diff --git a/atrcopy/segments.py b/atrcopy/segments.py
index fdd7e5b..6a2f3bf 100644
--- a/atrcopy/segments.py
+++ b/atrcopy/segments.py
@@ -1134,21 +1134,28 @@ class RawTrackSectorSegment(RawSectorsSegment):
 
 def interleave_indexes(segments, num_bytes):
     num_segments = len(segments)
+
+    # interleave size will be the smallest segment
     size = len(segments[0])
     for s in segments[1:]:
-        if size != len(s):
-            raise ValueError("All segments to interleave must be the same size")
+        if len(s) < size:
+            size = len(s)
+
+    # adjust if byte spacing is not an even divisor
     _, rem = divmod(size, num_bytes)
-    if rem != 0:
-        raise ValueError("Segment size must be a multiple of the byte interleave")
+    print("size: %d, rem=%d" % (size, rem))
+    size -= rem
+    print("size: %d, rem=%d" % (size, rem))
+
     interleave = np.empty(size * num_segments, dtype=np.uint32)
-    factor = num_bytes * num_segments
-    start = 0
-    for s in segments:
-        order = s.rawdata.get_indexes_from_base()
-        for i in range(num_bytes):
-            interleave[start::factor] = order[i::num_bytes]
-            start += 1
+    if size > 0:
+        factor = num_bytes * num_segments
+        start = 0
+        for s in segments:
+            order = s.rawdata.get_indexes_from_base()
+            for i in range(num_bytes):
+                interleave[start::factor] = order[i:size:num_bytes]
+                start += 1
     return interleave
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_segment.py b/test/test_segment.py
index 109adeb..719314b 100644
--- a/test/test_segment.py
+++ b/test/test_segment.py
@@ -168,22 +168,66 @@ class TestIndexed(object):
         a[6::8] = s2[2::4]
         a[7::8] = s2[3::4]
         assert np.array_equal(s[:], a)
-        
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:
-            s = interleave_segments([s1, s2], 3)
 
-        r1 = base.rawdata[512:1025]  # 513 byte segment
+    def test_interleave_not_multiple(self):
+        base = self.segment
+        r1 = base.rawdata[512:1024]  # 512 byte segment
         s1 = DefaultSegment(r1, 512)
-        r2 = base.rawdata[1024:1537]  # 513 byte segment
+        r2 = base.rawdata[1024:1536]  # 512 byte segment
         s2 = DefaultSegment(r2, 1024)
+        
+        indexes1 = r1.get_indexes_from_base()
+        verify1 = np.arange(512, 1024, dtype=np.uint32)
+        assert np.array_equal(indexes1, verify1)
+        
+        indexes2 = r2.get_indexes_from_base()
+        verify2 = np.arange(1024, 1536, dtype=np.uint32)
+        assert np.array_equal(indexes2, verify2)
+        
         s = interleave_segments([s1, s2], 3)
-        a = np.empty(len(s1) + len(s2), dtype=np.uint8)
-        a[0::6] = s1[0::3]
-        a[1::6] = s1[1::3]
-        a[2::6] = s1[2::3]
-        a[3::6] = s2[0::3]
-        a[4::6] = s2[1::3]
-        a[5::6] = s2[2::3]
+
+        # when interleave size isn't a multiple of the length, the final array
+        # will reduce the size of the input array to force it to be a multiple.
+        size = (len(s1) // 3) * 3
+        assert len(s) == size * 2
+        a = np.empty(len(s), dtype=np.uint8)
+        a[0::6] = s1[0:size:3]
+        a[1::6] = s1[1:size:3]
+        a[2::6] = s1[2:size:3]
+        a[3::6] = s2[0:size:3]
+        a[4::6] = s2[1:size:3]
+        a[5::6] = s2[2:size:3]
+        assert np.array_equal(s[:], a)
+
+    def test_interleave_different_sizes(self):
+        base = self.segment
+        r1 = base.rawdata[512:768]  # 256 byte segment
+        s1 = DefaultSegment(r1, 512)
+        r2 = base.rawdata[1024:1536]  # 512 byte segment
+        s2 = DefaultSegment(r2, 1024)
+        
+        indexes1 = r1.get_indexes_from_base()
+        verify1 = np.arange(512, 768, dtype=np.uint32)
+        assert np.array_equal(indexes1, verify1)
+        
+        indexes2 = r2.get_indexes_from_base()
+        verify2 = np.arange(1024, 1536, dtype=np.uint32)
+        assert np.array_equal(indexes2, verify2)
+        
+        s = interleave_segments([s1, s2], 3)
+
+        # when interleave size isn't a multiple of the length, the final array
+        # will reduce the size of the input array to force it to be a multiple.
+        size = (min(len(s1), len(s2)) // 3) * 3
+        assert size == (256 // 3) * 3
+        assert len(s) == size * 2
+        a = np.empty(len(s), dtype=np.uint8)
+        a[0::6] = s1[0:size:3]
+        a[1::6] = s1[1:size:3]
+        a[2::6] = s1[2:size:3]
+        a[3::6] = s2[0:size:3]
+        a[4::6] = s2[1:size:3]
+        a[5::6] = s2[2:size:3]
         assert np.array_equal(s[:], a)
 
     def test_copy(self):