diff --git a/sigal/image.py b/sigal/image.py
index 728a1e1..d242a23 100644
--- a/sigal/image.py
+++ b/sigal/image.py
@@ -235,11 +235,22 @@ def get_exif_data(filename):
 def get_iptc_data(filename):
     """Return a dict with the raw IPTC data."""
 
-    img = _read_image(filename)
-    raw_iptc = IptcImagePlugin.getiptcinfo(img)
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+    iptc_data = {}
+    raw_iptc  = {}
+
+    # PILs IptcImagePlugin issues a SyntaxError in certain circumstances 
+    # with malformed metadata, see PIL/IptcImagePlugin.py", line 71.
+    # ( https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/9dd0348be2751beb2c617e32ff9985aa2f92ae5f/src/PIL/IptcImagePlugin.py#L71 )
+    try:
+        img = _read_image(filename)
+        raw_iptc = IptcImagePlugin.getiptcinfo(img)
+    except SyntaxError:
+        logger.info('IPTC Error in %s',filename)
+
     # IPTC fields are catalogued in:
     # https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/specification/IPTC-PhotoMetadata
-    iptc_data = {}
     # 2:05 is the IPTC title property
     if raw_iptc and (2, 5) in raw_iptc:
         iptc_data["title"] = raw_iptc[(2, 5)].decode('utf-8')