diff --git a/libavformat/allformats.c b/libavformat/allformats.c
index ce1a87ceeb..6303dc2b18 100644
--- a/libavformat/allformats.c
+++ b/libavformat/allformats.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void av_register_all(void)
     av_register_image_format(&yuv_image_format);
     av_register_image_format(&png_image_format);
     av_register_image_format(&jpeg_image_format);
+    av_register_image_format(&gif_image_format);
 
     /* file protocols */
     register_protocol(&file_protocol);
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index e4b57003ac..a6c2f25835 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ extern AVImageFormat pgmyuv_image_format;
 extern AVImageFormat yuv_image_format;
 extern AVImageFormat png_image_format;
 extern AVImageFormat jpeg_image_format;
+extern AVImageFormat gif_image_format;
 
 /* XXX: use automatic init with either ELF sections or C file parser */
 /* modules */