diff --git a/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.h b/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.h
index 6ba06e7b..804ab785 100644
--- a/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.h
+++ b/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ namespace TagLib {
       enum Format {
         JPEG = TypeJPEG,
         PNG  = TypePNG,
-        BMP  = TypeBMP
+        BMP  = TypeBMP,
+        GIF  = TypeGIF
       };
 
       CoverArt(Format format, const ByteVector &data);
diff --git a/taglib/mp4/mp4tag.cpp b/taglib/mp4/mp4tag.cpp
index 0b427bd3..fc75fb45 100644
--- a/taglib/mp4/mp4tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mp4/mp4tag.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ MP4::Tag::parseCovr(MP4::Atom *atom, TagLib::File *file)
       debug("MP4: Unexpected atom \"" + name + "\", expecting \"data\"");
       break;
     }
-    if(flags == TypeJPEG || flags == TypePNG || flags == TypeBMP) {
+    if(flags == TypeJPEG || flags == TypePNG || flags == TypeBMP || flags == TypeGIF) {
       value.append(MP4::CoverArt(MP4::CoverArt::Format(flags),
                                  data.mid(pos + 16, length - 16)));
     }