diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fa4d5bd0..656721e6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 19/4/12 started 7.28.6
 - better resolution unit handling in deprecated im_vips2tiff()
+- use TIFF_CFLAGS output from pkg-config (thanks Jay)
 
 19/4/12 started 7.28.5
 - ifthenelse blend mode was broken
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bdfc5846..37ed0eae 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ fi
 # Gather all up for VIPS_CFLAGS, VIPS_INCLUDES, VIPS_LIBS and VIPS_CXX_LIBS
 # sort includes to get longer, more specific dirs first
 # helps, for example, selecting graphicsmagick over imagemagick
-VIPS_CFLAGS=`for i in $VIPS_CFLAGS $GTHREAD_CFLAGS $REQUIRED_CFLAGS $PANGOFT2_CFLAGS $FFTW_CFLAGS $MAGICK_CFLAGS $PNG_CFLAGS $EXIF_CFLAGS $MATIO_CFLAGS $CFITSIO_CFLAGS $OPENEXR_CFLAGS $OPENSLIDE_CFLAGS $ORC_CFLAGS
+VIPS_CFLAGS=`for i in $VIPS_CFLAGS $GTHREAD_CFLAGS $REQUIRED_CFLAGS $PANGOFT2_CFLAGS $FFTW_CFLAGS $MAGICK_CFLAGS $PNG_CFLAGS $EXIF_CFLAGS $MATIO_CFLAGS $CFITSIO_CFLAGS $OPENEXR_CFLAGS $OPENSLIDE_CFLAGS $ORC_CFLAGS $TIFF_CFLAGS
 do 
   echo $i 
 done | sort -ru`