diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.c b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9131f1c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.c
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <tiffio.h>
+#include <webp/encode.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#define BUF_SIZE 1024 * 128
+
+int tiff_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
+#ifdef HAS_DEBUG
+  clock_t t;
+  t = clock();
+#endif
+  int status = 0;
+  FILE* input = fdopen(inputDesc, "r");
+  FILE* output = fdopen(outputDesc, "wb");
+  if (!input || !output) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (targetSize < 0) targetSize = -targetSize;
+
+  // STEP1: write input to a file as libgiff didn't work out well with the file descriptor
+  char fname_in[32] = "/tmp/filestash.XXXXXX";
+  int _mkstemp_in = mkstemp(fname_in);
+  if (!_mkstemp_in) {
+    ERROR("mkstemp_in");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  FILE* f_in = fdopen(_mkstemp_in, "wb");
+  if (!f_in) {
+    ERROR("fdopen");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  char content[BUF_SIZE];
+  int read;
+  while ((read = fread(content, sizeof(char), BUF_SIZE, input))) {
+    fwrite(content, read, sizeof(char), f_in);
+  }
+  fclose(f_in);
+  DEBUG("setup");
+
+  // STEP2: decode tiff image
+  TIFF* tif = TIFFOpen(fname_in, "rb");
+  if (!tif) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT;
+  }
+  DEBUG("init0");
+  uint32_t w, h;
+  TIFFGetField(tif, TIFFTAG_IMAGEWIDTH, &w);
+  TIFFGetField(tif, TIFFTAG_IMAGELENGTH, &h);
+  uint32_t* raster = (uint32_t*)_TIFFmalloc(w * h * sizeof(uint32_t));
+  if (!raster) {
+    TIFFClose(tif);
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT;
+  }
+  DEBUG("init1");
+  if (!TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(tif, w, h, raster, ORIENTATION_TOPLEFT, 0)) {
+    TIFFClose(tif);
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  TIFFClose(tif);
+  DEBUG("read");
+
+  // STEP3: resize image
+  uint8_t* thumbnail_buffer = (uint8_t*)malloc(targetSize * targetSize * 4);
+  if (!thumbnail_buffer) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  for (int y = 0; y < targetSize; ++y) {
+    for (int x = 0; x < targetSize; ++x) {
+      int srcX = x * w / targetSize;
+      int srcY = y * h / targetSize;
+      uint32_t pixel = raster[srcY * w + srcX];
+      thumbnail_buffer[(y * targetSize + x) * 3 + 0] = TIFFGetR(pixel);
+      thumbnail_buffer[(y * targetSize + x) * 3 + 1] = TIFFGetG(pixel);
+      thumbnail_buffer[(y * targetSize + x) * 3 + 2] = TIFFGetB(pixel);
+    }
+  }
+  DEBUG("resized");
+
+  // STEP4: encode output image
+  size_t webp_output_size;
+  uint8_t* webp_output_data = NULL;
+  if (!(webp_output_size = WebPEncodeRGB(thumbnail_buffer, targetSize, targetSize, targetSize * 3, 75, &webp_output_data))) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_B;
+  }
+  DEBUG("encoded");
+  fwrite(webp_output_data, webp_output_size, 1, output);
+  fflush(output);
+  WebPFree(webp_output_data);
+  DEBUG("done");
+
+ CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_B:
+  free(thumbnail_buffer);
+ CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A:
+  _TIFFfree(raster);
+ CLEANUP_AND_ABORT:
+  remove(fname_in);
+  return status;
+}
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.go b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fc770e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package plg_image_c
+
+// #include "image_tiff.h"
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:libwebp.a -ltiff
+import "C"
+
+func tiff(input uintptr, output uintptr, size int) {
+	C.tiff_to_webp(C.int(input), C.int(output), C.int(size))
+	return
+}
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.h b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ae996a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_tiff.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+int tiff_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize);
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
index 9842d41a1..4b6e0bc6e 100644
--- a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/index.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func init() {
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/gif", &transcoder{runner(gif), "image/webp", -300})
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/heic", &transcoder{runner(heif), "image/jpeg", -200})
 	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/webp", &transcoder{runner(webp), "image/webp", -200})
-
+	Hooks.Register.Thumbnailer("image/tiff", &transcoder{runner(tiff), "image/webp", -200})
 	rawMimeType := []string{
 		"image/x-canon-cr2", "image/x-tif", "image/x-canon-cr2", "image/x-canon-crw",
 		"image/x-nikon-nef", "image/x-nikon-nrw", "image/x-sony-arw", "image/x-sony-sr2",