diff --git a/PIL/ImageQt.py b/PIL/ImageQt.py
index 0e8cee00908..2131f8264ed 100644
--- a/PIL/ImageQt.py
+++ b/PIL/ImageQt.py
@@ -80,6 +80,33 @@ def fromqpixmap(im):
     # bytes_io.seek(0)
     # return PIL.Image.open(bytes_io)
 
+def align8to32(bytes, width, mode):
+    """
+    converts each scanline of data from 8 bit to 32 bit aligned
+    """
+
+    bits_per_pixel = {
+        '1': 1,
+        'L': 8,
+        'P': 8,
+    }[mode]
+
+    # calculate bytes per line and the extra padding if needed
+    bits_per_line = bits_per_pixel * width
+    full_bytes_per_line, remaining_bits_per_line = divmod(bits_per_line, 8)
+    bytes_per_line = full_bytes_per_line + (1 if remaining_bits_per_line else 0)
+
+    extra_padding = -bytes_per_line % 4
+
+    # already 32 bit aligned by luck
+    if not extra_padding:
+        return bytes
+
+    new_data = []
+    for i in range(len(bytes) / bytes_per_line):
+        new_data.append(bytes[i*bytes_per_line:(i+1)*bytes_per_line] + '\x00' * extra_padding)
+
+    return ''.join(new_data)
 
 def _toqclass_helper(im):
     data = None
@@ -123,7 +150,7 @@ def _toqclass_helper(im):
         raise ValueError("unsupported image mode %r" % im.mode)
 
     # must keep a reference, or Qt will crash!
-    __data = data or im.tobytes()
+    __data = data or align8to32(im.tobytes(), im.size[0], im.mode)
     return {
         'data': __data, 'im': im, 'format': format, 'colortable': colortable
     }
diff --git a/Tests/images/7x13.png b/Tests/images/7x13.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d160c8b3877
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/7x13.png differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_image_fromqimage.py b/Tests/test_image_fromqimage.py
index 957ec9cc1cb..24ec19616b6 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_fromqimage.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_fromqimage.py
@@ -1,30 +1,41 @@
 from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase, hopper
 from test_imageqt import PillowQtTestCase
 
-from PIL import ImageQt
+from PIL import ImageQt, Image
 
 
 class TestFromQImage(PillowQtTestCase, PillowTestCase):
 
+    files_to_test = [
+        hopper(),
+        Image.open('Tests/images/transparent.png'),
+        Image.open('Tests/images/7x13.png'),
+    ]
+    
     def roundtrip(self, expected):
         result = ImageQt.fromqimage(expected.toqimage())
         # Qt saves all images as rgb
         self.assert_image_equal(result, expected.convert('RGB'))
 
     def test_sanity_1(self):
-        self.roundtrip(hopper('1'))
+        for im in self.files_to_test:
+            self.roundtrip(im.convert('1'))
 
     def test_sanity_rgb(self):
-        self.roundtrip(hopper('RGB'))
+        for im in self.files_to_test:
+            self.roundtrip(im.convert('RGB'))
 
     def test_sanity_rgba(self):
-        self.roundtrip(hopper('RGBA'))
+        for im in self.files_to_test:
+            self.roundtrip(im.convert('RGBA'))
 
     def test_sanity_l(self):
-        self.roundtrip(hopper('L'))
+        for im in self.files_to_test:
+            self.roundtrip(im.convert('L'))
 
     def test_sanity_p(self):
-        self.roundtrip(hopper('P'))
+        for im in self.files_to_test:
+            self.roundtrip(im.convert('P'))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':