diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 266e3fcf..bfcc3b0a 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ set(TESTSCRIPTS
     ppm2tiff_pbm.sh
     ppm2tiff_pgm.sh
     ppm2tiff_ppm.sh
+    fax2tiff.sh
     tiffcp-g3.sh
     tiffcp-g3-1d.sh
     tiffcp-g3-1d-fill.sh
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ set(UNCOMPRESSEDIMAGES
 # files which are not currently used by the tests.
 set(IMAGES_EXTRA_DIST
     images/README.txt
+    images/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3
     ${BMPIMAGES}
     ${GIFIMAGES}
     ${PNMIMAGES}
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 8992ef04..cc3fb683 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ TESTSCRIPTS = \
 	ppm2tiff_pbm.sh \
 	ppm2tiff_pgm.sh \
 	ppm2tiff_ppm.sh \
+	fax2tiff.sh \
 	tiffcp-g3.sh \
 	tiffcp-g3-1d.sh \
 	tiffcp-g3-1d-fill.sh \
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ PNMIMAGES = \
 # files which are not currently used by the tests.
 IMAGES_EXTRA_DIST = \
 	images/README.txt \
+	images/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3 \
 	$(PNMIMAGES) \
 	$(TIFFIMAGES)
 
diff --git a/test/fax2tiff.sh b/test/fax2tiff.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fc0a95d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fax2tiff.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Basic sanity check for fax2tiff
+#
+. ${srcdir:-.}/common.sh
+infile="${IMAGES}/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3"
+outfile="o-fax2tiff.tiff"
+echo "$MEMCHECK ${FAX2TIFF} -M -o $outfile $infile"
+eval "$MEMCHECK" "${FAX2TIFF}" "-M" "-o" "$outfile" "$infile"
+status=$?
+if [ $status != 0 ] ; then
+  echo "Returned failed status $status!"
+  echo "Output (if any) is in \"${outfile}\"."
+  exit $status
+fi
+f_tiffinfo_validate $outfile
diff --git a/test/images/README.txt b/test/images/README.txt
index 17f6292e..b6447d8e 100644
--- a/test/images/README.txt
+++ b/test/images/README.txt
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ PNM files:
   minisblack-1c-8b.pgm
   miniswhite-1c-1b.pbm
   rgb-3c-8b.ppm
+
+G3 Fax files :
+  miniswhite-1c-1b.g3
diff --git a/test/images/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3 b/test/images/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f00ce16
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/images/miniswhite-1c-1b.g3 differ
diff --git a/tools/fax2tiff.c b/tools/fax2tiff.c
index 2098b2ab..21223131 100644
--- a/tools/fax2tiff.c
+++ b/tools/fax2tiff.c
@@ -74,14 +74,10 @@ static	void usage(void);
   Struct to carry client data.  Note that it does not appear that the client
   data is actually used in this program.
 */
-typedef struct _FAX_Client_Data
+typedef union _FAX_Client_Data
 {
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(USE_WIN32_FILEIO)
-        intptr_t fh; /* Operating system file handle */
-#else
-        int fd;      /* Integer file descriptor */
-#endif
-
+	thandle_t fh; /* Operating system file handle */
+	int fd;      /* Integer file descriptor */
 } FAX_Client_Data;
 
 int
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
 	FILE *in;
 	TIFF *out = NULL;
-        FAX_Client_Data client_data;
+	FAX_Client_Data client_data;
 	TIFFErrorHandler whandler = NULL;
 	int compression_in = COMPRESSION_CCITTFAX3;
 	int compression_out = COMPRESSION_CCITTFAX3;
@@ -280,11 +276,11 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 			continue;
 		}
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(USE_WIN32_FILEIO)
-                client_data.fh = _get_osfhandle(fileno(in));
+		client_data.fh = (thandle_t)_get_osfhandle(fileno(in));
 #else
-                client_data.fd = fileno(in);
+		client_data.fd = fileno(in);
 #endif
-                TIFFSetClientdata(faxTIFF, (thandle_t) &client_data);
+		TIFFSetClientdata(faxTIFF, client_data.fh);
 		TIFFSetFileName(faxTIFF, (const char*)argv[optind]);
 		TIFFSetField(out, TIFFTAG_IMAGEWIDTH, xsize);
 		TIFFSetField(out, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, 1);