diff --git a/src/common.cc b/src/common.cc
index 612dd7ef..c7c7b73c 100644
--- a/src/common.cc
+++ b/src/common.cc
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ namespace sharp {
     Check the proposed format supports the current dimensions.
   */
   void AssertImageTypeDimensions(VImage image, ImageType const imageType) {
-    const int height = image.get_typeof("pageHeight") == G_TYPE_INT
-      ? image.get_int("pageHeight")
+    const int height = image.get_typeof(VIPS_META_PAGE_HEIGHT) == G_TYPE_INT
+      ? image.get_int(VIPS_META_PAGE_HEIGHT)
       : image.height();
     if (imageType == ImageType::JPEG) {
       if (image.width() > 65535 || height > 65535) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/big-height.webp b/test/fixtures/big-height.webp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..752a1696
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/big-height.webp differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 9557f4a2..dab08814 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ module.exports = {
   inputWebPWithTransparency: getPath('5_webp_a.webp'), // http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery3/5_webp_a.webp
   inputWebPAnimated: getPath('rotating-squares.webp'), // http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery3/5_webp_a.webp
   inputWebPAnimatedLoop3: getPath('animated-loop-3.webp'), // http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery3/5_webp_a.webp
+  inputWebPAnimatedBigHeight: getPath('big-height.webp'),
   inputTiff: getPath('G31D.TIF'), // http://www.fileformat.info/format/tiff/sample/e6c9a6e5253348f4aef6d17b534360ab/index.htm
   inputTiffMultipage: getPath('G31D_MULTI.TIF'), // gm convert G31D.TIF -resize 50% G31D_2.TIF ; tiffcp G31D.TIF G31D_2.TIF G31D_MULTI.TIF
   inputTiffCielab: getPath('cielab-dagams.tiff'), // https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/646
diff --git a/test/unit/toBuffer.js b/test/unit/toBuffer.js
index 25637a85..3759f524 100644
--- a/test/unit/toBuffer.js
+++ b/test/unit/toBuffer.js
@@ -16,4 +16,12 @@ describe('toBuffer', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  it('correctly process animated webp with height > 16383', (done) => {
+    const image = sharp(fixtures.inputWebPAnimatedBigHeight, { animated: true });
+    image.toBuffer().then((buff) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(Buffer.isBuffer(buff), true);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 });