diff --git a/components/bio-formats-tools/src/loci/formats/tools/ImageConverter.java b/components/bio-formats-tools/src/loci/formats/tools/ImageConverter.java
index 8f1c3816929..29cb160d8fd 100644
--- a/components/bio-formats-tools/src/loci/formats/tools/ImageConverter.java
+++ b/components/bio-formats-tools/src/loci/formats/tools/ImageConverter.java
@@ -1228,6 +1228,14 @@ private boolean doTileConversion(IFormatWriter writer, String outputFile)
     if (writer instanceof DicomWriter ||
       (writer instanceof ImageWriter && ((ImageWriter) writer).getWriter(outputFile) instanceof DicomWriter))
     {
+      // if we asked to try a precompressed conversion,
+      // then the writer's tile sizes will have been set automatically
+      // according to the input data
+      // the conversion must then be performed tile-wise to match the tile sizes,
+      // even if precompression doesn't end up being possible
+      if (precompressed) {
+        return true;
+      }
       MetadataStore r = reader.getMetadataStore();
       return !(r instanceof IPyramidStore) || ((IPyramidStore) r).getResolutionCount(reader.getSeries()) > 1;
     }
diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/DicomWriter.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/DicomWriter.java
index 275986a606a..96b4d6fcfee 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/DicomWriter.java
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/out/DicomWriter.java
@@ -235,14 +235,7 @@ public void saveCompressedBytes(int no, byte[] buf, int x, int y, int w, int h)
     LOGGER.debug("savePrecompressedBytes(series={}, resolution={}, no={}, x={}, y={})",
       series, resolution, no, x, y);
 
-    // TODO: may want better handling of non-tiled "extra" images (e.g. label, macro)
     MetadataRetrieve r = getMetadataRetrieve();
-    if ((!(r instanceof IPyramidStore) ||
-      ((IPyramidStore) r).getResolutionCount(series) == 1) &&
-      !isFullPlane(x, y, w, h))
-    {
-      throw new FormatException("DicomWriter does not allow tiles for non-pyramid images");
-    }
 
     int bytesPerPixel = FormatTools.getBytesPerPixel(
       FormatTools.pixelTypeFromString(
@@ -397,13 +390,7 @@ public void saveBytes(int no, byte[] buf, int x, int y, int w, int h)
     int thisTileHeight = tileHeight[resolutionIndex];
 
     MetadataRetrieve r = getMetadataRetrieve();
-    if ((!(r instanceof IPyramidStore) ||
-      ((IPyramidStore) r).getResolutionCount(series) == 1) &&
-      !isFullPlane(x, y, w, h))
-    {
-      throw new FormatException("DicomWriter does not allow tiles for non-pyramid images");
-    }
-    else if (x % thisTileWidth != 0 || y % thisTileHeight != 0 ||
+    if (x % thisTileWidth != 0 || y % thisTileHeight != 0 ||
       (w != thisTileWidth && x + w != getSizeX()) ||
       (h != thisTileHeight && y + h != getSizeY()))
     {