diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 65281123..a5194bff 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ const formats = new Map([
   ['j2c', 'jp2']
 ]);
 
-const errJp2Save = new Error('JP2 output requires libvips with support for OpenJPEG');
+const jp2Regex = /\.jp[2x]|j2[kc]$/i;
+
+const errJp2Save = () => new Error('JP2 output requires libvips with support for OpenJPEG');
 
 const bitdepthFromColourCount = (colours) => 1 << 31 - Math.clz32(Math.ceil(Math.log2(colours)));
 
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ function toFile (fileOut, callback) {
     err = new Error('Missing output file path');
   } else if (is.string(this.options.input.file) && path.resolve(this.options.input.file) === path.resolve(fileOut)) {
     err = new Error('Cannot use same file for input and output');
+  } else if (jp2Regex.test(fileOut) && !this.constructor.format.jp2k.output.file) {
+    err = errJp2Save();
   }
   if (err) {
     if (is.fn(callback)) {
@@ -630,7 +634,7 @@ function gif (options) {
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 function jp2 (options) {
   if (!this.constructor.format.jp2k.output.buffer) {
-    throw errJp2Save;
+    throw errJp2Save();
   }
   if (is.object(options)) {
     if (is.defined(options.quality)) {
diff --git a/test/unit/jp2.js b/test/unit/jp2.js
index fd305f77..4b7dcf4c 100644
--- a/test/unit/jp2.js
+++ b/test/unit/jp2.js
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ const fixtures = require('../fixtures');
 
 describe('JP2 output', () => {
   if (!sharp.format.jp2k.input.buffer) {
-    it('JP2 output should fail due to missing OpenJPEG', () => {
-      assert.rejects(() =>
+    it('JP2 output should fail due to missing OpenJPEG', () =>
+      assert.rejects(async () =>
         sharp(fixtures.inputJpg)
           .jp2()
           .toBuffer(),
       /JP2 output requires libvips with support for OpenJPEG/
-      );
-    });
+      )
+    );
 
-    it('JP2 file output should fail due to missing OpenJPEG', () => {
-      assert.rejects(async () => await sharp().toFile('test.jp2'),
+    it('JP2 file output should fail due to missing OpenJPEG', () =>
+      assert.rejects(async () => sharp(fixtures.inputJpg).toFile('test.jp2'),
         /JP2 output requires libvips with support for OpenJPEG/
-      );
-    });
+      )
+    );
   } else {
     it('JP2 Buffer to PNG Buffer', () => {
       sharp(fs.readFileSync(fixtures.inputJp2))