diff --git a/news/14.bugfix b/news/14.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ad50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/14.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Set PIL.ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True to try to load damaged images. @davisagli
diff --git a/plone/scale/scale.py b/plone/scale/scale.py
index c3f7624..e84e998 100644
--- a/plone/scale/scale.py
+++ b/plone/scale/scale.py
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ def none_as_int(the_int):
 # details.
 PIL.ImageFile.MAXBLOCK = 1000000
 
+# Try to load images even if they're truncated or have a failing CRC.
+PIL.ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
+
 MAX_PIXELS = 8192 * 8192