diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_freeimage.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_freeimage.py
index 7c04bee5..fd5af343 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_freeimage.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_freeimage.py
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ def test_metadata():
 @skipif(not FI_available)
 def test_collection():
     pattern = [os.path.join(data_dir, pic)
-               for pic in ['camera.png', 'color.png']]
+               for pic in ['camera.png', 'color.png', 'multipage.tif']]
     images = sio.ImageCollection(pattern)
-    assert len(images) == 2
-    assert len(images[:]) == 2
+    assert len(images) == 4
+    assert len(images[:]) == 4
+    # this will fail as freeimage cannot load multi-image tifs
+    assert_raises(TypeError, images.__getitem__, 3)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run_module_suite()