diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tga.py b/Tests/test_file_tga.py
index 226b899dcce..1fcd62b8806 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tga.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tga.py
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def test_sanity(self):
                     # Generate a new test name every time so the
                     # test will not fail with permission error
                     # on Windows.
-                    test_file = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+                    out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
 
-                    original_im.save(test_file, rle=rle)
-                    saved_im = Image.open(test_file)
+                    original_im.save(out, rle=rle)
+                    saved_im = Image.open(out)
                     if rle:
                         self.assertEqual(
                             saved_im.info["compression"],
@@ -95,34 +95,86 @@ def test_save(self):
         test_file = "Tests/images/tga_id_field.tga"
         im = Image.open(test_file)
 
-        test_file = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+        out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
 
         # Save
-        im.save(test_file)
-        test_im = Image.open(test_file)
+        im.save(out)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
         self.assertEqual(test_im.size, (100, 100))
+        self.assertEqual(test_im.info["id_section"], im.info["id_section"])
 
         # RGBA save
-        im.convert("RGBA").save(test_file)
-        test_im = Image.open(test_file)
+        im.convert("RGBA").save(out)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
         self.assertEqual(test_im.size, (100, 100))
 
+    def test_save_id_section(self):
+        test_file = "Tests/images/rgb32rle.tga"
+        im = Image.open(test_file)
+
+        out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+
+        # Check there is no id section
+        im.save(out)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertNotIn("id_section", test_im.info)
+
+        # Save with custom id section
+        im.save(out, id_section=b"Test content")
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertEqual(test_im.info["id_section"], b"Test content")
+
+        test_file = "Tests/images/tga_id_field.tga"
+        im = Image.open(test_file)
+
+        # Save with no id section
+        im.save(out, id_section="")
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertNotIn("id_section", test_im.info)
+
+    def test_save_orientation(self):
+        test_file = "Tests/images/rgb32rle.tga"
+        im = Image.open(test_file)
+        self.assertEqual(im.info["orientation"], -1)
+
+        out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+
+        im.save(out, orientation=1)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertEqual(test_im.info["orientation"], 1)
+
     def test_save_rle(self):
         test_file = "Tests/images/rgb32rle.tga"
         im = Image.open(test_file)
+        self.assertEqual(im.info["compression"], "tga_rle")
 
-        test_file = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+        out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
 
         # Save
-        im.save(test_file)
-        test_im = Image.open(test_file)
+        im.save(out)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
         self.assertEqual(test_im.size, (199, 199))
+        self.assertEqual(test_im.info["compression"], "tga_rle")
+
+        # Save without compression
+        im.save(out, compression=None)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertNotIn("compression", test_im.info)
 
         # RGBA save
-        im.convert("RGBA").save(test_file)
-        test_im = Image.open(test_file)
+        im.convert("RGBA").save(out)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
         self.assertEqual(test_im.size, (199, 199))
 
+        test_file = "Tests/images/tga_id_field.tga"
+        im = Image.open(test_file)
+        self.assertNotIn("compression", im.info)
+
+        # Save with compression
+        im.save(out, compression="tga_rle")
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
+        self.assertEqual(test_im.info["compression"], "tga_rle")
+
     def test_save_l_transparency(self):
         # There are 559 transparent pixels in la.tga.
         num_transparent = 559
@@ -133,10 +185,10 @@ def test_save_l_transparency(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             im.getchannel("A").getcolors()[0][0], num_transparent)
 
-        test_file = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
-        im.save(test_file)
+        out = self.tempfile("temp.tga")
+        im.save(out)
 
-        test_im = Image.open(test_file)
+        test_im = Image.open(out)
         self.assertEqual(test_im.mode, "LA")
         self.assertEqual(
             test_im.getchannel("A").getcolors()[0][0], num_transparent)
diff --git a/src/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
index 57b6ae2c85b..c60cb3ef154 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py
@@ -151,11 +151,19 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
     except KeyError:
         raise IOError("cannot write mode %s as TGA" % im.mode)
 
-    rle = im.encoderinfo.get("rle", False)
-
+    if "rle" in im.encoderinfo:
+        rle = im.encoderinfo["rle"]
+    else:
+        compression = im.encoderinfo.get("compression",
+                                         im.info.get("compression"))
+        rle = compression == "tga_rle"
     if rle:
         imagetype += 8
 
+    id_section = im.encoderinfo.get("id_section",
+                                    im.info.get("id_section", ""))
+    idlen = len(id_section)
+
     if colormaptype:
         colormapfirst, colormaplength, colormapentry = 0, 256, 24
     else:
@@ -166,11 +174,12 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
     else:
         flags = 0
 
-    orientation = im.info.get("orientation", -1)
+    orientation = im.encoderinfo.get("orientation",
+                                     im.info.get("orientation", -1))
     if orientation > 0:
         flags = flags | 0x20
 
-    fp.write(b"\000" +
+    fp.write(o8(idlen) +
              o8(colormaptype) +
              o8(imagetype) +
              o16(colormapfirst) +
@@ -183,6 +192,9 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
              o8(bits) +
              o8(flags))
 
+    if id_section:
+        fp.write(id_section)
+
     if colormaptype:
         fp.write(im.im.getpalette("RGB", "BGR"))