diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ff3924c4..087cd987 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+14/5/13 started 7.32.4
+- icc import and export could segv on very wide images
+
 16/4/13 started 7.32.3
 - rename GETTEXT_PACKAGE as vips7.32 to help Debian (thanks Jay)
 - added "persistent" option to tilecache
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb1c9ae4..f898c366 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # also update the version number in the m4 macros below
 
-AC_INIT([vips], [7.32.3], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
+AC_INIT([vips], [7.32.4], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
 # required for gobject-introspection
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 # user-visible library versioning
 m4_define([vips_major_version], [7])
 m4_define([vips_minor_version], [32])
-m4_define([vips_micro_version], [3])
+m4_define([vips_micro_version], [4])
 m4_define([vips_version],
           [vips_major_version.vips_minor_version.vips_micro_version])
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ VIPS_VERSION_STRING=$VIPS_VERSION-`date`
 #   binary interface changes not backwards compatible?: reset age to 0
 
 LIBRARY_CURRENT=34
-LIBRARY_REVISION=1
+LIBRARY_REVISION=2
 LIBRARY_AGE=3
 
 # patched into include/vips/version.h
diff --git a/libvips/colour/icc_transform.c b/libvips/colour/icc_transform.c
index 0f267e93..39b32385 100644
--- a/libvips/colour/icc_transform.c
+++ b/libvips/colour/icc_transform.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  * 	- import and export cast @in to an appropriate format for you
  * 25/9/12
  * 	- redo as a class
+ * 14/5/13
+ * 	- import and export would segv on very wide images
  */
 
 /*
@@ -458,15 +460,18 @@ vips_icc_import_line( VipsColour *colour,
 {
 	VipsIcc *icc = (VipsIcc *) colour;
 
-	VipsPel *p = (VipsPel *) in[0];
-	float *q = (float *) out;
+	VipsPel *p;
+	float *q;
+	int i;
 
 	/* Buffer of encoded 16-bit pixels we transform.
 	 */
 	guint16 encoded[3 * PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
-	while( width > 0 ) {
-		const int chunk = VIPS_MIN( width, PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE );
+	p = (VipsPel *) in[0];
+	q = (float *) out;
+	for( i = 0; i < width; i += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE ) {
+		const int chunk = VIPS_MIN( width - i, PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE );
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LCMS2
 		cmsDoTransform( icc->trans, p, encoded, chunk );
@@ -478,9 +483,8 @@ vips_icc_import_line( VipsColour *colour,
 
 		decode_lab( encoded, q, chunk );
 
-		p += chunk * VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( colour->out );
-		q += chunk * 3;
-		width -= chunk;
+		p += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE * VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( colour->in[0] );
+		q += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE * 3;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -635,15 +639,18 @@ vips_icc_export_line( VipsColour *colour,
 {
 	VipsIcc *icc = (VipsIcc *) colour;
 
-	float *p = (float *) in[0];
-	VipsPel *q = (VipsPel *) out;
+	float *p;
+	VipsPel *q;
+	int x;
 
 	/* Buffer of encoded 16-bit pixels we transform.
 	 */
 	guint16 encoded[3 * PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
-	while( width > 0 ) {
-		const int chunk = VIPS_MIN( width, PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE );
+	p = (float *) in[0];
+	q = (VipsPel *) out;
+	for( x = 0; x < width; x += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE ) {
+		const int chunk = VIPS_MIN( width - x, PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE );
 
 		encode_lab( p, encoded, chunk );
 
@@ -655,9 +662,8 @@ vips_icc_export_line( VipsColour *colour,
 		g_mutex_unlock( icc->lock );
 #endif
 
-		p += chunk * 3;
-		q += chunk * VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( colour->out );
-		width -= chunk;
+		p += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE * 3;
+		q += PIXEL_BUFFER_SIZE * VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( colour->out );
 	}
 }