diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e1d2bae..8642dee9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ bugtest bugstest testbugs bugfixes:
 addmoddel		exifcomment		exifvalue	httptest	iptctest		mmap-test	stringto-test \
 exifdata		iotest			key-test	path-test	taglist			write2-test write-test	\
 convert-test	exifdata-test	exiv2json	iptceasy	largeiptc-test	prevtest	tiff-test	\
-easyaccess-test	geotag			iptcprint	metacopy	werror-test	xmpparser-test 	xmpsample xmpparse :
+easyaccess-test	geotag			iptcprint	metacopy	toexv           werror-test	\
+xmpparser-test 	xmpsample 		xmpparse :
 	cd samples && $(MAKE) $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
 MAJOR=$(shell grep "define.*EXIV2_.*_VERSION .*\\d*" src/version.hpp | grep MAJOR | sed -e 's/EXIV2//g' | tr -dC [:digit:])
diff --git a/config/Makefile.in b/config/Makefile.in
index 38c0754d..dfa1f31e 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.in
+++ b/config/Makefile.in
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ bugtest bugstest testbugs bugfixes:
 addmoddel		exifcomment		exifvalue	httptest	iptctest		mmap-test	stringto-test \
 exifdata		iotest			key-test	path-test	taglist			write2-test write-test	\
 convert-test	exifdata-test	exiv2json	iptceasy	largeiptc-test	prevtest	tiff-test	\
-easyaccess-test	geotag			iptcprint	metacopy	werror-test	xmpparser-test 	xmpsample xmpparse :
+easyaccess-test	geotag			iptcprint	metacopy	toexv           werror-test	\
+xmpparser-test 	xmpsample 		xmpparse :
 	cd samples && $(MAKE) $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
 MAJOR=$(shell grep "define.*EXIV2_.*_VERSION .*\\d*" src/version.hpp | grep MAJOR | sed -e 's/EXIV2//g' | tr -dC [:digit:])
diff --git a/include/exiv2/image.hpp b/include/exiv2/image.hpp
index 3ed99320..495ab5c7 100644
--- a/include/exiv2/image.hpp
+++ b/include/exiv2/image.hpp
@@ -235,10 +235,15 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
          */
         virtual void setIccProfile(DataBuf& iccProfile);
         /*!
-          @brief Erase iccProfile. the profile isnot not removed from
+          @brief Erase iccProfile. the profile is not removed from
               the actual image until the writeMetadata() method is called.
          */
         virtual void clearIccProfile();
+
+        /*!
+          @brief return iccProfile
+         */
+        virtual DataBuf* iccProfile() { return &iccProfile_; }
         /*!
           @brief Copy all existing metadata from source Image. The data is
               copied into internal buffers and is not written to the image
diff --git a/include/exiv2/types.hpp b/include/exiv2/types.hpp
index 00c225b5..c22b71c9 100644
--- a/include/exiv2/types.hpp
+++ b/include/exiv2/types.hpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
     enum WriteMethod { wmIntrusive, wmNonIntrusive };
 
     //! An identifier for each type of metadata
-    enum MetadataId { mdNone=0, mdExif=1, mdIptc=2, mdComment=4, mdXmp=8 };
+    enum MetadataId { mdNone=0, mdExif=1, mdIptc=2, mdComment=4, mdXmp=8, mdIccProfile=16 };
 
     //! An identifier for each mode of metadata support
     enum AccessMode { amNone=0, amRead=1, amWrite=2, amReadWrite=3 };
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index c3ca6512..805b95ea 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ BINSRC = addmoddel.cpp        \
 OTHERSRC = exiv2json.cpp      \
            geotag.cpp         \
            metacopy.cpp       \
-           path-test.cpp
+           path-test.cpp      \
+           toexv.cpp
 
 # ******************************************************************************
 # Initialisations
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ geotag: %: %.cpp
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(LINK.cc) -lexpat $@.o -o ../bin/$@
 
 # link applications which require utils.cpp support
-metacopy path-test: %: %.cpp ../src/utils.o
+metacopy path-test toexv: %: %.cpp ../src/utils.o
 	$(COMPILE.cc) -I../src -I../include -I../include/exiv2 -o $@.o $<
 	@$(MAKEDEPEND)
 	@$(POSTDEPEND)
diff --git a/src/image.cpp b/src/image.cpp
index eceaf743..7f048710 100644
--- a/src/image.cpp
+++ b/src/image.cpp
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
         if (checkMode(mdIptc) & amWrite) {
             setIptcData(image.iptcData());
         }
+        if (checkMode(mdIccProfile) & amWrite && iccProfile()) {
+            setIccProfile(*iccProfile());
+        }
         if (checkMode(mdXmp) & amWrite) {
             setXmpPacket(image.xmpPacket());
             setXmpData(image.xmpData());
@@ -391,6 +394,8 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
         case mdComment:
             am = r->commentSupport_;
             break;
+        case mdIccProfile: break;
+
         // no default: let the compiler complain
         }
         return am;