diff -Nru imlib-1.9.15.old/gdk_imlib/io-gif.c imlib-1.9.15/gdk_imlib/io-gif.c
--- imlib-1.9.15.old/gdk_imlib/io-gif.c	2014-05-28 13:54:48.860293627 +0100
+++ imlib-1.9.15/gdk_imlib/io-gif.c	2014-05-28 13:58:29.992185729 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include "gdk_imlib.h"
 #include "gdk_imlib_private.h"
+#include <gifutil.h>
 
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBGIF
+/*------------------------*/
 unsigned char loader_gif (FILE *f, int *w, int *h, int *t)
 {
 	return NULL;
@@ -43,14 +45,14 @@
     {
       if (DGifGetRecordType(gif, &rec) == GIF_ERROR)
 	{
-	  PrintGifError();
+	  _PrintGifError(gif);
 	  rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	}
       if ((rec == IMAGE_DESC_RECORD_TYPE) && (!done))
 	{
 	  if (DGifGetImageDesc(gif) == GIF_ERROR)
 	    {
-	      PrintGifError();
+	      _PrintGifError(gif);
 	      rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	    }
 	  *w = gif->Image.Width;
diff -Nru imlib-1.9.15.old/gifutil.h imlib-1.9.15/gifutil.h
--- imlib-1.9.15.old/gifutil.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ imlib-1.9.15/gifutil.h	2014-05-28 13:57:45.019424755 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef __GIFUTIL_H__
+#define __GIFUTIL_H__
+
+static void
+_PrintGifError(GifFileType *gif)
+{
+  /* GIFLIB_MAJOR is only defined in libgif >= 4.2.0 */
+  /* libgif 4.2.0 has retired PrintGifError() and added GifErrorString() */
+#if defined(GIFLIB_MAJOR) && defined(GIFLIB_MINOR) && \
+           ((GIFLIB_MAJOR == 4 && GIFLIB_MINOR >= 2) || GIFLIB_MAJOR > 4)
+  /* Static string actually, hence the const char* cast */
+  
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
+  const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString(gif->Error);
+#else
+  const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString();
+#endif
+  if (gifliberr == NULL)
+      gifliberr = "Unknown error";
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", gifliberr);
+#else
+  PrintGifError();
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif
diff -Nru imlib-1.9.15.old/Imlib/load.c imlib-1.9.15/Imlib/load.c
--- imlib-1.9.15.old/Imlib/load.c	2014-05-28 13:54:49.008295568 +0100
+++ imlib-1.9.15/Imlib/load.c	2014-05-28 14:00:21.321983945 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Imlib.h"
 #include "Imlib_private.h"
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <gifutil.h>
 
 #define G_MAXINT ((int) 0x7fffffff)
 
@@ -431,6 +432,8 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBTIFF */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBGIF
+/*------------------------*/
+/*------------------------*/
 unsigned char      *
 _LoadGIF(ImlibData * id, FILE *f, int *w, int *h, int *t)
 {
@@ -454,22 +457,38 @@
   fd = fileno(f);
   /* Apparently rewind(f) isn't sufficient */
   lseek(fd, (long) 0, 0);
+
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
+  int errCode = 0;
+
+  gif = DGifOpenFileHandle(fd, &errCode);
+  if (!gif)
+  {
+    const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString(errCode);
+    if (gifliberr == NULL)
+      gifliberr = "Unknown error";
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", gifliberr);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+#else
   gif = DGifOpenFileHandle(fd);
 
   if (!gif)
     return NULL;
+#endif
+
   do
     {
       if (DGifGetRecordType(gif, &rec) == GIF_ERROR)
 	{
-	  PrintGifError();
+	  _PrintGifError(gif);
 	  rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	}
       if ((rec == IMAGE_DESC_RECORD_TYPE) && (!done))
 	{
 	  if (DGifGetImageDesc(gif) == GIF_ERROR)
 	    {
-	      PrintGifError();
+	      _PrintGifError(gif);
 	      rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	    }
 	  *w = gif->Image.Width;