diff --git a/src/pkg/image/jpeg/writer.go b/src/pkg/image/jpeg/writer.go
index 3322c09fe7..d539b1da90 100644
--- a/src/pkg/image/jpeg/writer.go
+++ b/src/pkg/image/jpeg/writer.go
@@ -433,10 +433,12 @@ func scale(dst *block, src *[4]block) {
 //	- component 1 uses DC table 0 and AC table 0 "\x01\x00",
 //	- component 2 uses DC table 1 and AC table 1 "\x02\x11",
 //	- component 3 uses DC table 1 and AC table 1 "\x03\x11",
-//	- padding "\x00\x00\x00".
+//	- the bytes "\x00\x3f\x00". Section B.2.3 of the spec says that for
+//	  sequential DCTs, those bytes (8-bit Ss, 8-bit Se, 4-bit Ah, 4-bit Al)
+//	  should be 0x00, 0x3f, 0x00<<4 | 0x00.
 var sosHeader = []byte{
 	0xff, 0xda, 0x00, 0x0c, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02,
-	0x11, 0x03, 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x11, 0x03, 0x11, 0x00, 0x3f, 0x00,
 }
 
 // writeSOS writes the StartOfScan marker.