Index: src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
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--- src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp	(révision 10808)
+++ src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp	(copie de travail)
@@ -1014,11 +1014,20 @@
 
   if ( theTryInternalFlag )
   {
-    QString myCompressionType = QString( GDALGetMetadataItem( mGdalDataset, "COMPRESSION", "IMAGE_STRUCTURE" ) );
-    if ( "JPEG" == myCompressionType )
+    // libtiff < 4.0 has a bug that prevents safe building of overviews on JPEG compressed files
+    // we detect libtiff < 4.0 by checking that BIGTIFF is not in the creation options of the GTiff driver
+    // see https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1357
+    const char* pszGTiffCreationOptions =
+            GDALGetMetadataItem(GDALGetDriverByName("GTiff"), GDAL_DMD_CREATIONOPTIONLIST, "");
+    if (strstr(pszGTiffCreationOptions, "BIGTIFF") == NULL)
     {
-      return "ERROR_JPEG_COMPRESSION";
+      QString myCompressionType = QString( GDALGetMetadataItem( mGdalDataset, "COMPRESSION", "IMAGE_STRUCTURE" ) );
+      if ( "JPEG" == myCompressionType )
+      {
+        return "ERROR_JPEG_COMPRESSION";
+      }
     }
+
     //close the gdal dataset and reopen it in read / write mode
     GDALClose( mGdalDataset );
     mGdalBaseDataset = GDALOpen( QFile::encodeName( mDataSource ).constData(), GA_Update );