diff --git a/torchvision/datasets/folder.py b/torchvision/datasets/folder.py
index a6bb5742bc5..1df4bcbf44d 100644
--- a/torchvision/datasets/folder.py
+++ b/torchvision/datasets/folder.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
         return fmt_str
 
 
-IMG_EXTENSIONS = ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.ppm', '.bmp', '.pgm']
+IMG_EXTENSIONS = ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.ppm', '.bmp', '.pgm', '.tif']
 
 
 def pil_loader(path):