diff --git a/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/TensorFlow-LICENSE b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/TensorFlow-LICENSE
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index 00000000000..c7563fe4e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/TensorFlow-LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+   Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors.  All rights reserved.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
diff --git a/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/bad_huffman.jpg b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/bad_huffman.jpg
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diff --git a/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt.jpg b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt.jpg
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diff --git a/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt34_2.jpg b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt34_2.jpg
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diff --git a/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt34_3.jpg b/test/assets/damaged_jpeg/corrupt34_3.jpg
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diff --git a/test/test_image.py b/test/test_image.py
index 09a591d19ef..0bf3daf5528 100644
--- a/test/test_image.py
+++ b/test/test_image.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import glob
 import unittest
 import sys
 
@@ -10,11 +11,15 @@
 
 IMAGE_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "assets")
 IMAGE_DIR = os.path.join(IMAGE_ROOT, "fakedata", "imagefolder")
+DAMAGED_JPEG = os.path.join(IMAGE_ROOT, 'damaged_jpeg')
 
 
 def get_images(directory, img_ext):
     assert os.path.isdir(directory)
     for root, _, files in os.walk(directory):
+        if os.path.basename(root) == 'damaged_jpeg':
+            continue
+
         for fl in files:
             _, ext = os.path.splitext(fl)
             if ext == img_ext:
@@ -44,6 +49,21 @@ def test_decode_jpeg(self):
         with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
             decode_jpeg(torch.empty((100), dtype=torch.uint8))
 
+    def test_damaged_images(self):
+        # Test image with bad Huffman encoding (should not raise)
+        bad_huff = os.path.join(DAMAGED_JPEG, 'bad_huffman.jpg')
+        try:
+            _ = read_jpeg(bad_huff)
+        except RuntimeError:
+            self.assertTrue(False)
+
+        # Truncated images should raise an exception
+        truncated_images = glob.glob(
+            os.path.join(DAMAGED_JPEG, 'corrupt*.jpg'))
+        for image_path in truncated_images:
+            with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+                read_jpeg(image_path)
+
     def test_read_png(self):
         # Check across .png
         for img_path in get_images(IMAGE_DIR, ".png"):
diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/readjpeg_cpu.cpp b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/readjpeg_cpu.cpp
index 4954b2c2474..b3e3d2ffa5a 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/readjpeg_cpu.cpp
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/cpu/image/readjpeg_cpu.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ static void torch_jpeg_init_source(j_decompress_ptr cinfo) {}
 
 static boolean torch_jpeg_fill_input_buffer(j_decompress_ptr cinfo) {
   torch_jpeg_mgr* src = (torch_jpeg_mgr*)cinfo->src;
-  // No more data.  Probably an incomplete image;  just output EOI.
+  // No more data.  Probably an incomplete image;  Raise exception.
+  torch_jpeg_error_ptr myerr = (torch_jpeg_error_ptr)cinfo->err;
+  strcpy(jpegLastErrorMsg, "Image is incomplete or truncated");
+  longjmp(myerr->setjmp_buffer, 1);
   src->pub.next_input_byte = EOI_BUFFER;
   src->pub.bytes_in_buffer = 1;
   return TRUE;