diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e4594c69..4102778e 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+- can't read all frames of a gif, we get n_frames = 1
+
+  if all_frames is set, we need to set image_info->number_scenes to something
+  big
+
+  would -1 work for all frames?
 
 - add tests:
 
 	load 1 page of a pdf/gif
-	load all frames from a pdf/gif
+	load all frames from a pdf/gif/dicom/tiff
 	svg alpha
 	density
 	png alpha
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c b/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
index ea9c595e..06e6968b 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/magick7load.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
  */
 
 /*
-#define DEBUG
  */
+#define DEBUG
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_parse( VipsForeignLoadMagick7 *magick7,
 	VipsObjectClass *class = VIPS_OBJECT_GET_CLASS( magick7 );
 
 	const char *key;
-	Image *p;
 	int i;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -540,19 +539,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_magick7_parse( VipsForeignLoadMagick7 *magick7,
 		which says this is a volumetric image
 
 	 */
-	magick7->n_frames = 0;
-	for( p = image; p; (p = GetNextImageInList( p )) ) {
-		if( p->columns != (unsigned int) out->Xsize ||
-			p->rows != (unsigned int) out->Ysize ||
-			GetPixelChannels( p ) != out->Bands )
-			break;
-
-		magick7->n_frames += 1;
-	}
-	if( p ) 
-		/* Nope ... just do the first image in the list.
-		 */
-		magick7->n_frames = 1;
+	magick7->n_frames = GetImageListLength( GetFirstImageInList( image ) );
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printf( "image has %d frames\n", magick7->n_frames );
diff --git a/test/images/cogs.gif b/test/images/cogs.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ded2e11
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/images/cogs.gif differ
diff --git a/test/test_foreign.py b/test/test_foreign.py
index 1397397e..7ead1d7f 100755
--- a/test/test_foreign.py
+++ b/test/test_foreign.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class TestForeign(unittest.TestCase):
         self.svg_file = "images/vips-profile.svg"
         self.svgz_file = "images/vips-profile.svgz"
         self.svg_gz_file = "images/vips-profile.svg.gz"
+        self.gif_anim_file = "images/cogs.gif"
 
         self.colour = Vips.Image.jpegload(self.jpeg_file)
         self.mono = self.colour.extract_band(1)
@@ -326,6 +327,21 @@ class TestForeign(unittest.TestCase):
         self.file_loader("magickload", self.gif_file, gif_valid)
         self.buffer_loader("magickload_buffer", self.gif_file, gif_valid)
 
+        # we should have rgba for svg files
+        im = Vips.Image.magickload(self.svg_file)
+        self.assertEqual(im.bands(), 4)
+
+        # all-frames should load every frame of the animation
+        im = Vips.Image.magickload(self.gif_anim_file)
+        self.assertEqual(im.width(), 85)
+        self.assertEqual(im.height(), 77)
+        self.assertEqual(im.bands(), 4)
+        im = Vips.Image.magickload(self.gif_anim_file, all_frames = True)
+        self.assertEqual(im.width(), 85)
+        self.assertEqual(im.height(), 77 * 100)
+        self.assertEqual(im.bands(), 4)
+
+
     def test_webp(self):
         x = Vips.type_find("VipsForeign", "webpload")
         if not x.is_instantiatable():