diff --git a/src/net/sf/image4j/codec/ico/ICODecoder.java b/src/net/sf/image4j/codec/ico/ICODecoder.java
index fe1a29d..700bb6d 100644
--- a/src/net/sf/image4j/codec/ico/ICODecoder.java
+++ b/src/net/sf/image4j/codec/ico/ICODecoder.java
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ public static java.util.List<ICOImage> readExt(java.io.InputStream is)
 		try {
 			for (i = 0; i < sCount; i++) {
 				// Make sure we're at the right file offset!
+				while (in.getCount() < entries[i].iFileOffset) {
+					in.skip(entries[i].iFileOffset - in.getCount(), false);
+				}
 				int fileOffset = in.getCount();
 				if (fileOffset != entries[i].iFileOffset) {
 					throw new IOException("Cannot read image #" + i
diff --git a/src/net/sf/image4j/io/LittleEndianInputStream.java b/src/net/sf/image4j/io/LittleEndianInputStream.java
index 70f5839..d1630c2 100644
--- a/src/net/sf/image4j/io/LittleEndianInputStream.java
+++ b/src/net/sf/image4j/io/LittleEndianInputStream.java
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ public int getCount() {
 	  return ((CountingInputStream) in).getCount();
   }
   
-  public int skip(int count, boolean strict) throws IOException {
-	  return IOUtils.skip(this, count, strict);
+  @Override
+  public long skip( long n ) throws IOException {
+    return skip( ( int )n, false );
+  }
+  
+  public int skip( int count, boolean strict ) throws IOException {
+	  return IOUtils.skip( this, count, strict );
   }
   
   /**
diff --git a/test/net/sf/image4j/254.ico b/test/net/sf/image4j/254.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fa310
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/net/sf/image4j/254.ico differ
diff --git a/test/net/sf/image4j/ICODecoderTest.java b/test/net/sf/image4j/ICODecoderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98be10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/net/sf/image4j/ICODecoderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package net.sf.image4j;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.sf.image4j.codec.ico.ICODecoder;
+
+public class ICODecoderTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void checkSkipOnTooLongLayerDefinition() throws IOException {
+		// The image header is some bytes after the last layer definition, so the offset is higher than the current position
+		try(InputStream icon = ICODecoderTest.class.getResourceAsStream("254.ico")){
+			ICODecoder.read(icon);
+		}
+	}
+
+}