diff --git a/ghostscript-tiff-fixes.patch b/ghostscript-tiff-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..326a27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostscript-tiff-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtfnx.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.686600827 +0000
+@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ tiff12_print_page(gx_device_printer * pd
+     TIFFSetField(tfdev->tif, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, 4);
+     tiff_set_rgb_fields(tfdev);
+ 
++    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tif);
++
+     /* Write the page data. */
+     {
+ 	int y;
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtifs.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.689600292 +0000
+@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ int tiff_set_fields_for_printer(gx_devic
+     TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, PLANARCONFIG_CONTIG);
+ 
+     TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT, RESUNIT_INCH);
+-    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, pdev->x_pixels_per_inch);
+-    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, pdev->y_pixels_per_inch);
++    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, (float)pdev->x_pixels_per_inch);
++    TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, (float)pdev->y_pixels_per_inch);
+ 
+     {
+ 	char revs[10];
+@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ tiff_print_page(gx_device_printer *dev, 
+     if (data == NULL)
+ 	return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
+ 
++    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tif);
++
+     memset(data, 0, max_size);
+     for (row = 0; row < dev->height; row++) {
+ 	code = gdev_prn_copy_scan_lines(dev, row, data, size);
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c.tiff-fixes ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c.tiff-fixes	2010-02-04 17:47:57.000000000 +0000
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/gdevtsep.c	2010-03-16 10:04:00.700601143 +0000
+@@ -1438,6 +1438,10 @@ tiffsep_print_page(gx_device_printer * p
+ 	    return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
+ 	}
+ 
++	for (comp_num = 0; comp_num < num_comp; comp_num++ )
++	    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff[comp_num]);
++	TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff_comp);
++
+         /* Write the page data. */
+ 	for (y = 0; y < pdev->height; ++y) {
+ 	    code = gdev_prn_get_bits(pdev, y, line, &row);
+@@ -1603,6 +1607,9 @@ tiffsep1_print_page(gx_device_printer * 
+ 	if (line == NULL || unpacked == NULL || dithered_line == NULL)
+ 	    return_error(gs_error_VMerror);
+ 
++        for (comp_num = 0; comp_num < num_comp; comp_num++ )
++	    TIFFCheckpointDirectory(tfdev->tiff[comp_num]);
++
+         /* Loop for the lines */
+ 	for (y = 0; y < pdev->height; ++y) {
+ 	    code = gdev_prn_get_bits(pdev, y, line, &row);
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index 5c03a24..21f2db8 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Patch15: ghostscript-pdf2dsc.patch
 Patch16: ghostscript-cups-realloc-color-depth.patch
 Patch17: ghostscript-tif-fail-close.patch
 Patch18: ghostscript-tiff-default-strip-size.patch
+Patch19: ghostscript-tiff-fixes.patch
 
 Requires: urw-fonts >= 1.1, ghostscript-fonts
 BuildRequires: xz
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ rm -rf libpng zlib jpeg jasper
 # Restore the TIFF default strip size of 0 (bug #571520).
 %patch18 -p1 -b .tiff-default-strip-size
 
+# Backported some more TIFF fixes (bug #573970).
+%patch19 -p1 -b .tiff-fixes
+
 # Convert manual pages to UTF-8
 from8859_1() {
 	iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < "$1" > "${1}_"
@@ -349,6 +353,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Mar 16 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-6
+- Backported some more TIFF fixes (bug #573970).
 - Use upstream fix for TIFF default strip size (bug #571520).
 
 * Mon Mar 15 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-5