diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee230e34..c5b9bcc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ a11y = ["iced/a11y", "iced_accessibility"]
 # Enable about widget
 about = ["desktop", "dep:license"]
 # Builds support for animated images
-animated-image = ["dep:async-fs", "tokio?/io-util", "tokio?/fs"]
+animated-image = ["dep:async-fs", "image/gif", "tokio?/io-util", "tokio?/fs"]
 # XXX autosize should not be used on winit windows unless dialogs
 autosize = []
 applet = [