diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index faa2253a0..34b1472c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.</license.copyrightOwners>
 		<jmh.version>1.19</jmh.version>
 		<jmh-core.version>${jmh.version}</jmh-core.version>
 		<jmh-generator-annprocess.version>${jmh.version}</jmh-generator-annprocess.version>
+		<imglib2-ij.version>2.0.0-beta-44-SNAPSHOT</imglib2-ij.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreator.java b/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreator.java
index 9ebe64712..cebde7667 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreator.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import net.imagej.display.ImageDisplay;
 import net.imagej.display.ImageDisplayService;
 import net.imglib2.img.display.imagej.ArrayImgToVirtualStack;
+import net.imglib2.img.display.imagej.CellImgToVirtualStack;
 import net.imglib2.img.display.imagej.ImgPlusViews;
 import net.imglib2.img.display.imagej.ImgToVirtualStack;
 import net.imglib2.img.display.imagej.PlanarImgToVirtualStack;
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ public ImagePlus createLegacyImage(final Dataset dataset,
 	private static ImagePlus createImagePlus( Dataset dataset )
 	{
 		ImgPlus< ? extends RealType< ? > > imgPlus = dataset.getImgPlus();
+		if( CellImgToVirtualStack.isSupported( imgPlus ) )
+			return CellImgToVirtualStack.wrap( imgPlus );
 		if( PlanarImgToVirtualStack.isSupported( imgPlus ) )
 			return PlanarImgToVirtualStack.wrap( imgPlus );
 		if( ArrayImgToVirtualStack.isSupported( imgPlus ) )
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreatorBenchmark.java b/src/test/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreatorBenchmark.java
index 569f26e5c..e33cc54a4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreatorBenchmark.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/imagej/legacy/translate/ImagePlusCreatorBenchmark.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class ImagePlusCreatorBenchmark
 	private final Dataset deepPlanarImg = makeDataset( PlanarImgs.unsignedBytes( deepDims ) );
 	private final Dataset small2dArrayImg = makeDataset( ArrayImgs.unsignedBytes( 10, 10 ) );
 	private final Dataset big2dArrayImg = makeDataset( ArrayImgs.unsignedBytes( 10000, 10000 ) );
+	private final Dataset cubicCellImgWithPlanarCells = makeDataset( new CellImgFactory<>( new UnsignedByteType(), 1000, 1000, 1 ).create( cubicDims ) );
 
 	@Benchmark
 	public void testSmallCellImg() {
@@ -118,6 +119,11 @@ public void testLarge2dArrayImg() {
 		creator.createLegacyImage( big2dArrayImg );
 	}
 
+	@Benchmark
+	public void testCubicCellImageWithPlanarCells() {
+		creator.createLegacyImage( cubicCellImgWithPlanarCells );
+	}
+
 	private Dataset makeDataset( Img< UnsignedByteType > deepPlanarImg )
 	{
 		AxisType[] axes = { Axes.X, Axes.Y, Axes.Z };