diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
index c8d380a5..be6e4d32 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_imread.py
@@ -69,12 +69,18 @@ def test_imread_separate_channels():
     f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.tif')
     fname = f.name
     f.close()
-    imsave(fname, x, plugin='tifffile')
-    img = imread(fname, plugin='tifffile')
+    imsave(fname, x)
+    img = imread(fname)
     os.remove(fname)
     assert img.shape == (16, 8, 3), img.shape
 
 
+@skipif(not imread_available)
+def test_imread_multipage_rgb_tif():
+    img = imread(os.path.join(data_dir, 'multipage_rgb.png'))
+    assert img.shape == (10, 10, 3), img.shape
+
+
 class TestSave:
     def roundtrip(self, x, scaling=1):
         f = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.png')
diff --git a/skimage/io/tests/test_multi_image.py b/skimage/io/tests/test_multi_image.py
index 04a51ec6..742d0938 100644
--- a/skimage/io/tests/test_multi_image.py
+++ b/skimage/io/tests/test_multi_image.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_raises, assert_equal, assert_allclose
 
 from skimage import data_dir
+from skimage.io import use_plugin
 from skimage.io.collection import MultiImage, ImageCollection
 
 import six
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ class TestMultiImage():
     def setUp(self):
         # This multipage TIF file was created with imagemagick:
         # convert im1.tif im2.tif -adjoin multipage.tif
-        paths = [os.path.join(data_dir, 'multipage.tif'),
+        use_plugin('pil')
+        paths = [os.path.join(data_dir, 'multipage_rgb.tif'),
                  os.path.join(data_dir, 'no_time_for_that.gif')]
         self.imgs = [MultiImage(paths[0]),
                      MultiImage(paths[0], conserve_memory=False),
@@ -24,6 +26,12 @@ class TestMultiImage():
                      ImageCollection(paths[1], conserve_memory=False),
                      ImageCollection('%s:%s' % (paths[0], paths[1]))]
 
+    def test_shapes(self):
+        img = self.imgs[-1]
+        imgs = img[:]
+        assert imgs[0].shape == imgs[1].shape
+        assert imgs[0].shape == (10, 10, 3)
+
     def test_len(self):
         assert len(self.imgs[0]) == len(self.imgs[1]) == 2
         assert len(self.imgs[2]) == len(self.imgs[3]) == 24