diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
index 05cc99c16c6e30f06b1af09a9bee8b1e0dce321d..cb4afb9f25d14fec3bfb1fc67986b731bb5a16af 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ ImageEncoder TiffEncoder::newEncoder() const
 
 bool TiffEncoder::isFormatSupported( int depth ) const
 {
-    return depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F;
+    return depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_8S || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_16S || depth == CV_32S || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F;
 }
 
 void  TiffEncoder::writeTag( WLByteStream& strm, TiffTag tag,
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
         int width = img.cols, height = img.rows;
         int type = img.type();
         int depth = CV_MAT_DEPTH(type);
-        CV_CheckType(type, depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F, "");
+        CV_CheckType(type, depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_8S || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_16S || depth == CV_32S || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F, "");
         CV_CheckType(type, channels >= 1 && channels <= 4, "");
 
         CV_TIFF_CHECK_CALL(TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_IMAGEWIDTH, width));
@@ -888,19 +888,31 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
         int page_compression = compression;
 
         int bitsPerChannel = -1;
+        uint16 sample_format = SAMPLEFORMAT_INT;
         switch (depth)
         {
             case CV_8U:
+                sample_format = SAMPLEFORMAT_UINT;
+                /* FALLTHRU */
+            case CV_8S:
             {
                 bitsPerChannel = 8;
                 break;
             }
+
             case CV_16U:
+                sample_format = SAMPLEFORMAT_UINT;
+                /* FALLTHRU */
+            case CV_16S:
             {
                 bitsPerChannel = 16;
                 break;
             }
+
             case CV_32F:
+                sample_format = SAMPLEFORMAT_IEEEFP;
+                /* FALLTHRU */
+            case CV_32S:
             {
                 bitsPerChannel = 32;
                 page_compression = COMPRESSION_NONE;
@@ -910,6 +922,7 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
             {
                 bitsPerChannel = 64;
                 page_compression = COMPRESSION_NONE;
+                sample_format = SAMPLEFORMAT_IEEEFP;
                 break;
             }
             default:
@@ -935,7 +948,7 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
         CV_TIFF_CHECK_CALL(TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, PLANARCONFIG_CONTIG));
         CV_TIFF_CHECK_CALL(TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, rowsPerStrip));
 
-        CV_TIFF_CHECK_CALL(TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT, depth >= CV_32F ? SAMPLEFORMAT_IEEEFP : SAMPLEFORMAT_UINT));
+        CV_TIFF_CHECK_CALL(TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT, sample_format));
 
         if (page_compression != COMPRESSION_NONE)
         {
@@ -1034,7 +1047,7 @@ bool  TiffEncoder::write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params)
     int type = img.type();
     int depth = CV_MAT_DEPTH(type);
 
-    CV_CheckType(type, depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F, "");
+    CV_CheckType(type, depth == CV_8U || depth == CV_8S || depth == CV_16U || depth == CV_16S || depth == CV_32S || depth == CV_32F || depth == CV_64F, "");
 
     std::vector<Mat> img_vec;
     img_vec.push_back(img);
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_tiff.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_tiff.cpp
index 9a0dd2a74620d94147f5cf7eba4eb435727b2fa2..1c6e4a6b29ee2f40b894a4f8d261379aaf532dca 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_tiff.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,26 @@ TEST(Imgcodecs_Tiff, decode_infinite_rowsperstrip)
     EXPECT_EQ(0, remove(filename.c_str()));
 }
 
+TEST(Imgcodecs_Tiff, readWrite_unsigned)
+{
+    const string root = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path();
+    const string filenameInput = root + "readwrite/gray_8u.tif";
+    const string filenameOutput = cv::tempfile(".tiff");
+    const Mat img = cv::imread(filenameInput, IMREAD_UNCHANGED);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(img.empty());
+    ASSERT_EQ(CV_8UC1, img.type());
+
+    Mat matS8;
+    img.convertTo(matS8, CV_8SC1);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(cv::imwrite(filenameOutput, matS8));
+    const Mat img2 = cv::imread(filenameOutput, IMREAD_UNCHANGED);
+    ASSERT_EQ(img2.type(), matS8.type());
+    ASSERT_EQ(img2.size(), matS8.size());
+    EXPECT_LE(cvtest::norm(matS8, img2, NORM_INF | NORM_RELATIVE), 1e-3);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, remove(filenameOutput.c_str()));
+}
+
 TEST(Imgcodecs_Tiff, readWrite_32FC1)
 {
     const string root = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path();