diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 41db8d25..6956fe6e 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-- gif loader
-
-  need tests, need to update APIs
-
-
-
-
 - could load pdf thumbnails?
 
 - new vips_reduce:
diff --git a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
index 9acf3962..7466fcc7 100644
--- a/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
+++ b/cplusplus/include/vips/vips-operators.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // headers for vips operations
-// Tue Feb  9 10:43:17 GMT 2016
+// Fri Feb 12 20:04:03 GMT 2016
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 static void system( char * cmd_format , VOption *options = 0 );
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ static VImage pdfload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage pdfload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage svgload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage svgload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
+static VImage gifload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
+static VImage gifload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage pngload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage pngload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options = 0 );
 static VImage matload( char * filename , VOption *options = 0 );
diff --git a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
index bc45cd90..257234ad 100644
--- a/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
+++ b/cplusplus/vips-operators.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // bodies for vips operations
-// Tue Feb  9 10:43:09 GMT 2016
+// Fri Feb 12 20:03:53 GMT 2016
 // this file is generated automatically, do not edit!
 
 void VImage::system( char * cmd_format , VOption *options )
@@ -1456,6 +1456,30 @@ VImage VImage::svgload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options )
     return( out );
 }
 
+VImage VImage::gifload( char * filename , VOption *options )
+{
+    VImage out;
+
+    call( "gifload" ,
+        (options ? options : VImage::option()) ->
+            set( "filename", filename ) ->
+            set( "out", &out ) );
+
+    return( out );
+}
+
+VImage VImage::gifload_buffer( VipsBlob * buffer , VOption *options )
+{
+    VImage out;
+
+    call( "gifload_buffer" ,
+        (options ? options : VImage::option()) ->
+            set( "buffer", buffer ) ->
+            set( "out", &out ) );
+
+    return( out );
+}
+
 VImage VImage::pngload( char * filename , VOption *options )
 {
     VImage out;
diff --git a/libvips/foreign/gifload.c b/libvips/foreign/gifload.c
index 3abad720..fca634cd 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/gifload.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/gifload.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ vips_foreign_load_gif_buffer_read( GifFileType *file,
 	size_t will_read = VIPS_MIN( len, buffer->bytes_to_go );
 
 	memcpy( buf, buffer->p, will_read );
+	buffer->p += will_read;
 	buffer->bytes_to_go -= will_read;
 
 	return( will_read ); 
diff --git a/python/Vips.py b/python/Vips.py
index 05e5be23..ecde983f 100644
--- a/python/Vips.py
+++ b/python/Vips.py
@@ -1097,6 +1097,8 @@ class_methods = [
                     "pdfload_buffer",
                     "svgload",
                     "svgload_buffer",
+                    "gifload",
+                    "gifload_buffer",
                     "openslideload",
                     "magickload",
                     "magickload_buffer",
diff --git a/test/images/trans-x.gif b/test/images/trans-x.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dab62da
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/images/trans-x.gif differ
diff --git a/test/test_foreign.py b/test/test_foreign.py
index f0f58fdf..d1467c4a 100755
--- a/test/test_foreign.py
+++ b/test/test_foreign.py
@@ -365,6 +365,22 @@ class TestForeign(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertLess(abs(im.width * 2 - x.width), 2)
         self.assertLess(abs(im.height * 2 - x.height), 2)
 
+    def test_gifload(self):
+        x = Vips.type_find("VipsForeign", "gifload")
+        if not x.is_instantiatable():
+            print("no gif support in this vips, skipping test")
+            return
+
+        def gif_valid(self, im):
+            a = im(10, 10)
+            self.assertAlmostEqualObjects(a, [33, 33, 33, 255])
+            self.assertEqual(im.width, 159)
+            self.assertEqual(im.height, 203)
+            self.assertEqual(im.bands, 4)
+
+        self.file_loader("gifload", self.gif_file, gif_valid)
+        self.buffer_loader("gifload_buffer", self.gif_file, gif_valid)
+
     def test_svgload(self):
         x = Vips.type_find("VipsForeign", "svgload")
         if not x.is_instantiatable():