diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Filters/FlateFilter.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Filters/FlateFilter.cs
index 9c230a40..fb1583ed 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Filters/FlateFilter.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Filters/FlateFilter.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
         private const int DefaultBitsPerComponent = 8;
         private const int DefaultColumns = 1;
 
+        private const byte Deflate32KbWindow = 120;
+        private const byte ChecksumBits = 1;
+
         private readonly IDecodeParameterResolver decodeParameterResolver;
         private readonly IPngPredictor pngPredictor;
         private readonly ILog log;
@@ -106,17 +109,45 @@
 
         public byte[] Encode(Stream input, DictionaryToken streamDictionary, int index)
         {
-            var resx = new List<byte>{ 120, 156 };
-            using (var output = new MemoryStream())
-            using (var flater = new DeflateStream(output, CompressionMode.Compress, true))
-            {
-                input.CopyTo(flater);
-                flater.Close();
+            const int headerLength = 2;
+            const int checksumLength = 4;
 
-                resx.AddRange(output.ToArray());
+            byte[] data;
+            using (var temp = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                input.CopyTo(temp);
+                data = temp.ToArray();
             }
 
-            return resx.ToArray();
+            using (var compressStream = new MemoryStream())
+            using (var compressor = new DeflateStream(compressStream, CompressionLevel.Fastest))
+            {
+                compressor.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+                compressor.Close();
+
+                var compressed = compressStream.ToArray();
+
+                var result = new byte[headerLength + compressed.Length + checksumLength];
+
+                // Write the ZLib header.
+                result[0] = Deflate32KbWindow;
+                result[1] = ChecksumBits;
+
+                // Write the compressed data.
+                Array.Copy(compressed, 0, result, headerLength, compressed.Length);
+
+                // Write Checksum of raw data.
+                var checksum = Adler32Checksum.Calculate(data);
+
+                var offset = headerLength + compressed.Length;
+
+                result[offset++] = (byte)(checksum >> 24);
+                result[offset++] = (byte)(checksum >> 16);
+                result[offset++] = (byte)(checksum >> 8);
+                result[offset] = (byte)(checksum >> 0);
+
+                return result;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Adler32Checksum.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Adler32Checksum.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cde46aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Util/Adler32Checksum.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+namespace UglyToad.PdfPig.Util
+{
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Used to calculate the Adler-32 checksum used for ZLIB data in accordance with 
+    /// RFC 1950: ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class Adler32Checksum
+    {
+        // Both sums (s1 and s2) are done modulo 65521.
+        private const int AdlerModulus = 65521;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calculate the Adler-32 checksum for some data.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static int Calculate(IEnumerable<byte> data)
+        {
+            // s1 is the sum of all bytes.
+            var s1 = 1;
+
+            // s2 is the sum of all s1 values.
+            var s2 = 0;
+
+            foreach (var b in data)
+            {
+                s1 = (s1 + b) % AdlerModulus;
+                s2 = (s1 + s2) % AdlerModulus;
+            }
+
+            // The Adler-32 checksum is stored as s2*65536 + s1.
+            return s2 * 65536 + s1;
+        }
+    }
+}