diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff_metadata.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff_metadata.py
index d38c1c523ea..b90dde3d96c 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff_metadata.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff_metadata.py
@@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ def test_writing_bytes_to_ascii(tmp_path):
         assert reloaded.tag_v2[271] == "test"
 
 
+def test_writing_int_to_bytes(tmp_path):
+    im = hopper()
+    info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory_v2()
+
+    tag = TiffTags.TAGS_V2[700]
+    assert tag.type == TiffTags.BYTE
+
+    info[700] = 1
+
+    out = str(tmp_path / "temp.tiff")
+    im.save(out, tiffinfo=info)
+
+    with Image.open(out) as reloaded:
+        assert reloaded.tag_v2[700] == b"\x01"
+
+
 def test_undefined_zero(tmp_path):
     # Check that the tag has not been changed since this test was created
     tag = TiffTags.TAGS_V2[45059]
diff --git a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 1dfd5275fa1..ab9ac5ea23a 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ def load_byte(self, data, legacy_api=True):
 
     @_register_writer(1)  # Basic type, except for the legacy API.
     def write_byte(self, data):
+        if isinstance(data, int):
+            data = bytes((data,))
         return data
 
     @_register_loader(2, 1)