffixString(extname, options);
           }
           // Write DZ to file
-          image.dzsave(const_cast<char*>(baton->fileOut.data()), VImage::option()
-            ->set("strip", !baton->withMetadata)
-            ->set("tile_size", baton->tileSize)
-            ->set("overlap", baton->tileOverlap)
-            ->set("container", baton->tileContainer)
-            ->set("layout", baton->tileLayout)
-            ->set("suffix", const_cast<char*>(suffix.data()))
-            ->set("angle", CalculateAngleRotation(baton->tileAngle)));
+          vips::VOption *options = VImage::option()
+                                       ->set("strip", !baton->withMetadata)
+                                       ->set("tile_size", baton->tileSize)
+                                       ->set("overlap", baton->tileOverlap)
+                                       ->set("container", baton->tileContainer)
+                                       ->set("layout", baton->tileLayout)
+                                       ->set("suffix", const_cast<char*>(suffix.data()))
+                                       ->set("angle", CalculateAngleRotation(baton->tileAngle));
+
+          // libvips chooses a default depth based on layout. Instead of replicating that logic here by
+          // not passing anything - libvips will handle choice
+          if (baton->tileDepth < VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_LAST) {
+            options->set("depth", baton->tileDepth);
+          }
+
+          image.dzsave(const_cast<char*>(baton->fileOut.data()), options);
           baton->formatOut = "dz";
         } else if (baton->formatOut == "v" || (mightMatchInput && isV) ||
           (willMatchInput && inputImageType == ImageType::VIPS)) {
@@ -1321,6 +1329,17 @@ NAN_METHOD(pipeline) {
     baton->tileLayout = VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_LAYOUT_DZ;
   }
   baton->tileFormat = AttrAsStr(options, "tileFormat");
+  std::string tileDepth = AttrAsStr(options, "tileDepth");
+  if (tileDepth == "onetile") {
+    baton->tileDepth = VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_ONETILE;
+  } else if (tileDepth == "one") {
+    baton->tileDepth = VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_ONE;
+  } else if (tileDepth == "onepixel") {
+    baton->tileDepth = VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_ONEPIXEL;
+  } else {
+    // signal that we do not want to pass any value to dzSave
+    baton->tileDepth = VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_LAST;
+  }
   // Force random access for certain operations
   if (baton->accessMethod == VIPS_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL && (
     baton->trimTolerance != 0 || baton->normalise ||
diff --git a/src/pipeline.h b/src/pipeline.h
index 9ed89fd24..6cfdf2c50 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.h
+++ b/src/pipeline.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct PipelineBaton {
   VipsForeignDzLayout tileLayout;
   std::string tileFormat;
   int tileAngle;
+  VipsForeignDzDepth tileDepth;
 
   PipelineBaton():
     input(nullptr),
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ struct PipelineBaton {
     tileOverlap(0),
     tileContainer(VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_CONTAINER_FS),
     tileLayout(VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_LAYOUT_DZ),
-    tileAngle(0){
+    tileAngle(0),
+    tileDepth(VIPS_FOREIGN_DZ_DEPTH_LAST){
       background[0] = 0.0;
       background[1] = 0.0;
       background[2] = 0.0;
diff --git a/test/unit/tile.js b/test/unit/tile.js
index 1bbcf9539..ce8685c61 100644
--- a/test/unit/tile.js
+++ b/test/unit/tile.js
@@ -46,6 +46,51 @@ const assertDeepZoomTiles = function (directory, expectedSize, expectedLevels, d
   }, done);
 };
 
+const assertZoomifyTiles = function (directory, expectedTileSize, expectedLevels, done) {
+  fs.stat(path.join(directory, 'ImageProperties.xml'), function (err, stat) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+    assert.ok(stat.isFile());
+    assert.ok(stat.size > 0);
+
+    let maxTileLevel = -1;
+    fs.readdirSync(path.join(directory, 'TileGroup0')).forEach(function (tile) {
+      // Verify tile file name
+      assert.ok(/^[0-9]+-[0-9]+-[0-9]+\.jpg$/.test(tile));
+      let level = parseInt(tile.split('-')[0]);
+      maxTileLevel = Math.max(maxTileLevel, level);
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(maxTileLevel + 1, expectedLevels); // add one to account for zero level tile
+
+    done();
+  });
+};
+
+const assertGoogleTiles = function (directory, expectedTileSize, expectedLevels, done) {
+  const levels = fs.readdirSync(directory);
+  assert.strictEqual(expectedLevels, levels.length - 1); // subtract one to account for default blank tile
+
+  fs.stat(path.join(directory, 'blank.png'), function (err, stat) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+    assert.ok(stat.isFile());
+    assert.ok(stat.size > 0);
+
+    // Basic check to confirm lowest and highest level tiles exist
+    fs.stat(path.join(directory, '0', '0', '0.jpg'), function (err, stat) {
+      if (err) throw err;
+      assert.strictEqual(true, stat.isFile());
+      assert.strictEqual(true, stat.size > 0);
+
+      fs.stat(path.join(directory, (expectedLevels - 1).toString(), '0', '0.jpg'), function (err, stat) {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        assert.strictEqual(true, stat.isFile());
+        assert.strictEqual(true, stat.size > 0);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
+
 describe('Tile', function () {
   it('Valid size values pass', function () {
     [1, 8192].forEach(function (size) {
@@ -144,6 +189,26 @@ describe('Tile', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Valid depths pass', function () {
+    ['onepixel', 'onetile', 'one'].forEach(function (depth) {
+      assert.doesNotThrow(function (depth) {
+        sharp().tile({
+          depth: depth
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Invalid depths fail', function () {
+    ['depth', 1].forEach(function (depth) {
+      assert.throws(function () {
+        sharp().tile({
+          depth: depth
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('Prevent larger overlap than default size', function () {
     assert.throws(function () {
       sharp().tile({
@@ -251,6 +316,54 @@ describe('Tile', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Deep Zoom layout with depth of one', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.512_depth_one.dzi_files');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 512,
+          depth: 'one'
+        })
+        .toFile(fixtures.path('output.512_depth_one.dzi'), function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          // Verify only one depth generated
+          assertDeepZoomTiles(directory, 512, 1, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Deep Zoom layout with depth of onepixel', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.512_depth_onepixel.dzi_files');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 512,
+          depth: 'onepixel'
+        })
+        .toFile(fixtures.path('output.512_depth_onepixel.dzi'), function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          // Verify only one depth generated
+          assertDeepZoomTiles(directory, 512, 13, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Deep Zoom layout with depth of onetile', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.256_depth_onetile.dzi_files');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 256,
+          depth: 'onetile'
+        })
+        .toFile(fixtures.path('output.256_depth_onetile.dzi'), function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          // Verify only one depth generated
+          assertDeepZoomTiles(directory, 256, 5, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('Zoomify layout', function (done) {
     const directory = fixtures.path('output.zoomify.dzi');
     rimraf(directory, function () {
@@ -275,6 +388,69 @@ describe('Tile', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Zoomify layout with depth one', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.zoomify.depth_one.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 256,
+          layout: 'zoomify',
+          depth: 'one'
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+          assertZoomifyTiles(directory, 256, 1, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Zoomify layout with depth onetile', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.zoomify.depth_onetile.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 256,
+          layout: 'zoomify',
+          depth: 'onetile'
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+          assertZoomifyTiles(directory, 256, 5, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Zoomify layout with depth onepixel', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.zoomify.depth_onepixel.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          size: 256,
+          layout: 'zoomify',
+          depth: 'onepixel'
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+          assertZoomifyTiles(directory, 256, 13, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('Google layout', function (done) {
     const directory = fixtures.path('output.google.dzi');
     rimraf(directory, function () {
@@ -410,6 +586,72 @@ describe('Tile', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Google layout with depth one', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.google_depth_one.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          layout: 'google',
+          depth: 'one',
+          size: 256
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+
+          assertGoogleTiles(directory, 256, 1, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Google layout with depth onepixel', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.google_depth_onepixel.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          layout: 'google',
+          depth: 'onepixel',
+          size: 256
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+
+          assertGoogleTiles(directory, 256, 13, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Google layout with depth onetile', function (done) {
+    const directory = fixtures.path('output.google_depth_onetile.dzi');
+    rimraf(directory, function () {
+      sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
+        .tile({
+          layout: 'google',
+          depth: 'onetile',
+          size: 256
+        })
+        .toFile(directory, function (err, info) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual('dz', info.format);
+          assert.strictEqual(2725, info.width);
+          assert.strictEqual(2225, info.height);
+          assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+          assert.strictEqual('number', typeof info.size);
+
+          assertGoogleTiles(directory, 256, 5, done);
+        });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('Write to ZIP container using file extension', function (done) {
     const container = fixtures.path('output.dz.container.zip');
     const extractTo = fixtures.path('output.dz.container');