diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.c b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d386ef664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.c
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <gif_lib.h>
+#include <webp/encode.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "image_gif_vendor.h"
+
+int DGifSlurp2(GifFileType *GifFile);
+int DGifCloseFile2(GifFileType *GifFile, int *ErrorCode);
+
+int gif_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize) {
+#ifdef HAS_DEBUG
+  clock_t t;
+  t = clock();
+#endif
+  int status = 0;
+  int error;
+  if (targetSize < 0) targetSize = -targetSize;
+
+  // STEP1: setup gif
+  GifFileType* gif;
+  uint8_t* gif_rgba;
+  uint8_t* scaled_rgba;
+  if((gif = DGifOpenFileHandle(inputDesc, &error)) == NULL) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT;
+  }
+  DEBUG("after gif opened");
+  if (DGifSlurp2(gif) != GIF_OK) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  int width = gif->SWidth;
+  int height = gif->SHeight;
+  int scale_factor = (width > targetSize) ? width / targetSize : 1;
+  int thumb_width = width / scale_factor;
+  int thumb_height = height / scale_factor;
+  DEBUG("after gif ready");
+
+  // STEP2: convert frame to RGBA
+  if (gif->ImageCount == 0) {
+	status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  } else if (!(gif_rgba = (uint8_t*)malloc(width * height * 4))) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  GifColorType* colorMapEntry;
+  ColorMapObject* colorMap = (gif->Image.ColorMap) ? gif->Image.ColorMap : gif->SColorMap;
+  SavedImage* firstFrame = &gif->SavedImages[0];
+  GifByteType* gifBytes = firstFrame->RasterBits;
+  for (int i = 0; i < gif->SWidth * gif->SHeight; ++i) {
+    colorMapEntry = &colorMap->Colors[gifBytes[i]];
+    gif_rgba[i * 4 + 0] = colorMapEntry->Red;
+    gif_rgba[i * 4 + 1] = colorMapEntry->Green;
+    gif_rgba[i * 4 + 2] = colorMapEntry->Blue;
+    gif_rgba[i * 4 + 3] = 0xFF;
+  }
+  DEBUG("after gif rgba convert");
+
+  // STEP3: scale the image
+  if (!(scaled_rgba = (uint8_t*)malloc(thumb_width * thumb_height * 4))) {
+    free(gif_rgba);
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  int x, y, srcIndex, destIndex;
+  for (int i = 0; i < thumb_height; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < thumb_width; ++j) {
+      x = j * width / thumb_width;
+      y = i * height / thumb_height;
+      srcIndex = (y * width + x) * 4;
+      destIndex = (i * thumb_width + j) * 4;
+      memcpy(&scaled_rgba[destIndex], &gif_rgba[srcIndex], 4);
+    }
+  }
+  free(gif_rgba);
+  DEBUG("after image scaled");
+
+  // STEP4: write image as webp
+  uint8_t* webp_output_data;
+  size_t webp_output_size = WebPEncodeRGBA(scaled_rgba, thumb_width, thumb_height, thumb_width * 4, 75, &webp_output_data);
+  free(scaled_rgba);
+  if (webp_output_size == 0) {
+    status = 1;
+    goto CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A;
+  }
+  if (write(outputDesc, webp_output_data, webp_output_size) != webp_output_size) {
+    status = 1;
+    ERROR("unexpected number of bytes written");
+  }
+  WebPFree(webp_output_data);
+  DEBUG("after webp written");
+
+ CLEANUP_AND_ABORT_A:
+  DGifCloseFile2(gif, &error);
+
+ CLEANUP_AND_ABORT:
+  return status;
+}
+
+// adapted from https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/giflib/+/dc07290edccc2c3fc4062da835306f809cea1fdc/dgif_lib.c
+// we got rid of unecessary stuff for our use case and reduce the processing
+// to the first frame only which isn't possible using stock libgif functions
+int DGifSlurp2(GifFileType *GifFile) {
+  clock_t t = clock();
+  size_t ImageSize;
+  GifRecordType RecordType;
+  SavedImage *sp;
+  GifByteType *ExtData;
+  int ExtFunction;
+  GifFile->ExtensionBlocks = NULL;
+  GifFile->ExtensionBlockCount = 0;
+  do {
+    if (DGifGetRecordType(GifFile, &RecordType) == GIF_ERROR) {
+      return GIF_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (RecordType == IMAGE_DESC_RECORD_TYPE) {
+      if (DGifGetImageDesc(GifFile) == GIF_ERROR) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+
+      sp = &GifFile->SavedImages[GifFile->ImageCount - 1];
+      if (sp->ImageDesc.Width < 0 && sp->ImageDesc.Height < 0 && sp->ImageDesc.Width > (INT_MAX / sp->ImageDesc.Height)) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+      ImageSize = sp->ImageDesc.Width * sp->ImageDesc.Height;
+      if (ImageSize > (SIZE_MAX / sizeof(GifPixelType))) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+      sp->RasterBits = (unsigned char *)reallocarray(NULL, ImageSize, sizeof(GifPixelType));
+      if (sp->RasterBits == NULL) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+      if (DGifGetLine(GifFile, sp->RasterBits, ImageSize) == GIF_ERROR) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+      return GIF_OK;
+    } else if (RecordType == EXTENSION_RECORD_TYPE) {
+      if (DGifGetExtension(GifFile, &ExtFunction, &ExtData) == GIF_ERROR) {
+        return GIF_ERROR;
+      }
+      while (ExtData != NULL) {
+        if (DGifGetExtensionNext(GifFile, &ExtData) == GIF_ERROR) {
+          return GIF_ERROR;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } while (RecordType != TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE);
+
+  return GIF_OK;
+}
+
+
+// adapted from: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/giflib/+/dc07290edccc2c3fc4062da835306f809cea1fdc/dgif_lib.c#626
+// as we don't want libgif to manage the lifecycle of the file descriptor, in our case
+// this is the responsibility of the downstream program, that's why we've recopied it here
+// a commented the fclose call
+int DGifCloseFile2(GifFileType *GifFile, int *ErrorCode)
+{
+  GifFilePrivateType *Private;
+  if (GifFile == NULL || GifFile->Private == NULL) {
+    return GIF_ERROR;
+  }
+  if (GifFile->Image.ColorMap) {
+    GifFreeMapObject(GifFile->Image.ColorMap);
+    GifFile->Image.ColorMap = NULL;
+  }
+  if (GifFile->SColorMap) {
+    GifFreeMapObject(GifFile->SColorMap);
+    GifFile->SColorMap = NULL;
+  }
+  if (GifFile->SavedImages) {
+    GifFreeSavedImages(GifFile);
+    GifFile->SavedImages = NULL;
+  }
+  GifFreeExtensions(&GifFile->ExtensionBlockCount, &GifFile->ExtensionBlocks);
+  Private = (GifFilePrivateType *) GifFile->Private;
+  if (!IS_READABLE(Private)) {
+    if (ErrorCode != NULL) {
+      *ErrorCode = D_GIF_ERR_NOT_READABLE;
+    }
+	free((char *)GifFile->Private);
+	free(GifFile);
+    return GIF_ERROR;
+  }
+  if (Private->File /*&& (fclose(Private->File) != 0)*/) {
+	if (ErrorCode != NULL) {
+      *ErrorCode = D_GIF_ERR_CLOSE_FAILED;
+    }
+	free((char *)GifFile->Private);
+	free(GifFile);
+    return GIF_ERROR;
+  }
+  free((char *)GifFile->Private);
+  free(GifFile);
+  if (ErrorCode != NULL) {
+	*ErrorCode = D_GIF_SUCCEEDED;
+  }
+  return GIF_OK;
+}
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.go b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b20e50bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package plg_image_c
+
+// #include "image_gif.h"
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:libgif.a -l:libwebp.a
+import "C"
+
+func gif(input uintptr, output uintptr, size int) {
+	C.gif_to_webp(C.int(input), C.int(output), C.int(size))
+	return
+}
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.h b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d7fe8040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int gif_to_webp(int inputDesc, int outputDesc, int targetSize);
diff --git a/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif_vendor.h b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif_vendor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf3df280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/plugin/plg_image_c/image_gif_vendor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#define FILE_STATE_READ     0x08
+#define IS_READABLE(Private)    (Private->FileState & FILE_STATE_READ)
+#define INT_MAX 2147483647
+
+typedef struct GifFilePrivateType {
+  GifWord FileState;
+  FILE *File;
+} GifFilePrivateType;