diff --git a/components/bio-formats/src/loci/formats/in/PrairieReader.java b/components/bio-formats/src/loci/formats/in/PrairieReader.java
index 502970d05d3..5b285219b6d 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats/src/loci/formats/in/PrairieReader.java
+++ b/components/bio-formats/src/loci/formats/in/PrairieReader.java
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ public class PrairieReader extends FormatReader {
 
   private Double zoom;
 
+  private boolean timeSeries = false;
+
   // -- Constructor --
 
   /** Constructs a new Prairie TIFF reader. */
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ public void close(boolean fileOnly) throws IOException {
       zoom = null;
       waitTime = null;
       relativeTimes.clear();
+      timeSeries = false;
     }
   }
 
@@ -306,6 +309,11 @@ else if (checkSuffix(id, CFG_SUFFIX)) {
       if (checkSuffix(id, XML_SUFFIX)) {
         core[0].sizeT = getImageCount() / (getSizeZ() * getSizeC());
 
+        if (timeSeries && getSizeT() == 1 && getSizeZ() > 1) {
+          core[0].sizeT = getSizeZ();
+          core[0].sizeZ = 1;
+        }
+
         files = new String[f.size()];
         f.copyInto(files);
         if (tiff == null) {
@@ -488,6 +496,10 @@ public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName,
       if (qName.equals("PVScan")) {
         date = attributes.getValue("date");
       }
+      else if (qName.equals("Sequence")) {
+        String type = attributes.getValue("type");
+        timeSeries = "TSeries Timed Element".equals(type);
+      }
       else if (qName.equals("Frame")) {
         String index = attributes.getValue("index");
         if (index != null) {