diff --git a/vips.go b/vips.go
index 3535b9e..991936d 100644
--- a/vips.go
+++ b/vips.go
@@ -226,17 +226,22 @@ func vipsSave(image *C.struct__VipsImage, o vipsSaveOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 	err := C.int(0)
 	interlace := C.int(boolToInt(o.Interlace))
 
+	// Force RGB color space
+	var outImage *C.struct__VipsImage
+	C.vips_colourspace_bridge(image, &outImage)
+
 	defer C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(image))
+	defer C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(outImage))
 
 	switch o.Type {
 	case PNG:
-		err = C.vips_pngsave_bridge(image, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Compression), C.int(o.Quality), interlace)
+		err = C.vips_pngsave_bridge(outImage, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Compression), C.int(o.Quality), interlace)
 		break
 	case WEBP:
-		err = C.vips_webpsave_bridge(image, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Quality))
+		err = C.vips_webpsave_bridge(outImage, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Quality))
 		break
 	default:
-		err = C.vips_jpegsave_bridge(image, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Quality), interlace)
+		err = C.vips_jpegsave_bridge(outImage, &ptr, &length, 1, C.int(o.Quality), interlace)
 		break
 	}
 
diff --git a/vips.h b/vips.h
index f24dadf..9dbecdb 100644
--- a/vips.h
+++ b/vips.h
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ vips_extract_area_bridge(VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, int left, int top, int
 	return vips_extract_area(in, out, left, top, width, height, NULL);
 };
 
+int
+vips_colourspace_bridge(VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out)
+{
+    return vips_colourspace(in, out, VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB, NULL);
+};
+
 gboolean
 with_interlace(int interlace) {
 	return interlace > 0 ? TRUE : FALSE;