diff --git a/UnityPy/export/Texture2DConverter.py b/UnityPy/export/Texture2DConverter.py
index a46eed5f..90d82c70 100644
--- a/UnityPy/export/Texture2DConverter.py
+++ b/UnityPy/export/Texture2DConverter.py
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ def rgb9e5float(image_data: bytes, width: int, height: int) -> Image.Image:
     TF.RGB565: (pillow, ("RGB", "raw", "BGR;16")),
     TF.BGR24: (pillow, ("RGB", "raw", "BGR")),
     TF.R8: (pillow, ("RGB", "raw", "R")),
-    TF.R16: (pillow, ("RGB", "raw", "R;16")),
+    TF.R16: (pillow, ("RGB", "raw", "R;16L")),
     TF.RG16: (rg, ("RGB", "raw", "RG")),
     TF.DXT1: (pillow, ("RGBA", "bcn", 1)),
     TF.DXT3: (pillow, ("RGBA", "bcn", 2)),
diff --git a/tests/test_texture2d_r16.py b/tests/test_texture2d_r16.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb42e4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_texture2d_r16.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import struct
+
+from UnityPy.enums import BuildTarget
+from UnityPy.enums import TextureFormat as TF
+from UnityPy.export.Texture2DConverter import parse_image_data
+
+VERSION = (2021, 3, 56, 0)
+
+
+def test_r16_decodes_high_byte_into_red():
+    values = [0x0000, 0x1234, 0x7FFF, 0xFFFF]
+    data = struct.pack("<4H", *values)
+
+    img = parse_image_data(data, 2, 2, TF.R16, VERSION, BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows, flip=False)
+
+    assert img.mode == "RGB"
+    assert img.size == (2, 2)
+    pixels = img.tobytes()
+    assert list(pixels[0::3]) == [v >> 8 for v in values]
+    assert not any(pixels[1::3]) and not any(pixels[2::3])