diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1cc12a86..3724140f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - bicubic is better on 32-bit int images
 - add pdfload, svgload, gifload for PDF, SVG and GIF rendering 
 - vipsthumbnail knows about pdfload and svgload
+- added @page param to magickload 
 
 27/1/16 started 8.2.3
 - fix a crash with SPARC byte-order labq vips images
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/im_magick2vips.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_magick2vips.c
index 36a9c7a7..4113dfb1 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/im_magick2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/im_magick2vips.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ im_magick2vips( const char *filename, IMAGE *out )
 #ifdef HAVE_MAGICK
 	/* Old behaviour was always to read all frames.
 	 */
-	return( vips__magick_read( filename, out, TRUE, NULL ) );
+	return( vips__magick_read( filename, out, TRUE, NULL, 0 ) );
 #else
 	vips_error( "im_magick2vips", 
 		"%s", _( "no libMagick support in your libvips" ) ); 
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick.h b/libvips/foreign/magick.h
index 1d43b13c..84021c8a 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick.h
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick.h
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif /*__cplusplus*/
 
 int vips__magick_read( const char *filename, 
-	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density );
+	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page );
 int vips__magick_read_header( const char *filename, 
-	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density );
+	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page );
 
 int vips__magick_read_buffer( const void *buf, const size_t len,
-	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density );
+	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page );
 int vips__magick_read_buffer_header( const void *buf, const size_t len,
-	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density );
+	VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page );
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c b/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
index a8a22f6c..5d3d73a8 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick2vips.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
  * 26/2/15
  * 	- close the read down early for a header read ... this saves an
  * 	  fd during file read, handy for large numbers of input images 
+ * 14/2/16
+ * 	- add @page option, 0 by default
  */
 
 /*
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ typedef struct _Read {
 	char *filename;
 	VipsImage *im;
 	gboolean all_frames;
+	int page;
 
 	Image *image;
 	ImageInfo *image_info;
@@ -160,8 +163,8 @@ read_close( VipsImage *im, Read *read )
 }
 
 static Read *
-read_new( const char *filename, VipsImage *im, gboolean all_frames,
-	const char *density )
+read_new( const char *filename, VipsImage *im, 
+	gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page )
 {
 	Read *read;
 	static int inited = 0;
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ read_new( const char *filename, VipsImage *im, gboolean all_frames,
 		return( NULL );
 	read->filename = filename ? g_strdup( filename ) : NULL;
 	read->all_frames = all_frames;
+	read->page = page;
 	read->im = im;
 	read->image = NULL;
 	read->image_info = CloneImageInfo( NULL );
@@ -673,8 +677,8 @@ magick_fill_region( VipsRegion *out,
 }
 
 int
-vips__magick_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames,
-	const char *density )
+vips__magick_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, 
+	gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page )
 {
 	Read *read;
 
@@ -682,7 +686,7 @@ vips__magick_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames,
 	printf( "magick2vips: vips__magick_read: %s\n", filename );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
-	if( !(read = read_new( filename, out, all_frames, density )) )
+	if( !(read = read_new( filename, out, all_frames, density, page )) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETIMAGEOPTION
@@ -696,6 +700,25 @@ vips__magick_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames,
   	SetImageOption( read->image_info, "dcm:display-range", "reset" );
 #endif /*HAVE_SETIMAGEOPTION*/
 
+	if( !all_frames ) {
+		/* Just pick a specific page.
+		 */
+
+		/* This doesn't seem to work, strange.
+		 *
+		 * read->image_info->number_scenes = 1;
+		 * read->image_info->scene = read->page;
+		 */
+
+		/* This works, but is no faster.
+		 */
+
+		char page[256];
+
+		vips_snprintf( page, 256, "%d", read->page );
+		read->image_info->scenes = strdup( page );
+	}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printf( "magick2vips: calling ReadImage() ...\n" );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
@@ -724,7 +747,7 @@ vips__magick_read( const char *filename, VipsImage *out, gboolean all_frames,
  */
 int
 vips__magick_read_header( const char *filename, VipsImage *im, 
-	gboolean all_frames, const char *density )
+	gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page )
 {
 	Read *read;
 
@@ -732,7 +755,7 @@ vips__magick_read_header( const char *filename, VipsImage *im,
 	printf( "vips__magick_read_header: %s\n", filename );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
-	if( !(read = read_new( filename, im, all_frames, density )) )
+	if( !(read = read_new( filename, im, all_frames, density, page )) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -765,7 +788,7 @@ vips__magick_read_header( const char *filename, VipsImage *im,
 
 int
 vips__magick_read_buffer( const void *buf, const size_t len, VipsImage *out,
-	gboolean all_frames, const char *density )
+	gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page )
 {
 	Read *read;
 
@@ -773,7 +796,7 @@ vips__magick_read_buffer( const void *buf, const size_t len, VipsImage *out,
 	printf( "magick2vips: vips__magick_read_buffer: %p %zu\n", buf, len );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
-	if( !(read = read_new( NULL, out, all_frames, density )) )
+	if( !(read = read_new( NULL, out, all_frames, density, page )) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETIMAGEOPTION
@@ -810,8 +833,9 @@ vips__magick_read_buffer( const void *buf, const size_t len, VipsImage *out,
 }
 
 int
-vips__magick_read_buffer_header( const void *buf, const size_t len,
-	VipsImage *im, gboolean all_frames, const char *density )
+vips__magick_read_buffer_header( const void *buf, const size_t len, 
+	VipsImage *im, 
+	gboolean all_frames, const char *density, int page )
 {
 	Read *read;
 
@@ -819,7 +843,7 @@ vips__magick_read_buffer_header( const void *buf, const size_t len,
 	printf( "vips__magick_read_buffer_header: %p %zu\n", buf, len );
 #endif /*DEBUG*/
 
-	if( !(read = read_new( NULL, im, all_frames, density )) )
+	if( !(read = read_new( NULL, im, all_frames, density, page )) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magickload.c b/libvips/foreign/magickload.c
index b73efa0a..4603c52c 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magickload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magickload.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * 	- remove header-only loads
  * 11/6/13
  * 	- add @all_frames option, off by default
+ * 14/2/16
+ * 	- add @page option, 0 by default
  */
 
 /*
@@ -59,8 +61,9 @@
 typedef struct _VipsForeignLoadMagick {
 	VipsForeignLoad parent_object;
 
-	gboolean all_frames;
-	char *density;
+	gboolean all_frames;		/* Load all frames */
+	char *density;			/* Load at this resolution */
+	int page;			/* Load this page (frame) */
 
 } VipsForeignLoadMagick;
 
@@ -117,6 +120,13 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick_class_init( VipsForeignLoadMagickClass *class )
 		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
 		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsForeignLoadMagick, density ),
 		NULL );
+
+	VIPS_ARG_INT( class, "page", 5,
+		_( "Page" ),
+		_( "Load this page from the file" ),
+		VIPS_ARGUMENT_OPTIONAL_INPUT,
+		G_STRUCT_OFFSET( VipsForeignLoadMagick, page ),
+		0, 100000, 0 );
 }
 
 static void
@@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ ismagick( const char *filename )
 
 	t = vips_image_new();
 	vips_error_freeze();
-	result = vips__magick_read_header( filename, t, FALSE, NULL );
+	result = vips__magick_read_header( filename, t, FALSE, NULL, 0 );
 	g_object_unref( t );
 	vips_error_thaw();
 
@@ -166,7 +176,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick_file_header( VipsForeignLoad *load )
 		(VipsForeignLoadMagickFile *) load;
 
 	if( vips__magick_read( magick_file->filename, 
-		load->out, magick->all_frames, magick->density ) )
+		load->out, magick->all_frames, magick->density, magick->page ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 	VIPS_SETSTR( load->out->filename, magick_file->filename );
@@ -226,7 +236,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick_buffer_is_a_buffer( const void *buf, size_t len )
 
 	t = vips_image_new();
 	vips_error_freeze();
-	result = vips__magick_read_buffer_header( buf, len, t, FALSE, NULL );
+	result = vips__magick_read_buffer_header( buf, len, t, FALSE, NULL, 0 );
 	g_object_unref( t );
 	vips_error_thaw();
 
@@ -249,7 +259,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick_buffer_header( VipsForeignLoad *load )
 
 	if( vips__magick_read_buffer( 
 		magick_buffer->buf->data, magick_buffer->buf->length, 
-		load->out, magick->all_frames, magick->density ) )
+		load->out, magick->all_frames, magick->density, magick->page ) )
 		return( -1 );
 
 	return( 0 );