diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/util.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/util.cc
index 729bc6ec120..824a24fe4e3 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/util.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/util.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const char *imb_ext_image[] = {
 const char *imb_ext_movie[] = {
     ".avi",  ".flc", ".mov", ".movie", ".mp4",  ".m4v",  ".m2v", ".m2t",  ".m2ts", ".mts",
     ".ts",   ".mv",  ".avs", ".wmv",   ".ogv",  ".ogg",  ".r3d", ".dv",   ".mpeg", ".mpg",
-    ".mpg2", ".vob", ".mkv", ".flv",   ".divx", ".xvid", ".mxf", ".webm", nullptr,
+    ".mpg2", ".vob", ".mkv", ".flv",   ".divx", ".xvid", ".mxf", ".webm", ".gif",  nullptr,
 };
 
 /** Sort of wrong having audio extensions in imbuf. */