diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 86775d6bad5debf3a2ef0d4014f5b014aa4c734d..bb24505075b3b7f9d039771f642db0652291227d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5682,6 +5682,7 @@ SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/__init__.py -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_beam_observation -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_calibration_pipeline -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_calibration_pipeline_predecessor_558022 -text
+SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_imaging_pipeline -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_interferometer_observation -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_long_baseline_pipeline -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_long_baseline_pipeline_predecessor_556601 -text
@@ -5693,6 +5694,7 @@ SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_est
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_pulsar_pipeline -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_beam_observation -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_calibration_pipeline -text
+SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_imaging_pipeline -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_interferometer_observation -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_long_baseline_observation -text
 SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_long_baseline_pipeline -text
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_imaging_pipeline b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_imaging_pipeline
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9001f539b1bd22d8a2c9a3350847be901f194558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.in_imaging_pipeline
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_InstrumentModel.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_CoherentStokes.storageClusterName': '',
+  'Observation.stopTime': '2016-12-09 16:01:25',
+  'Observation.VirtualInstrument.stationList': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_CoherentStokes.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_CoherentStokes.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated.storageClusterName': '',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_Correlated.identifications': [
+    'mom.G732487.B0.1.C.SAP000.uv.dps'
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_SkyImage.storageClusterName': 'CEP4',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_InstrumentModel.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.antennaSet': 'LBA_INNER',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Pulsar.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.nrBitsPerSample': '16',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_IncoherentStokes.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_IncoherentStokes.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_Correlated.enabled': True,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Pulsar.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_CoherentStokes.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_InstrumentModel.storageClusterName': '',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_InstrumentModel.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_SkyImage.enabled': True,
+  'Version.number': '33385',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Pulsar.storageClusterName': '',
+  'Observation.momID': '737233',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_InstrumentModel.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_SkyImage.identifications': [
+    'mom.G732488.B0.PI0.dps'
+  ],
+  'Observation.ObservationControl.PythonControl.Imaging.slices_per_image': 3,
+  'Observation.ObservationControl.PythonControl.Imaging.subbands_per_image': 4,
+  'Observation.startTime': '2016-12-09 07:21:25',
+  'Observation.nrBeams': '0',
+  'Observation.Scheduler.taskDuration': '31200',
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_IncoherentStokes.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Input_IncoherentStokes.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_CoherentStokes.identifications': [
+  ],
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_Correlated.enabled': False,
+  'Observation.DataProducts.Output_IncoherentStokes.storageClusterName': '',
+  'Observation.sampleClock': '200'
+}
+
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_imaging_pipeline b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_imaging_pipeline
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b51700eb530c195a572b8b2524305bdb64db0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/data_sets/t_resource_estimator.out_imaging_pipeline
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"{'1': {'pipeline': {'errors': [], 'estimates': [{'root_resource_group': 'CEP4', 'output_files': {'img': [{'identification': 'mom.G732488.B0.PI0.dps', 'properties': {'img_file_size': 1000, 'img_otdb_id': 1, 'nr_of_img_files': 10}}]}, 'resource_types': {'bandwidth': 3, 'storage': 10000}, 'resource_count': 1, 'input_files': {'uv': [{'identification': 'mom.G732487.B0.1.C.SAP000.uv.dps', 'sap_nr': 0, 'properties': {'nr_of_uv_files': 120, 'start_sb_nr': 0, 'uv_file_size': 3617984960, 'uv_otdb_id': 2}}]}}]}}}"
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/t_resource_estimator.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/t_resource_estimator.py
index c0b3fad856bdd6c6cae9ad95485f72d460ea6dee..1a7826e3f337b10246cd38c8ce139b7fed999d8c 100755
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/t_resource_estimator.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/t_resource_estimator.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class TestEstimationsAgainstGoldenOutput(unittest.TestCase):
         specification_tree = self.get_specification_tree(data_set_filepath, task_type, task_subtype)
 
         self.add_predecessor_to_specification_tree(os.path.join(self.data_sets_dir,
-                                                   't_resource_estimator.in_calibration_pipeline_predecessor_558022'),
+                                                   't_resource_estimator.in_calibration_pipeline_predecessor_558022'),  # predecessor also used for imaging pipeline test
                                                    'observation',
                                                    'bfmeasurement',
                                                    specification_tree['predecessors'])
@@ -174,6 +174,34 @@ class TestEstimationsAgainstGoldenOutput(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(error_messages), 0, "\nThe uut reported errors:\n" + '\n- '.join(error_messages))
         self.assertEqual(self.get_datastructure_as_string(estimation), golden_estimation)
 
+    def test_estimate_for_imaging_pipeline(self):
+        """ Verify estimation for an imaging pipeline specification tree against the golden output """
+        # Arrange
+        data_set_filepath = os.path.join(self.data_sets_dir, 't_resource_estimator.in_imaging_pipeline')
+        golden_output_filepath = os.path.join(self.data_sets_dir, 't_resource_estimator.out_imaging_pipeline')
+        task_type = 'pipeline'
+        task_subtype = 'imaging pipeline'
+        specification_tree = self.get_specification_tree(data_set_filepath, task_type, task_subtype)
+
+        self.add_predecessor_to_specification_tree(os.path.join(self.data_sets_dir,
+                                                   't_resource_estimator.in_calibration_pipeline_predecessor_558022'),  # predecessor also used for calibration pipeline test
+                                                   'observation',
+                                                   'bfmeasurements',
+                                                   specification_tree['predecessors'])
+
+        uut = ResourceEstimatorHandler()
+        golden_estimation = self.get_golden_estimate(golden_output_filepath,
+                                                     uut._get_estimated_resources,
+                                                     specification_tree)
+
+        # Act
+        estimation = uut.handle_message({'specification_tree': specification_tree})
+
+        # Assert
+        error_messages = self.get_uut_errors(estimation)
+        self.assertEqual(len(error_messages), 0, "\nThe uut reported errors:\n" + '\n- '.join(error_messages))
+        self.assertEqual(self.get_datastructure_as_string(estimation), golden_estimation)
+
     def test_estimate_for_long_baseline_pipeline(self):
         """ Verify estimation for a long baseline pipeline specification tree against the golden output """
         # Arrange
@@ -343,4 +371,4 @@ class TestEstimationsAgainstGoldenOutput(unittest.TestCase):
         f.close()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/testset.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/testset.py
index b75c8ad545c15198b5ae94fdcff951f6161f1ffb..d5b5773f253bb95b2103ce870812f7e3beec1093 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/testset.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEstimator/test/testset.py
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ class TestSet(object):
         checkset = """
         # for image-pipeline
         dp.output.skyimage.enabled= true
-        dp.output.skyimage.slices_per_image= 1
-        dp.output.skyimage.subbands_per_image= 2
+        dp.output.skyimage.slices_per_image= 3
+        dp.output.skyimage.subbands_per_image= 4
         """
         self.check_set.import_string(checkset)
         self.check_set.import_string(checkset)