diff --git a/glymur/jp2k.py b/glymur/jp2k.py
index ea24b54..50c53d8 100644
--- a/glymur/jp2k.py
+++ b/glymur/jp2k.py
@@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ class Jp2k(Jp2kBox):
             msg = "The codestream box must be preceeded by a jp2 header box."
             raise IOError(msg)
 
+        jp2h = boxes[jp2h_idx]
+        if jp2h.box[0].id != 'ihdr':
+            msg = "The first box in the jp2 header box must be the image "
+            msg += "header box."
+            raise IOError(msg)
+
         with open(filename, 'wb') as ofile:
             for box in boxes:
                 if box.id != 'jp2c':
diff --git a/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py b/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
index 9c0e56b..a55f90f 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_jp2box.py
@@ -266,6 +266,26 @@ class TestJp2Boxes(unittest.TestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(IOError):
                 j2k.wrap(tfile.name, boxes=boxes)
 
+    def test_ihdr_not_first_in_jp2h(self):
+        j2k = Jp2k(self.raw_codestream)
+        c = j2k.get_codestream()
+        height = c.segment[1].Ysiz
+        width = c.segment[1].Xsiz
+        num_components = len(c.segment[1].XRsiz)
+
+        jP = JPEG2000SignatureBox()
+        ftyp = FileTypeBox()
+        jp2h = JP2HeaderBox()
+        jp2c = ContiguousCodestreamBox()
+        colr = ColourSpecificationBox(colorspace=glymur.core.SRGB)
+        ihdr = ImageHeaderBox(height=height, width=width,
+                              num_components=num_components)
+        jp2h.box = [colr, ihdr]
+        boxes = [jP, ftyp, jp2h, jp2c]
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".jp2") as tfile:
+            with self.assertRaises(IOError):
+                j2k.wrap(tfile.name, boxes=boxes)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()