diff --git a/lib/constructor.js b/lib/constructor.js
index 32596649..b4364c6a 100644
--- a/lib/constructor.js
+++ b/lib/constructor.js
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ const Sharp = function (input, options) {
     tiffCompression: 'jpeg',
     tiffPredictor: 'none',
     tiffSquash: false,
+    tiffXres: 1.0,
+    tiffYres: 1.0,
     tileSize: 256,
     tileOverlap: 0,
     // Function to notify of libvips warnings
diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 94351f1e..881cf374 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ function webp (options) {
  * @param {Boolean} [options.force=true] - force TIFF output, otherwise attempt to use input format
  * @param {Boolean} [options.compression='jpeg'] - compression options: lzw, deflate, jpeg
  * @param {Boolean} [options.predictor='none'] - compression predictor options: none, horizontal, float
+ * @param {Number} [options.xres=1.0] - horizontal resolution in pixels/mm
+ * @param {Number} [options.yres=1.0] - vertical resolution in pixels/mm
  * @param {Boolean} [options.squash=false] - squash 8-bit images down to 1 bit
  * @returns {Sharp}
  * @throws {Error} Invalid options
@@ -233,6 +235,21 @@ function tiff (options) {
       throw new Error('Invalid Value for squash ' + options.squash + ' Only Boolean Values allowed for options.squash.');
     }
   }
+  // resolution
+  if (is.object(options) && is.defined(options.xres)) {
+    if (is.number(options.xres)) {
+      this.options.tiffXres = options.xres;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Invalid Value for xres ' + options.xres + ' Only numeric values allowed for options.xres');
+    }
+  }
+  if (is.object(options) && is.defined(options.yres)) {
+    if (is.number(options.yres)) {
+      this.options.tiffYres = options.yres;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Invalid Value for yres ' + options.yres + ' Only numeric values allowed for options.yres');
+    }
+  }
   // compression
   if (is.defined(options) && is.defined(options.compression)) {
     if (is.string(options.compression) && is.inArray(options.compression, ['lzw', 'deflate', 'jpeg', 'none'])) {
diff --git a/src/pipeline.cc b/src/pipeline.cc
index 29bce040..6dd8cbee 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cc
+++ b/src/pipeline.cc
@@ -808,7 +808,9 @@ class PipelineWorker : public Nan::AsyncWorker {
             ->set("Q", baton->tiffQuality)
             ->set("squash", baton->tiffSquash)
             ->set("compression", baton->tiffCompression)
-            ->set("predictor", baton->tiffPredictor)));
+            ->set("predictor", baton->tiffPredictor)
+            ->set("xres", baton->tiffXres)
+            ->set("yres", baton->tiffYres)));
           baton->bufferOut = static_cast<char*>(area->data);
           baton->bufferOutLength = area->length;
           area->free_fn = nullptr;
@@ -904,7 +906,9 @@ class PipelineWorker : public Nan::AsyncWorker {
             ->set("Q", baton->tiffQuality)
             ->set("squash", baton->tiffSquash)
             ->set("compression", baton->tiffCompression)
-            ->set("predictor", baton->tiffPredictor));
+            ->set("predictor", baton->tiffPredictor)
+            ->set("xres", baton->tiffXres)
+            ->set("yres", baton->tiffYres));
           baton->formatOut = "tiff";
           baton->channels = std::min(baton->channels, 3);
         } else if (baton->formatOut == "dz" || isDz || isDzZip) {
@@ -1277,6 +1281,8 @@ NAN_METHOD(pipeline) {
   baton->webpNearLossless = AttrTo<bool>(options, "webpNearLossless");
   baton->tiffQuality = AttrTo<uint32_t>(options, "tiffQuality");
   baton->tiffSquash = AttrTo<bool>(options, "tiffSquash");
+  baton->tiffXres = AttrTo<double>(options, "tiffXres");
+  baton->tiffYres = AttrTo<double>(options, "tiffYres");
   // tiff compression options
   baton->tiffCompression = static_cast<VipsForeignTiffCompression>(
   vips_enum_from_nick(nullptr, VIPS_TYPE_FOREIGN_TIFF_COMPRESSION,
diff --git a/src/pipeline.h b/src/pipeline.h
index 47e828e6..f0fdab51 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.h
+++ b/src/pipeline.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ struct PipelineBaton {
   VipsForeignTiffCompression tiffCompression;
   VipsForeignTiffPredictor tiffPredictor;
   bool tiffSquash;
+  double tiffXres;
+  double tiffYres;
   std::string err;
   bool withMetadata;
   int withMetadataOrientation;
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ struct PipelineBaton {
     tiffCompression(VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_COMPRESSION_JPEG),
     tiffPredictor(VIPS_FOREIGN_TIFF_PREDICTOR_NONE),
     tiffSquash(false),
+    tiffXres(1.0),
+    tiffYres(1.0),
     withMetadata(false),
     withMetadataOrientation(-1),
     convKernelWidth(0),
diff --git a/test/unit/io.js b/test/unit/io.js
index 64a1054f..6898dc0a 100644
--- a/test/unit/io.js
+++ b/test/unit/io.js
@@ -933,6 +933,53 @@ describe('Input/output', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('TIFF setting xres and yres on file', function (done) {
+    const res = 1000.0; // inputTiff has a dpi of 300 (res*2.54)
+    sharp(fixtures.inputTiff)
+      .tiff({
+        xres: (res),
+        yres: (res)
+      })
+      .toFile(fixtures.outputTiff, (err, info) => {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        assert.strictEqual('tiff', info.format);
+        sharp(fixtures.outputTiff).metadata(function (err, metadata) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual(metadata.density, res * 2.54); // convert to dpi
+          fs.unlink(fixtures.outputTiff, done);
+        });
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('TIFF setting xres and yres on buffer', function (done) {
+    const res = 1000.0; // inputTiff has a dpi of 300 (res*2.54)
+    sharp(fixtures.inputTiff)
+      .tiff({
+        xres: (res),
+        yres: (res)
+      })
+      .toBuffer(function (err, data, info) {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        sharp(data).metadata(function (err, metadata) {
+          if (err) throw err;
+          assert.strictEqual(metadata.density, res * 2.54); // convert to dpi
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('TIFF invalid xres value should throw an error', function () {
+    assert.throws(function () {
+      sharp().tiff({ xres: '1000.0' });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('TIFF invalid yres value should throw an error', function () {
+    assert.throws(function () {
+      sharp().tiff({ yres: '1000.0' });
+    });
+  });
+
   it('TIFF lzw compression with horizontal predictor shrinks test file', function (done) {
     const startSize = fs.statSync(fixtures.inputTiffUncompressed).size;
     sharp(fixtures.inputTiffUncompressed)